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Re: MG GM alt. Purists hit delete! Drivers read on.

To: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Subject: Re: MG GM alt. Purists hit delete! Drivers read on.
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 17:19:02 -0500
Cc: "spridgets@autox.team.net" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Organization: dovco
References: <003701c12434$3c7b56e0$ba172fce@fredscomputer> <3B7839E4.2659ED55@eatel.net> <3B783DC6.5FAFFE50@brit.ca>
You can only be a DPO if you sell the car.

As long as I am the current owner, I'll take reliability and drivability
over originality.  You concours people can carry your cars around in
enclosed trailers.  It's not a gull-wing Mercedes, you know.

 I choose to drive mine.  Anyway, I was driving yesterday instead of
waiting for parts to arrive.  I didn't have an extra alternator (or
rectifier) sitting on the shelf.  Neither did any parts houses in town.
I can put a Lucas alternator back on in no time, and you couldn't tell
the GM thing was ever there. I wish some DPO had installed a 5-speed kit
in my car, or a Weber carb, or a 1380.  Granted, some people have no
taste, and others have poor taste.
Cheers,
Derf


Trevor Boicey wrote:

> derf wrote:
> > Anything can be repaired with a little patience.  Some
> > things can be improved with a little ingenuity.
>
>   (lightheartedly)
>
>   Again, the true hallmark of a DPO.
>
>   Whether it's an alternator, a 454 Chevy engine, or
> a black and pink whale tail, all DPOs have one thing
> in common.
>
>   The inner and total belief that they are
> "improving the car".
>
>   ;>
>
> --
> Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
> Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
> ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
> Admit it Dennis. You *WANT* to get off on a rant here.



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