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coppice:
--- Quote from: vk6zgo on June 15, 2021, 11:29:18 pm ---I never worked out why Brit cars were so hard to start in the morning.
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That's a huge generalisation.
--- Quote from: vk6zgo on June 15, 2021, 11:29:18 pm ---At Christmas time '71, I went to Scotland, where, in the other Perth, I rented a car from the local VW dealer.
Unfortunately, he was out of VWs, but had a Ford Cortina Estate, which was a few years old.
Well, it was a pig!
Hated starting---I can't remember if it had a manual or auto choke, but the stink of unburnt fuel surrounded it after each start.
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I owned a 71 Cortina, bought when it was about 5 years old. It had had a hard life before I got it, but it started on the first turn of the key day after day, except one time when it had a carburettor fault. In 1980 I bought a brand new Cortina. I had it 5 years and throughout that time it just started on the first turn of the key.
bsfeechannel:
...your first childhood family car was a 10 year old Citroën Traction Avant.
schmitt trigger:
Microcontrollers with a maximum of 64K memory address.
Running at 4 Mhz, of course.
When you remember the 741 and 555 as being state-of-the-art devices.
mansaxel:
When you realise that the audio guys at work are trying to get rid of what was state of the art back when you drifted out of audio and into computers.
vk6zgo:
--- Quote from: VK3DRB on June 16, 2021, 06:38:17 am ---When the salesman looks at you strangely when you ask where the colour TV's are.
When you know what four-on-the-floor, three-on-the-tree and a T-bar auto (pronounced "T-Bar Ordo") are.
When (for the Aussies), you can remember K-Mart car products stating "Suits Holden, Falcon, Valiant."
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Rationalisation of components & accessories between brands made things a lot easier.
My "Australianised" Renault R12 used an (Australian made) Bosch distributor, & the same set of contacts that were used in umpteen models of Holden.
The Aussie Bosch car electrical systems were rugged, reliable, not cheap, but big stuff, like starters & alternators were re-buildable multiple times & everybody in the trade did just that.
The funny thing was, a lot of Brit cars used common bits, too, but unless you had an unusual brand, like a Singer, you would have never found out.
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When a used car ad would mention "Ideal ladies car". I might try putting that in an ad next time I sell a car to see what happens. I'll make sure my house is insured against fire first.
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Gee, I might buy one for my "Ideal lady" (slither, grovel). ;D
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