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RE: [newmellotrongroup] Mellotron M400 Lighted Power Switch WANTED.

2012-02-21 by Mark Wallis


Oooh.. gotta love Lucas stuff. Especially those electro-mechanical regulator boxes. I once had a cat called Lucas MagDyno. Actually most old Lucas gear is great if looked after and my 1950 BSA has an unrebuilt 54-ish magneto that still works superbly.


To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
From: wonggster@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:30:46 -0500
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Mellotron M400 Lighted Power Switch WANTED.

There you go, if you aren’t making a museum artifact there are lots of choices. I would guess that the originals will disintegrate under our fingers eventually just like my ARP, EML controls.


On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 2:11 PM, <lsf5275@aol.com> wrote:

I also have rewired a (59 XK-150 and an XKE) and probably two dozen or even more, British motorcycles. Lucas Electronics... "The name goes on before the trouble begins..." Always fun.
In a message dated 2/21/2012 1:55:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, wonggster@gmail.com writes:
When I think of UK and electric I always think of the time I spent pulling solid core Lucas wire out of a friends Jaguar and rewiring the car with lamp cord (speaker wire).


Funny, yes, Fun, no

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