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Default Volkswagens (was Rethinking "Made in China")

On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:51:01 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:27:42 -0800, "Lew Hodgett"
wrote:

Somebody wrote:
As long as we're bragging, my 1970 Ford Custom got 9mph.

'Course it had a police interceptor engine, a calibrated speedometer
up to
140, an 8-quart crankcase, and, believe it or not, a DELCO
alternator.



Police vehicle?

1970?

Delco alternator?

Very doubtful.

That was Leece-Neville business back then.

Lew


Could have been replaced with a Delco.

Except the Delco mounting brackets wouldn't fit a Ford wirhout MAJOR
reworking, and the L-N bolted right in.