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Re: Cruise Control

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Subject: Re: Cruise Control
From: Kelvin Dodd <kdodd@West.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 11:57:11 -0700
Kirk:
        I've got one of the Rover throttle control setups sitting in a 
box of junk that some day will get attached to my Rover.  Maybe I should 
dig it out and see if it will fit on the MGB?  :)

Kelvin.

EMILY COWEN wrote:
> 
> Hi Doug Russell!!
> 
> On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, doug russell wrote:
> 
> > BTW, old Rover 4x4s use to have CC - it was a throttle (much like a manual
> > choke) that one would pull out to adjust the speed - with some practice one
> 
> Hmmm, somewhere buried deep in the bottom of my fuzzy memories is this
> useless fact that pops to the surface (triggered by the "Rover 4x4"):
> 
> In the old days, when one had a mechanical winch driven from a pto, you
> were supplied with a hand throttle for the engine.  There was also a
> carry-over to the electrical winches before the advent of alternators.
> 
> The hand throttle could, of course, be used as a form of cruise control
> 
> TTUL8r, Kirk Cowen   who had a CHOCLATE doughnut and can't sleep, or
>                      spell, tonight.


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