Jack, a good location for the cigar lighter receptacle might be the
location of the ash tray. Remove the inner ash receptacle, leaving the cover
assembly. Adapt a plate to mount the receptacle in, and the cover will hide
it when closed. Easily undone later.
Dallas Congleton
1967 BJ8
1953 MGTD
----- Original Message -----
From: "P.J.Aeckerlin" <j.aeckerlin@tiscali.nl>
To: "Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 10:19 AM
Subject: Cigar lighter and battery block
> 1) I intend to fit a cigar lighter in my BJ8. I gave up smoking some
> seven years ago but want to use the power point to charge my mobile
> phone etc.
> I've not been able to find the place where the lighter was originally
> fitted -can someone help, either with a description or a picture?
> 2) There is a 3 hole wooden block to hold the battery in position. The
> inner rear wing was thrown away and renewed before I could copy the
> location of the three bolt holes (Yes, Norman Nock, I know I should have
> kept the old part!) . Can someone give me the exact position of the
> middle hole, vertically down and horizontally to the rear?
> TIA
> Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands
> 1964 BJ8 29432 under reconstruction
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