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To: moovova
I hope there aren’t any Lucas electrics in those old spacecraft.

No, but there were rumors that the earlier Shuttles used SU carburetors. These were proven TOTALLY false!

They were Strombergs.

:-)


11 posted on 08/21/2015 3:38:50 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("When the left wins, they're in power; when the right wins, they're in office." - Mark Steyn)
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To: BwanaNdege
Here are the Twin SU's I remember wrestling with on several Volvo's from the 60's...

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Always fun in the winter when moisture formed in the chamber and FROZE in the winter in New England. You'd think a car made in Sweden would have figured that out much earlier...

17 posted on 08/21/2015 4:29:05 PM PDT by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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To: BwanaNdege

Nice clean-up on those guys.


23 posted on 08/21/2015 5:38:14 PM PDT by moovova
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