There is a book you need: "How to repair your foreign car" by Dick
O'Kane -- it was written in the 1960's and was mostly but not
exclusively about British vehicles.


It had chapter titles such as:

Why, when Britannia rules the waves, can't they make a car
that runs in the rain?

Carburettor is a French word meaning "Leave it alone...."


There were also chapters on what your tool kit should have. The
typical British car's contents were described and derided "The
mallet for knock-off spinners will do you no good when you need a
lug wrench...."

It suggested you take a sunny day and figure out how to jack up the
car & change a tyre then, not not wait for a dark, cold rainstorm.
[Hint: my BiL's Morgan is jacked up from INSIDE the car..]

There was an entire chapter on likely the worst-designed piece of
hardware since the Tacoma Narrows Bridge -- yes, the SU electric
fuel pump.

And every single word is true. Buy it before you get the car.



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