British classic car magazine "Practical Classics" once contained a letter by
another former BL-dealer.
He once took delivery of a Morris Marina with a disc-brake on the left front
wheel, and a drum on the right.
Aaaaahhhhh.... You gotta love 'em!
Marc
HLYDOC@aol.com wrote:
> Having beena British car Dealer in the early 70 tru the 84 I can assure you
> the many of these problems did make it all the way to the dealership and were
> on the lot for sale before they were found. Here are a few of the other ones
> that we had
> 1. TR6 you would slam the drivers door and the starter would crank
>
> 2. MGB pull the handbrake and the starter cranks
>
> 3. TR7 which never had a headgasket installed
>
> 4. XJ6 that had no window regulator in the door and a piece of wood jammed in
> there to hold the window up
>
> 5. MGB with wire wheels on one side and disc wheels on the other
>
> 6. Turn signal switches wired in reverse so the left flashed when you
> operated the right switch.
>
> David Nock
> President/Service Manager
> British Car Specialists
> 2060 N Wilson Way
> Stockton Calif. 95205
> 209-948-8767 fax 209-948-1030 email HealeyDoc@aol.com
> Visit our new web site at <A HREF="http://britishcarspecialists.com/";>
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