Maynard,
This still works today. When I first got my MG I went to the local
locksmith
to get some duplicates made. The FS configuration is very common, and used
in many locks, not just our MGs.
The locksmith asked what it was for, and I replied honestly. He added $3.00
to the cost of a US key because it was a forign car key!
Never went back for any other keys. Other smiths just looked for the pattern
and made the key without comment. That is why one key is labled "Mazda", and
another "club".
Bob Shaw, I too write things off as a learning experience, but I go under
that old maxim "Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me"!
Keep those cars rolling.
Jack
> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 16:35:52 -0600
> From: "mghirsch" <mghirsch@netzero.net>
> Subject: Re: Wheel nuts
>
> Don't know if this story is true or not, but here goes:
>
> Somne years back, a guy was driving his MG cross country and somehow or
> another lost a couple of lug nuts.
>
> He went into a small town auto parts place and asked for some nuts. The
> clerk
> said that they didn't stock foreign car parts. The guy said they were a
> standard size. The clerk repeated himself, we dn't stock foreign car
parts.
> They went back and forth. Finally the guy convinced the clerk to try some
> nuts and lo and behold they fit.
>
> The guy asked how much. The clerk said $5.00 each. The guy said why were
> they so expensive. The clerk replied: "they're foreign car parts."
>
> Maynard Hirsch
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