Having fun setting these..

 

 

 

 

Points points points

 

Bloody things were temperature sensitive to an extent

I have a vague memery of rocking my 1.6L Capri back and forward to set them and having a thin piece of paper in my hand lol Those were the days.:biggrin:

Oh yehh and setting them with these >>

 

1970`s tech solutions>>

 

Stick on rear heated screen element >>

 

Parking light before reflectors were mandatory >

 

Stick on rear heated screen element >>

 

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I have one of these somewhere in the garage. Last seen about 15 years ago.

When mud flaps were a cool upgrade !!

and for your banging tunes !! lol

 

First thing in the morning you had to pull this out..

 

First thing in the morning you had to pull this out..

 

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And if it was a British car "Pray" it started :laugh: Always took a while getting use to another car and how much choke it needed,Too much and you had a wait on your hands after it flooded.Just what you wanted on a morning !

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That could be true Jeff

First thing in the morning you had to pull this out..

 

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I remember the choke in my mums escort when i was a kid!

I feel old :wheelchair:

What's a choke? :innocent:

. . . Gallons of petrol, and 4 of them for less than a pound? (although pounds were bigger back then!)

 

That’s 20 litres of petrol for under a £1.00

How time flies

Even more amazing is the phone number of just 366!

 

. . . Gallons of petrol, and 4 of them for less than a pound? (although pounds were bigger back then!)

 

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Having fun setting these..

 

 

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Oh yes - the pre-electronic ignition days!! I fondly remember the DIY maintenance on my first cars - the Cavalier Mk1 and Manta; setting the contact breakers......

 

Oh yehh and setting them with these >>

 

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…………..But whilst I did posses a set, I seem to remember setting the breakers using a bulb and turning the distributor until the light came on. I definitely remember using the feelers for gapping the 'plugs and adjusting the (non-hydraulic) tappets though!!

 

All good fun though:thumbup:

That’s 20 litres of petrol for under a £1.00

How time flies

 

I don't remember that from my own driving days - but [4-star] petrol was around 40p per litre when I began in 1987!!

MoTs were a bit cheaper back then as well, be interesting to see what you got for £1.50. I think emissions were literally a sniff test!