2 odd items?

2 odd items?

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14 May 2017 at 22:02 #298160
Mike Poole
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All electrical and electronic devices contain smoke, if the smoke comes out they stop working.

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15 May 2017 at 08:01 #298173
john carruthers
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Ha, heaters, we had a Trojan van (with a Coffman starter) but no heate. We could remove the engine cover in the cab by simply undoing 2 clips. This allowed some meagre engine warmth into the cab but left nowhere to stand a cup or flask.
By contrast the outside front engine cover had a dozen or more large headed screws.
As 'The Motorist' said of the early Morris Minor "… the passenger compartment is well insulated from engine heat…"
15 May 2017 at 10:22 #298194
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Joe Lucas had some good ideas, but …

One good idea was to buy up all their competing firms (Rotax, CAV, etc) as they got into difficulties during the depression in the thirties. This gave Lucas the use of a range of clever patents and clever engineers, so what could go wrong? Well, they used their new bounty to emphasise the cheapness of the product rather than any 'good' properties, and they were encouraged in this by the car makers themselves.

There came a point when the 'guarantee' – according to service engineers – was 500 yards or 5pm, whichever is the sooner.

Happy days

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