At 07:43 PM 12/11/96 -0500, you wrote:
> Maybe only T type and MGA owners will appreciate. More then once while
waiting
>for a train to pass or a draw bridge to close, I have shut off the engine
in the
>TF. After time has passed, and the traffic has started, I pull the starter, it
>cranks, but doesn't catch. I then push the car to the side of the road with
the
>usual embarassment, and after checking everything does it dawn on me that I
>forgot to turn on the ignition.
>
>Mike Leckstein
>
Been there, done that.
Speaking of T's and A's....On our last club run to Whistler for a Brit Car
weekend my starter packed it in right at the outset. I spent the entire
trip starting with the hand crank. No one laughed. All the lookie-loos
grinned and pointed but not in derision, they thought it was cool. So did
I. In a lesser car I would have had to cancel the trip. I always had an
audience when starting and, thank goodness, the car starts almost with the
first piston up except when dead cold.
I occasionally start it with the crank just for a lark. I haven't yet but
I'm sure one day I will, try to start it with the crank and have the
ignition off. Dan Hughes Day event in waiting......
Speaking of Stupid Human Tricks, I once lost the front left wheel on a `76
B. Don't ask, trust me, it was stupid.
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1947 MG-TC 3528 1966 MGB-GT
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