Had my hubcaps stolen today
#161
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Re: Had my hubcaps stolen today
that's creating a short circuit ; can't do the battery much good.
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Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
"Troy" <troy@ .> wrote in message
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> My dad says back in the day they used to hook up a model A or T or
> something's coil to the body of their cars somehow, back when doorhandles
> were metal. Said if someone grabbed them they'd get a real bad shock.
Bill
> do you know anything about this?
>
> Troy
>
>
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Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
"Troy" <troy@ .> wrote in message
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> My dad says back in the day they used to hook up a model A or T or
> something's coil to the body of their cars somehow, back when doorhandles
> were metal. Said if someone grabbed them they'd get a real bad shock.
Bill
> do you know anything about this?
>
> Troy
>
>
#162
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Re: Had my hubcaps stolen today
Can we assume your degree is not in Electrical engineering? ;)
mike hunt
Troy wrote:
>
> My dad says back in the day they used to hook up a model A or T or
> something's coil to the body of their cars somehow, back when doorhandles
> were metal. Said if someone grabbed them they'd get a real bad shock. Bill
> do you know anything about this?
>
> Troy
mike hunt
Troy wrote:
>
> My dad says back in the day they used to hook up a model A or T or
> something's coil to the body of their cars somehow, back when doorhandles
> were metal. Said if someone grabbed them they'd get a real bad shock. Bill
> do you know anything about this?
>
> Troy
#163
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Re: Had my hubcaps stolen today
Can we assume your degree is not in Electrical engineering? ;)
mike hunt
Troy wrote:
>
> My dad says back in the day they used to hook up a model A or T or
> something's coil to the body of their cars somehow, back when doorhandles
> were metal. Said if someone grabbed them they'd get a real bad shock. Bill
> do you know anything about this?
>
> Troy
mike hunt
Troy wrote:
>
> My dad says back in the day they used to hook up a model A or T or
> something's coil to the body of their cars somehow, back when doorhandles
> were metal. Said if someone grabbed them they'd get a real bad shock. Bill
> do you know anything about this?
>
> Troy
#164
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Re: Had my hubcaps stolen today
Can we assume your degree is not in Electrical engineering? ;)
mike hunt
Troy wrote:
>
> My dad says back in the day they used to hook up a model A or T or
> something's coil to the body of their cars somehow, back when doorhandles
> were metal. Said if someone grabbed them they'd get a real bad shock. Bill
> do you know anything about this?
>
> Troy
mike hunt
Troy wrote:
>
> My dad says back in the day they used to hook up a model A or T or
> something's coil to the body of their cars somehow, back when doorhandles
> were metal. Said if someone grabbed them they'd get a real bad shock. Bill
> do you know anything about this?
>
> Troy
#165
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Re: Had my hubcaps stolen today
Can we assume your degree is not in Electrical engineering? ;)
mike hunt
Troy wrote:
>
> My dad says back in the day they used to hook up a model A or T or
> something's coil to the body of their cars somehow, back when doorhandles
> were metal. Said if someone grabbed them they'd get a real bad shock. Bill
> do you know anything about this?
>
> Troy
mike hunt
Troy wrote:
>
> My dad says back in the day they used to hook up a model A or T or
> something's coil to the body of their cars somehow, back when doorhandles
> were metal. Said if someone grabbed them they'd get a real bad shock. Bill
> do you know anything about this?
>
> Troy
#166
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Re: Had my hubcaps stolen today
Deuteros wrote:
> I had all four hubcaps stolen off of my Mitsubishi Galant today. Why do
> people steal hubcaps?
Because somewhere, sometime in the past, a person driving a Misubishi Galant
hit a pot-hole and the hubcap was lost. That person was too cheap to buy a
replacement cap so instead stole it from a neighbour's car. This started
off a chain reaction of Galant hubcap thefts, whose flamefront passed your
car today.
> Anyway, replacement factory hubcaps are way too expensive, but I was
> looking at some replic hubcaps online instead. Has anyone ever purchased
> replica hubcaps? Is the quality the same as a regular hubcap?
>
Careful choice of aftermarket hubcap can see up to a 20% improvement in
mid-range torque. The blue LED hubcaps are recommended.
> I had all four hubcaps stolen off of my Mitsubishi Galant today. Why do
> people steal hubcaps?
Because somewhere, sometime in the past, a person driving a Misubishi Galant
hit a pot-hole and the hubcap was lost. That person was too cheap to buy a
replacement cap so instead stole it from a neighbour's car. This started
off a chain reaction of Galant hubcap thefts, whose flamefront passed your
car today.
> Anyway, replacement factory hubcaps are way too expensive, but I was
> looking at some replic hubcaps online instead. Has anyone ever purchased
> replica hubcaps? Is the quality the same as a regular hubcap?
>
Careful choice of aftermarket hubcap can see up to a 20% improvement in
mid-range torque. The blue LED hubcaps are recommended.
#167
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Re: Had my hubcaps stolen today
Deuteros wrote:
> I had all four hubcaps stolen off of my Mitsubishi Galant today. Why do
> people steal hubcaps?
Because somewhere, sometime in the past, a person driving a Misubishi Galant
hit a pot-hole and the hubcap was lost. That person was too cheap to buy a
replacement cap so instead stole it from a neighbour's car. This started
off a chain reaction of Galant hubcap thefts, whose flamefront passed your
car today.
> Anyway, replacement factory hubcaps are way too expensive, but I was
> looking at some replic hubcaps online instead. Has anyone ever purchased
> replica hubcaps? Is the quality the same as a regular hubcap?
>
Careful choice of aftermarket hubcap can see up to a 20% improvement in
mid-range torque. The blue LED hubcaps are recommended.
> I had all four hubcaps stolen off of my Mitsubishi Galant today. Why do
> people steal hubcaps?
Because somewhere, sometime in the past, a person driving a Misubishi Galant
hit a pot-hole and the hubcap was lost. That person was too cheap to buy a
replacement cap so instead stole it from a neighbour's car. This started
off a chain reaction of Galant hubcap thefts, whose flamefront passed your
car today.
> Anyway, replacement factory hubcaps are way too expensive, but I was
> looking at some replic hubcaps online instead. Has anyone ever purchased
> replica hubcaps? Is the quality the same as a regular hubcap?
>
Careful choice of aftermarket hubcap can see up to a 20% improvement in
mid-range torque. The blue LED hubcaps are recommended.
#168
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Re: Had my hubcaps stolen today
Deuteros wrote:
> I had all four hubcaps stolen off of my Mitsubishi Galant today. Why do
> people steal hubcaps?
Because somewhere, sometime in the past, a person driving a Misubishi Galant
hit a pot-hole and the hubcap was lost. That person was too cheap to buy a
replacement cap so instead stole it from a neighbour's car. This started
off a chain reaction of Galant hubcap thefts, whose flamefront passed your
car today.
> Anyway, replacement factory hubcaps are way too expensive, but I was
> looking at some replic hubcaps online instead. Has anyone ever purchased
> replica hubcaps? Is the quality the same as a regular hubcap?
>
Careful choice of aftermarket hubcap can see up to a 20% improvement in
mid-range torque. The blue LED hubcaps are recommended.
> I had all four hubcaps stolen off of my Mitsubishi Galant today. Why do
> people steal hubcaps?
Because somewhere, sometime in the past, a person driving a Misubishi Galant
hit a pot-hole and the hubcap was lost. That person was too cheap to buy a
replacement cap so instead stole it from a neighbour's car. This started
off a chain reaction of Galant hubcap thefts, whose flamefront passed your
car today.
> Anyway, replacement factory hubcaps are way too expensive, but I was
> looking at some replic hubcaps online instead. Has anyone ever purchased
> replica hubcaps? Is the quality the same as a regular hubcap?
>
Careful choice of aftermarket hubcap can see up to a 20% improvement in
mid-range torque. The blue LED hubcaps are recommended.
#169
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Re: Had my hubcaps stolen today
Deuteros wrote:
> I had all four hubcaps stolen off of my Mitsubishi Galant today. Why do
> people steal hubcaps?
Because somewhere, sometime in the past, a person driving a Misubishi Galant
hit a pot-hole and the hubcap was lost. That person was too cheap to buy a
replacement cap so instead stole it from a neighbour's car. This started
off a chain reaction of Galant hubcap thefts, whose flamefront passed your
car today.
> Anyway, replacement factory hubcaps are way too expensive, but I was
> looking at some replic hubcaps online instead. Has anyone ever purchased
> replica hubcaps? Is the quality the same as a regular hubcap?
>
Careful choice of aftermarket hubcap can see up to a 20% improvement in
mid-range torque. The blue LED hubcaps are recommended.
> I had all four hubcaps stolen off of my Mitsubishi Galant today. Why do
> people steal hubcaps?
Because somewhere, sometime in the past, a person driving a Misubishi Galant
hit a pot-hole and the hubcap was lost. That person was too cheap to buy a
replacement cap so instead stole it from a neighbour's car. This started
off a chain reaction of Galant hubcap thefts, whose flamefront passed your
car today.
> Anyway, replacement factory hubcaps are way too expensive, but I was
> looking at some replic hubcaps online instead. Has anyone ever purchased
> replica hubcaps? Is the quality the same as a regular hubcap?
>
Careful choice of aftermarket hubcap can see up to a 20% improvement in
mid-range torque. The blue LED hubcaps are recommended.
#170
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Re: Had my hubcaps stolen today
Groups trimmed.
That might be possible, using a Model T "buzz box". The coil had a
buzzer on it that provided the make-and-break needed for the coil to
generate high voltage. Running a wire from the high voltage terminal to
a door handle, one that was somewhat insulated -- by paint, rust,
grease, paper, what have you -- from the electrical ground path might
give you a whallop like an electric fence charger. Think: Grabbing a
leaky plug wire with sweaty hands.
<URL:http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9970>
Troy wrote:
> My dad says back in the day they used to hook up a model A or T or
> something's coil to the body of their cars somehow, back when doorhandles
> were metal. Said if someone grabbed them they'd get a real bad shock. Bill
> do you know anything about this?
>
> Troy
>
>
That might be possible, using a Model T "buzz box". The coil had a
buzzer on it that provided the make-and-break needed for the coil to
generate high voltage. Running a wire from the high voltage terminal to
a door handle, one that was somewhat insulated -- by paint, rust,
grease, paper, what have you -- from the electrical ground path might
give you a whallop like an electric fence charger. Think: Grabbing a
leaky plug wire with sweaty hands.
<URL:http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9970>
Troy wrote:
> My dad says back in the day they used to hook up a model A or T or
> something's coil to the body of their cars somehow, back when doorhandles
> were metal. Said if someone grabbed them they'd get a real bad shock. Bill
> do you know anything about this?
>
> Troy
>
>