I have to disagree with the British car electrical problems. I had a 74 Triumph Spitfire, the electrical system was the only thing that didn’t give me problems. Car lasted for 12 of the 18 payments and threw a rod.
IIRC, your Spit dates to around the time British Leyland was nationalized. Not sure your car throwing a rod was a coincidence...
There was a buddy of mine that had a ‘68 MGB and when the alternator went out he replaced it with one he pulled out of a Chrysler in a junkyard. He made the appropriate changes (mainly to make it play nice with a positive ground) and installed it.
When he was selling it, he had a prospective buyer who tried to knock a lot off his asking price because the alternator wasn’t original. My buddy’s response was: “So? It’s BETTER than the original!”
Apparently the original alternator in an MGB cannot keep the battery charged if you have the headlights on...
And BTW, Triumph is an acronym for “This Really Is Unreliable, Man, Please Help!”
Well, did you have to throw him to the NY Yankees? On top of abysmal hitting ever since he came here, now he's involved in a doping scandal.
Wait, you didn't say it threw A-ROD? Nevermind.