Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/06

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Subject: [Leica] IMG AstonMartin
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Fri Apr 6 19:00:12 2007
References: <0JFZ00K8GNMK4G10@l-daemon> <DC4B73A4105FCE4FAE0CEF799BF84B36013F1DF9@case-email> <6.2.1.2.2.20070405104359.022fd150@pop.med.cornell.edu> <4616E5E1.8010501@san.rr.com> <D1FC0C48-49F0-41F4-ABEF-A95B0E12ABE9@shaw.ca> <4616F62A.1040304@san.rr.com>

I've always heard that Lucas refrigeration is the reason Brits drink NOT
cold beer.




On 4/6/07, Jerry Lehrer <glehrer@san.rr.com> wrote:
>
> John,
>
> No, no! The Jaguars and the AH-Martins as well as Bentleys had the awful
> Lucas systems. Lucas was an Equal-Opportunity
> purveyor of garbage.  They sold crap to Austin as well as Rolls Royce.
>
> Some say that Labour Unions were the cause of the downfall of the UK
> automobile industry.  Not so!  It was Lucas.
>
> Jerry
>
>
> John Collier wrote:
> > Yes they had Lucas electrical systems but not the cheap, nasty stuff
> > that penny pinching designers inflicted on the MGs, Triumphs and
> Lotuses.
> >
> > John Collier
> >
> > On 6-Apr-07, at 6:29 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote:
> >
> >> Chris,
> >>
> >> Are you OOYFM?  Remember they all had Lucas Electrical systems!
> >>
> >> Jerry
> >>
> >>
> >> Chris Saganich wrote:
> >>> If I were ever to own a car again, I'd like it to be one of those.
> >>> Chris
> >
>
>
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-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
Natchitoches, Louisiana
USA

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