Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Lucas, was R vs R
From: "Richard E. Baznik" <reb10@po.cwru.edu>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 16:27:03 -0400
References: <200008101756.KAA19462@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>

Dan! Tim! All this Bosch and Lucas talk will serve only to kick off another
car thread, and then we won't see Leica posts for a week! It's like tossing
red meat out there.

With a smile.///Dick Baznik (former MGB owner)
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At 09:58 PM 8/10/00 +0100, Tim Spragens wrote:
>> From: "Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com>
>> 
>> Gives us hope! If Lucas Electric is still in business, then Leica will
>> be around a LOOOONG time!
>
>I had more problem with Bosch than with Lucas, prince of 
>darkness. At least the Lucas stuff I could rebuild (on a '58 MGA). I 
>do remember driving down the highway tapping to the electric fuel 
>pump with a wrench to keep it ticking over... at least I could reach 
>it. Everything built then was *repairable*, like Leicas - it wasn't yet 
>part of the disposable culture.