I can't help with any insight on this question John. The 1500 wa just
really getting avauilable when I left the Triumph gang. I do knwo that we
got some of the special rear end gears from the Far East truck sales.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Kipping" <johnkipping@inet.net.nz>
To: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; "William G Rosenbach"
<wgrosenbach@juno.com>; <mjb@autox.team.net>
Cc: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: Chuck it!
> Don't keep worn out mechanical bits such as rusty discs, vertical links
with
> bad threads, scored drums, worn suspension joints. If you have spare
"big
> bits" such as unknown gearboxes, steering racks, cylinder heads, etc
look to
> a parts supplier to take them away for you - hopefully what's left is a
bit
> more manageable.
> Question or query for Kas - have you ever seen one of the Israeli 1500
> cranks? which look like a Spitfire III crank (except for the tapered
nose),
> although they have the normal 1500 size bearings, probably made in the
late
> sixties. I can't work out why Triumph went to the heavy webs for all
other
> 1500 engines starting with the 1500 FWD in 1971 as the lightweight one I
> have fitted in my Herald goes extremely well.
> John Kipping
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>
> To: "William G Rosenbach" <wgrosenbach@juno.com>; <mjb@autox.team.net>
> Cc: <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 9:12 AM
> Subject: Re: Chuck it!
>
>
> > Careful what you throw away. I cleaned my garage in 1998 and threw
away
> > the compete history of the Competition Department. I had every letter
and
> > the answer from the company for a period of 9 years and I tossed it
cause
> I
> > figured no one would ever care or be interested, including me. Then
> seeing
> > the barrel was not full I also tossed out four note books of dyno
records
> on
> > all the engines I had done. That gave me enough room for the parts I
> needed
> > to keep to fix the garden water drip system. Oh yeah, then I decided
five
> > years later to write a book. Good thinking Kas. (yes, the roses are
> grand)
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "William G Rosenbach" <wgrosenbach@juno.com>
> > To: <mjb@autox.team.net>
> > Cc: <fot@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 9:09 AM
> > Subject: Re: Chuck it!
> >
> >
> > > Mark,
> > > Can a person have too much of that kind of stuff?
> > > If you keep it, you will never need it.
> > > As soon as you get rid of it, you'll need it!
> > > Bill
> > >
> > > On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 02:28:45 -0700 "Mark J. Bradakis"
> > <mjb@autox.team.net>
> > > writes:
> > > > I'm working on cleaning up the shop. It seems like an infinite
task
> > > > of shuffling various bits of rusted, corroded metal from here to
> > > > there
> > > > and back again. What should I keep, and what should get thrown
in
> > > > the
> > > > dumpster? How many rusted flywheels should one keep on hand?
How
> > > > many
> > > > corroded brake rotors? How many dented and dirty valve covers?
> > > >
> > > > What would you keep, and what would you toss?
> > > >
> > > > mjb.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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