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Yep, it is not properly called a trafficator. When I wrote my restoration ar=
ticle about it years ago, I had read something (I don=E2=80=99t recall what)=
that referred to it as a =E2=80=9Ccontrol head.=E2=80=9D
Lin
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 28, 2019, at 6:27 PM, Fred Wescoe <fredwescoe@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> Steve,
>=20
> I have also always called "it" a "mayonet". The thing I have always calle=
d the "traficator" was always the swing out directional arm which can still b=
e found on London cabs.
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> Fred
> 66 BJ8
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>> On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 6:00 PM BJ8Healeys <sbyers@ec.rr.com> wrote:
>> Stephen, I gave up trying to get people to quit calling the assembly a "t=
rafficator". Somewhere along the line years ago, I picked up the term "mayo=
net" for the same thing but I can't find the source for that now. Google is=
no help. If you can't beat, 'em, join 'em.....
>>=20
>> Steve Byers
>> HBJ8L/36666
>> BJ8 Registry
>> AHCA Delegate at Large
>> Havelock, NC =20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Stephe=
n Hutchings
>> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2019 3:55 PM
>> To: healeys@autox.team.net
>> Subject: [Healeys] Trafficators
>>=20
>> I've just had my Trafficators apart again because the left hand signal di=
dn=E2=80=99t seem to be maintaining contact. It=E2=80=99s working well now, b=
ut it is a fiendish little device, and getting the lever back in with all th=
e appropriate springs in place is not easy=E2=80=A6sort of like watch repair=
.
>>=20
>> Anyway, I was looking at the original Lucas literature and it got me to w=
ondering why we call it a =E2=80=9CTrafficator=E2=80=9D. Seems that the traf=
ficators were the little flip-up semaphore signals made by Lucas, and usuall=
y paired with what they called the =E2=80=9Cself cancelling switch assembly=E2=
=80=9D=E2=80=A6which is what we Healey people now call a trafficator.
>>=20
>> I guess, since they were originally paired, =E2=80=9Ctrafficator=E2=80=9D=
slips off the tongue more easily than "self cancelling switch assembly=E2=80=
=9D !
>>=20
>> Hoping I don=E2=80=99t have to take that thing apart again for a long tim=
e=E2=80=A6
>>=20
>> Stephen, BJ8
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Yep, it is not properly called a trafficato=
r. When I wrote my restoration article about it years ago, I had read someth=
ing (I don=E2=80=99t recall what) that referred to it as a =E2=80=9Ccontrol h=
ead.=E2=80=9D<div>Lin<br><br><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature" dir=3D"ltr">Sent=
from my iPhone</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>On Jun 28, 2019, at 6:27 PM, Fred W=
escoe <<a href=3D"mailto:fredwescoe@gmail.com";>fredwescoe@gmail.com</a>&g=
t; wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D=
"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Steve,</div><div><br></div><div>I have also alwa=
ys called "it" a <span style=3D"font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetic=
a,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-in=
dent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display=
:inline;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;float:non=
e;background-color:transparent">"mayonet". The thing I have always cal=
led the "traficator" was always the swing out directional arm which can stil=
l be found on London cabs.</span></div><div><span style=3D"font:400 13.33px/=
19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-=
transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-decoration:none;wo=
rd-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-=
stretch:100%;float:none;background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div>=
<span style=3D"font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-alig=
n:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacin=
g:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:no=
rmal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;float:none;background-color:tra=
nsparent">Fred</span></div><div><span style=3D"font:400 13.33px/19.99px Aria=
l,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:no=
ne;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0=
px;display:inline;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%=
;float:none;background-color:transparent">66 BJ8</span></div></div></div><br=
><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div class=3D"gmail_attr" dir=3D"ltr">On Fri, Ju=
n 28, 2019 at 6:00 PM BJ8Healeys <<a href=3D"mailto:sbyers@ec.rr.com";>sby=
ers@ec.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl=
e=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204=
,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid">Stephen, I gave up tryi=
ng to get people to quit calling the assembly a "trafficator". Somewhe=
re along the line years ago, I picked up the term "mayonet" for the same thi=
ng but I can't find the source for that now. Google is no help. I=
f you can't beat, 'em, join 'em.....<br>
<br>
Steve Byers<br>
HBJ8L/36666<br>
BJ8 Registry<br>
AHCA Delegate at Large<br>
Havelock, NC <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Healeys [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net"; targ=
et=3D"_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] On Behalf Of Stephen Hutch=
ings<br>
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2019 3:55 PM<br>
To: <a href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank">healeys@auto=
x.team.net</a><br>
Subject: [Healeys] Trafficators<br>
<br>
I've just had my Trafficators apart again because the left hand signal didn=E2=
=80=99t seem to be maintaining contact. It=E2=80=99s working well now, but i=
t is a fiendish little device, and getting the lever back in with all the ap=
propriate springs in place is not easy=E2=80=A6sort of like watch repair.<br=
>
<br>
Anyway, I was looking at the original Lucas literature and it got me to wond=
ering why we call it a =E2=80=9CTrafficator=E2=80=9D. Seems that the traffic=
ators were the little flip-up semaphore signals made by Lucas, and usually p=
aired with what they called the =E2=80=9Cself cancelling switch assembly=E2=80=
=9D=E2=80=A6which is what we Healey people now call a trafficator.<br>
<br>
I guess, since they were originally paired, =E2=80=9Ctrafficator=E2=80=9D sl=
ips off the tongue more easily than "self cancelling switch assembly=E2=80=9D=
!<br>
<br>
Hoping I don=E2=80=99t have to take that thing apart again for a long time=E2=
=80=A6<br>
<br>
Stephen, BJ8<br>
<br>
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