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On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 11:47, Dave Hall wrote: > > > Another bulletin (Nov. 1972) says they are fitting ignition coils made by Lucas > to some Type 1, 2/1600 and 3 vehicles except 3/1600 E (injection) on the > production lines. > I have an idea what Russ will suggest as a reason - probably something rude > about our worthy long-standing UK manufacturer of auto-electrical items - but > apart from not wanting to give him a reason to be rude :-) , why would they > exclude the Type 2/1700 and the Type 3/1600E (injection) when they claim the > coils are fully interchangeable? > > I'll laugh now so I can ignore the funny comments ..... ha-ha! > I think this may have been when the British economy was in the dumper/toilet, and the Germans were being condesending and giving the Brit's some work. Really, I think there may have been a supply problem IIRC. So they used a few Lucas coils. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org