Re: [Rollei] OT: On the Reliability of British Cars

[Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh >]

Ferdi

A Disco Volante?  (by Alfa Romeo).

Jerry

Ferdi Stutterheim wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-rollei  us
> > [mailto:owner-rollei  On Behalf Of Marc James Small
> > Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 4:35 PM
> > To: rollei  us
> > Subject: [Rollei] OT: On the Reliability of British Cars
> >
> >
> > At 06:10 PM 5/2/03 -0700, Richard Knoppow wrote:
> > >  For all that the Germans were a lot better than the Brits
> > >as makshifting decentlly after the war as those experienced
> > >with post-war English cars know.
> >
> > Bunk, sir.  It is just that British cars were designed for ten hours of
> > owner maintenance per week, something USians could not figure out.  Given
> > that level of maintenance, these cars ran magnificently.
> >
> > The reliability of Lucas electrics far exceeded that of Bosch or
> > Marelli in
> > the 1950's and 1960's.  The US Army ran a number of tests on this
> > and ended
> > up purchasing Lucas and SU gear over German or US equivalents on the very
> > matter of reliability.
> >
> > Besides, the late, and deeply lamented Henry N Manney noted that there HAD
> > to be a connection between Volkswagen and the British (as there
> > was), given
> > the amount of oil the early Kaffer leaked.
> >
> > Marc
> >
> > msmall    FAX:  +276/343-7315
> > Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
> >
> >
>
> Yep, that's what the bumper sticker said: "All parts falling of this vehicle
> are of the finest British quality". ;-)
>
> Ferdi, Owner of a Disco, still in One Piece.

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