Part II
As an example, our Bugeye's original 50 year old mechanical AC fuel pump
finally gave up last year. I found a number of original period (NOS)
rebuild kits in Australia, restored and rebuilt the the pump like new, and
it works flawlessly. How many on this list would have just purchased and
installed some cheap, POS Chinese made electrical pump? I have now rebuilt
three other original pumps and have others asking me to do the same.
This post is not specifically for Frank or Richard, It's for those folks
either new to the List, to Austin Healeys, or those who are getting back
into these cars after many years. I don't want them to think that you
cannot dependably drive these cars, even now that they are 50+ years old,
without having to put every new contraption or so called improvement on
them.
Off my soapbox... let the flames begin.
Cheers,
Curt :{)
PS If you're so enamored with technology and dependability, buy and drive a
Prius. We all know how trouble free Toyota's are... oh never mind.
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 7:14 AM, Frank Edwards <logical2 at hotmail.com> wrote:
I've had a Pertronix in my 69 Midget for several years now driven 5k+ miles
a year. I carry a spare distributor but have never had to use it. I put
the Pertronix in my BJ7 and expect no trouble with it. It only has about 70
miles on it but will get driven if the weather ever permits. Unless you
want your car 100% concourse why monkey with points?
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On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Peter Schauss <rpschauss at gmail.com> wrote:
This is just my own perspective, but one of the reasons that I own and drive
a 48 year old car is that I LIKE to do things like replacing and setting the
points and all of the other routine maintenance that a car of this vintage
requires.
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