Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Felix My most profound sympathies go out to you on your misfortune. Please let me know if I can be of assistance in any way. BTW, the Austin 7 did not have a water pump for the radiator. It depended upon thermo-syphon circulation. Jerry Jerry Felix Lopez de Maturana wrote: > > My last British car was 40 years ago, and my blood still boils > > thinking about it! > > > > Jerry > > I've started driving in my father's Austin Seven, a twenties tiny car > perhaps the grandfather of the Mini of Alec Issigonis, without hydraulic > brakes and without gas pump, the gravity did the job. Many often you had > to start the engine with the crank (it was really embarrassing in strong > rain) but I remember that with sympathy...mainly because was a time, > after civil war, when almost no car was on the Spanish roads. > > Kind regards > > Felix > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html