Re: SER1 86" rear lights

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Allan

I don't want to publicly flog James Taylor, but would like to flog Bay View
Books for the restoration manual going out of print.  After trying for a
year with numerous false buys, including money changing hands, it is only in
the last week that I have been offered one.  I just wanted to point out that
it was James and not Tom Taylor and that James is not, as are none of us,
the "infallible one".

While I like S1's to be original we all understand that some of the original
parts are out of our budgets so some personalising of the vehicles must be
acceptable.  Just like every new owner personalised the vehicle from the day
it left the dealership.  Even ones that came off the assembly line had
individual differences, some as part of orders others for design reasons.
It is also why some vehicles are restored to manufacturers specs and others
restored to functional "as is" specs.  I know you understand that, having at
least one in each category.

Cheers
Diana
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allan Harding" <Allan.Harding@xxx.xxx.xx>
To: <series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: SER1 86" rear lights


    Keep going guys,
    Hot rod all the Series Is you can get your hands on. Go for broke,
Keith Black engines, Rangie transmissions coil springs disk brakes etc.
Just don't come to me to get approval for historic registration.  In
time those of us with vehicles which are as near as practically original
or are set up with true period equipment will be smiling.
    Regarding the comments on James Taylor, while there are acknowledged
errors in the text of his book, it is the most definitive book published
on the topic to date and worth owning. There is no need to publicly flog
the guy. Some of the comments over the last couple of days are bordering
on libellous.
    The colour thing may well be true for British home market 80"
vehicles but they were offered in other colours in other markets and
were possibly supplied to fleet owners in their choice of colour.
    It is also worth noting that some of the vehicle numbers quoted for
the change of a particular part (most often the propriety parts from
outside suppliers like Lucas or Girling etc.) are not definitive.
Sometimes new parts were late arriving and the stock of superseded parts
reserved as spares stock was raided to keep production going. The result
is that the definitive statement that such and such a part superseded
this one at a given vehicle number may not be totally correct in all cases.
    Cheers
    Allan
    Canberra, Australia


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