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ford38v8 said:
Martin, You can really defend The Prince Of Darkness?

No, I wasn't referring to the Victory sign. The two finger salute I referred to was with the fingers together, used in a derogatory manner: "Oop yours!" ...But how is that more socially acceptable than flipping the bird? :confused:
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Yes I will defend Lucas, I have had many old cars with Lucas electrics and have found them to be very reliable in every day use. That is my experience.

And flicking the Vee's, not the hippy style or victory style, or the Vee's are flicked knuckles away from the flickee. As you said.
It is more acceptable than the bird, the meaning being less abrasive than the bird.
Martin.
 
Here in the 60s-70s 2 Fingers was V for victory to you or for you Reverse it and you have the opposite
Gudgeon Pin = Wrist pin
Tappet = Rocker
Tow bar = Hitch
 
colin1928 said:
Here in the 60s-70s 2 Fingers was V for victory to you or for you Reverse it and you have the opposite
Gudgeon Pin = Wrist pin
Tappet = Rocker
Tow bar = Hitch
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Here in the US, a "tappet" is the "Lifter". Still part of the valve train tho.. ;)
 
I dont think this was a "normal" name in Germany, but I had a German national friend that used to call a car door a "Portal". Every time he refered to a door, he used that term.
 
Martin, you must own stock in Lucas Electric. My apologies.

Oh, and I can't imagine how two fingers accompanied by "Oop yours" can be less offensive than flipping the bird!
 
I learned the "King's English" through many years of watching Monty Python's Flying Circus.
 
I loved that show and watched it every saturday night as a young teen in the 70's. I also have to admit at that time I watched it because every so often you might catch a breast shot in one of the skits... A bonus for a young teen boy in the 1970s. Lol.

TonyM said:
I learned the "King's English" through many years of watching Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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Tudorp said:
I loved that show and watched it every saturday night as a young teen in the 70's. I also have to admit at that time I watched it because every so often you might catch a breast shot in one of the skits... A bonus for a young teen boy in the 1970s. Lol.
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When I began watching the show as a teen in the 1970s, the show appeared on the Public Broadcast System and was uncensored.
 
Yep, it was pbs on a UHF channel. And yep benny hill would give ya a gratutious boob shot every so often too.. lol


[2QUOTE=ford38v8;865510]Ah, yes, those were the days... I watched Benny Hill religiously! :D[/QUOTE]
 
Spent some time down under working for the Gubment. Drank a lot of beer with Aussies and Kiwis. Learned a lot of slang which I think I can't repeat here.........:rolleyes:
 
Alan,

How about 9 of the last 50 Academy Awards for Best Picture, including one of my all-time favorites, The King's Speech, in 2011?

As for the '...re' versus '...er' and '...our' versus '...or' spellings, just step over the 49th parallel into Canada. We do share nearly all the same automotive nomenclature, however.

For those who think some of the British and/or Australian automotive terms are strange, how about our own silliness in evolved terms like "mast jacket" for steering column tube? Where is the yardarm and where are the sails on a car?
 
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David and Martin, I'll bet you this: The Brits are too smart to film movies with Lucas Electrics in their cameras!
 
Beg to differ.....my cousin had a new MGB that "spontaneously combusted".


scooder said:
Sixthly, nothing wrong with Lucas electrics, on a car, Work well and last long. Put Lucas electrics on a British motor bike, that's a different story altogether.
Martin.
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Joe AZ said:
Beg to differ.....my cousin had a new MGB that "spontaneously combusted".
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Joe, ask your cousin about the Lucas switches that fall apart if you look at them.
Ask him also if he knows what MGB stands for? (No, not Morris Garage) it's Money Grabbing B##ch :(
 
I heard that the first thing that Ford did when they bought Jaguar was to toss Lucas and buy Bosch (sp?).
 
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