Dear Marcel,
>They bear
> the Lucas number L596. Do we have a match, and if so what am I doing with
> YOUR lenses??
I checked and the winning lotto number was
L596! So what ARE you doing w/ MY lenses and how can I get them?
>I have a wiper wheel box for a 50-55 1.5 too.
As a point of fact, the Riley One-Point-Five was made from '57-'63.
The RM series Riley model 1 1/2 was made '45-'55 with significant
restyling changes for the '50 model. The 1 1/2 was
a choach built car (i.e. the body, doors, etc. were framed in wood
w/ sheet metal nailed on). Infact the MGTF and 1 1/2 Riley
were the last choach built cars BMC made. When the pressed steel
MGA came out, the Riley was dropped. It was replaced by the pressed
steel uni-body One-Point-Five! The One-Point-Five and the MGA
share a common engine, the Austin "B" series engine which first saw
life as 1200cc in some sort of Oxford. All part of Len Lord's
"rationalization" program.
I guess we are now in line for BMW's rationalization program.
BMW is already putting their desiel engines in some or other
Rover product. And BMW's pres has made noises in the press
about bringing back MGs, Austin-Healeys and Rileys.
Whats the world coming to what with the Italians owning Lucas
and the Germans owning MG, Triumph, & Riley?
Martin Frankford
Curator of the Riley Parts Museum
(or so my wife says since none of the four Rileys are operational
and the parts to fix them are safely stored in boxes in the basement)
(205)230-0240 24 hour (CST) fax
(205)232-7126 answering machine 7am - 6pm (CST)
mfrankfo@nebula.tbe.com e-mail
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