Gary,
Indeed, some may feel that the "L" in LBC stands for "Lousy". Though I am
confident you are kidding, I for one must respectfully disagree. Unlike the
1982 Dodge 600 that stranded me TWICE on the road between Bremerton and
Tacoma (when I lived in Seattle,) my various and sundry LBC's have NEVER
left me anywhere. No matter what, I could always coax a little more life
out've 'em so they would get me home. Not so with my "91 Explorer that left
me dead for a corroded battery cable (hidden), or the time that even the
factory could not figure out that the problem with the truck running too
cold was the "fuel temperature sender."
To me, and this is my opinion; these cars are easy. If you drive them, they
keep running. As Bill so aptly pointed out, if you don't drive them, they
deteriorate rapidly. Hell, even the famed "Lucas, Prince of Darkness" to me
is a misnomer. Lucas systems are generally (at least the older ones)
exceptionally simple. (OOOPPS, gotta be careful here because the Lucas
Systems for the early 80's TVR's were and are an absolute nightmare; and FAR
from simple.) At least with an older Brit car one has a schematic that
though often inaccurate due to some idiots tinkering, can at least be
traced.....much unlike our silicon controlled automobiles of today.
A friend of mine has a TR250 that has in excess of 200,000 miles on it. It
has never been apart, restored or for that matter maintained. The owner
just has not had the time or the money to restore the car. It is a daily
driver. It ain't pretty, gets him where he wants to go and has never left
him stranded anywhere. My experiences are very similar with lower mileage
:)
Once again Gary, I am confident you are kidding. Please excuse my
ramblings, but this "unreliability" issue continues to confound me.
Regards,
Allan
B9472373
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Gary A Winblad
Sent: Monday, July 13, 1998 7:32 PM
To: alcon@earthlink.net
Cc: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: LBC *&*^! (?)
On Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:24:40 -0700 "Allan Connell" <alcon@earthlink.net>
writes:
>Bill,
>
>Do you mean LBC or SBC?? If you are looking for the meaning of the
>acronym
>LBC, it means "Little British Car" often used to refer to just about
>
>
I always thought LBC meant "Lousy British Car"... oops
how did I get THAT impression??
Gary
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