Hi Bert,
Let's make contact - I've got many older MG catalogs with references to
other make partno's.
BTW, I've got a complete US spec MGB master cyl for sale.
Cheers,
Hans
0252-414183
06-20138056
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bert Palte" <palte@gmx.net>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 3:36 PM
Subject: Anyone have a Lockheed catalog?
> Hi fellow listers,
>
> I've recently started a new project, rebuilding my 1972 Sunbeam Sceptre.
> It's a British car with a mechanical setup quite like my 1970 MGB (there
> you are, mandatory MG content :-) )
> Rebuilding not as in 'completely restoring' but rather like, at first,
> 'putting the car together again' from all the parts boxes after I took it
> apart in 1986 when the clutch froze... (I''ve owned the car since 1978,
> when I still was a student...). But, surprisingly, up till now only very
> few parts were missing.
> That does not mean that rebuilding was/is easy: many problems were
> encountered.
> Apart from the obvious (i.e rust, battery etc): Carbs leaking, fuel pump
> not working, electrical part of the ignition lock not working, rev
counter
> not working, alternator not working, exhaust rusted through, fuel tank
> rusted through and who knows what else....
>
>
> BTW Today really was a milestone; I had the engine running for the first
> time since 1986!
>
> Much remains to be done, however.
> Both the clutch hydraulics and the brake hydraulics are toast.
> It is pretty difficult to get parts, however, unlike for an MG.
>
> Looking closely at these parts, it seems to me that many (Lockheed) parts
> are probably the same as those from my MGB.
> Does anyone of you have a (old) Lockheed brake parts catalog to confirm
that?
> Details of the car may follow.
>
> Thank you
>
> Bert
> Holland, Europe
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