rangeroger,

I was going to mention the slant six. They were bulletproof. That Ford 300 six was awfully good too.

I was in the car business for many years. I ended up at a Subaru dealership for about five years. I knew nothing about them when I started. I couldn't beliver the number of these four bangers I saw coming in with over 300,000 Kilometers on them and they were still running strong.

'Spaw, I know I shared this story when a Lucas Electrics thread came up a long time ago, but I thought it's worth repeating. A buddy of mine had a car repair shop. On his lightswitch he had written "Lucas" in big letters and then had written "Off" in both the on and off positions.

Earthing etc. It would take me a long time to stop giggling if I moved to the U.K.