the rubber strap was commonly used for various applications on british
motorcycles.
cheers,
jerry
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Rich Chrysler <richchrysler at
quickclic.net>wrote:
> It's in the Concours Guidelines photo section.
>
> Rich
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:
> healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Greg Mandas
> Sent: 2011-06-02 11:07
> To: healeys at autox.team.net; Editorgary at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] The little rubber strap
>
> Could we get a picture?
>
> --- On Thu, 6/2/11, Editorgary at aol.com
> <Editorgary at aol.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Editorgary at aol.com <Editorgary at aol.com>
> >
> Subject: [Healeys] The little rubber strap
> > To: healeys at autox.team.net
> >
> Date: Thursday, June 2, 2011, 12:55 PM
> > In a message dated 6/2/11 9:46:49 AM,
> > healeys-request at autox.team.net
> > writes:
> >
> >
> > > It is a shy little rubber
> strap about 4 inches
> > long. It went
> > > strapped that wire wrapped lead from
> engine to temp
> > gauge in the dash
> > > to the heater hose. I think they were
> discarded
> > rapidly when engines
> > > were serviced or repaired. A long time
> ago I sent it
> > to Roger Moment
> > > who had duplicates made as he said it was
> a really
> > rare bird. What
> > > is amazing is that it has a patent !!!!!
> > >
> >
> > When I first saw that strap, I thought it looked familiar
> > from my
> childhood
> > spending my days in the back of my dad's bicycle shop, and
> > later
> Norman
> > Nock confirmed it, not from his past car experience but
> > from having
> been a
> > cyclist all his life. We both remembered first seeing that
> > strap on
> Humber and
> > Raleigh bicycles, holding the rear handbrake cable to the
> > frame
> of the
> > bicycle. I'm betting that when they first encountered the
> > problem
> of having
> > the
> > temp sensor cable fouling whatever it might foul in the
> >
> engine compartment,
> > Roger Menadue went over to his bicycle and pulled the
> strap
> > off of it,
> > determined that it would work, and then they told BMC to
> > order a couple of
> > thousand
> > from whomever supplied them to Humber and
> Raleigh.
> > Gary
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jerry wall BN6
rowlett, tx
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