Posted on 10/09/2011 12:27:00 PM PDT by Bean Counter
Go ahead and date yourself with this one.
(With Thanks to BigFurHat at IowntheWorld dot com)
First and only slalom I ever ran was in that car. I missed the practice session, so a guy in a 260Z let me ride with him to learn the course. I made my run and the timer asked me, “What DO you have in that thing?”
“Just a stock 1595 cc engine with 96,000 miles. Why do you ask?”
“You’re in third place, ahead of the ‘Vette.”
Great little car! ( I had put 5.5” Corvair rims with Michelein XAS copy tires on it, so it handled quite well)
I eventually traded it for a ‘66 Alfa Giulia Sprint GT. The owner went back to college and could not afford to pay Alfa dealerships to work on it.
Steam powered apple peeler?
Apple juicer??
You know Lucas Electrical Systems?
I became a personal friend of every tow truck driver in my area due to Lucas.
I also learned how to make the carb work and drive on only the battery.
The battery was behind the drivers seat.
I lost my diamond once in the washer tank. Mr. CGG got me a new one.
IF it was hangin on the clip you’d know.
Correction, the dimmer was on the left and the starter was on the right near the gas pedal so you could press the gas and the starter together. I guess remembering that makes me real old:)
You guys are REALLY old!
Oh my....LOL. This is getting hilarious (for those of us of a certain age).
Oh, yeah ... my dad’s first truck had one of those ...
Im not. Im 40. Lol.. I feel like im 20.. sorta....
Perpetual motion device
The very first SawsAll™ motor.
2nd gen diesel?
That’s fine in the family sedan with an automatic tooling around town, but it sucks with a stick when you’re on a twisty road at night.
My 71 Spitfire had the battery on a shelf built into the fire wall. Eventually the battery acid would eat a hole in the shelf and when it rained the acid would drip thru the hole and any passenger sitting there would get a nice hole in there pant leg. fun car to drive on certain days, but on others yikes. Reminds me of the old joke, Why do the Brits drink warm beer? They have Lucas refrigerators.
on one of the many jumps for my B, the tow truck driver somehow had to get the clips into the car behind the seats and somehow had the whole left side of the car smoking. I pointed it out to him and we just let that baby cool down for a while.
I saw a cartoon decades ago that addresses that problem. It showed a crew of astronauts preparing to launch. One of the crew had an absolutely horrified look on his face, as he was staring at a badge above the control panel that read, “Lucas Electrics”
I had an MG that was built the same way. Once I had an engine fire that started when the B+ that transits the firewall shorted out, filling the cabin with acrid gray smoke.
Good times.
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