[DeTomaso] 6328 Resto Files - The Wiring Wall

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Hmmmm... a 914 with Subie WRX STI engine. That could be a lot of fun. 

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> On Jul 30, 2020, at 3:19 PM, Mike & Elizabeth <mbefthomas2 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Talk about Ba-Zinga!!  A screaming mutant hornet in a reserved English facade.  Like a Monster Miata or a Porsche 914 with a 327 in the back.  Always wanted something delinquent like that.
> 
> Mike
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Donahue <demongusta at gmail.com> 
> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2020 12:31 PM
> To: Mike & Elizabeth <mbefthomas2 at gmail.com>
> Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 6328 Resto Files - The Wiring Wall
> 
> I must say, however, i drove my MGB 247,000+ miles (on original motor) w/o an electrical issue, other than the fuel pump mounted behind the rr wheel going through puddles in the rain. Sounds hard to believe - but true. Drove it off the ship in San Francisco in 1965. Now has a 250 h.p. rotary @ 11,500 red line. A little rocket ship.
> 
>> On Jul 30, 2020, at 12:04 PM, Mike & Elizabeth <mbefthomas2 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I believe they refer to it as 'room temperature . . . '
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> On Behalf Of 
>> John Donahue
>> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2020 10:50 AM
>> To: George B <gkb1968 at hotmail.com>
>> Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 6328 Resto Files - The Wiring Wall
>> 
>> That’s why the British drink warm beer - Lucas refrigerators.
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>> 
>>>> On Jul 30, 2020, at 10:36 AM, George B <gkb1968 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I had my harness out when I first bought my car. Found several badly  
>>> oxidized connectors and wires, a few melted/burnt wires and two fuses  
>>> (12ga wire at both ends joined in the middle by a 20ga wire from the  
>>> factory. Lucas is the prince of darkness.
>>> 
>>> Fixed those issues, bridged the amp meter terminals with a large 
>>> gauge  wire and installed a Mitsubishi (as I remember) fuse block 
>>> from Marino  and haven't had any electrical issues at all in the last 18ys.
>>> 
>>> George
>>> 
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>>> From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf 
>>> of  Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net>
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2020 12:51:04 PM
>>> To: 'Larry Finch' <fresnofinches at aol.com>
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