- 101. Errgg...! (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 16:01:58 EDT
- Hi folks, I am back to trying solve my manifold problems. First problem is removing the EGR valve from its location in the old cracked exhaust manifold so I can install it in my header. Everything is
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00987.html (6,785 bytes)
- 102. Re: Errgg...! (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 20:32:21 EDT
- << Tom, FWIW, What kind of header do you have? The reason I ask is when I installed mt Monza header,I was going to plug the EGR port,but noticed it was a dummy,Just welded to a tube that was connecte
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00998.html (7,380 bytes)
- 103. Re: Moral support needed - badly (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 10:54:17 EST
- << Help! I'm drowning! (and just about ready to give up. Should have gotten AGT 666 for a license plate) Dave T >> Well, maybe it will snow again. ;-) At times like this it is good to remember what W
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00226.html (7,244 bytes)
- 104. Re: What Side Dishes go with Crow (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 17:17:28 EST
- Curried Eggs?
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00245.html (7,592 bytes)
- 105. Trim Pad Ideas? (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 17:26:49 EST
- Hi folks, I am at the point of replacing the "Trim Pads", aka door panels> The old ones are OK, but, the exotic English fibreboard underneath is warped and the vinyl is dingy. My problem is that I do
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00247.html (6,784 bytes)
- 106. Re: Spit 5 speed (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 08:07:30 EST
- If you don't mind, I have a question based on yours. You must have considered, at some point, the idea of putting the TR7 (aluminnum?) engine and tranny in the Spit. I haven't seen much about this s
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00286.html (8,341 bytes)
- 107. Re: HEADERS (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 22:12:42 EST
- Wouldn't the 4-2-1 design used on the early Spits be a pattern for these, both in terms of segment lengths and clearances? Tom Burke << There are various schools of thought regarding perfectly match
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00362.html (7,924 bytes)
- 108. Overdrive advice and SUs... (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 15:18:48 EST
- For what it's worth (<$0.02), I know a guy who drove a pretty ragged 1500 Spit (4 spd.) from Virginia to B.C. and back last Summer. His only problem was with his back. I think I would be more concer
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00511.html (7,149 bytes)
- 109. Re: LBC prejuduce sure stings... (long) (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 21:06:28 EST
- As everyone says, the typical body shop today is all about insurance claims. That's where the big money is and there's lot of competition amongst them so they won't take the time to bother with a tim
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00942.html (9,614 bytes)
- 110. Re: Triumph Only auction site (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 13:06:30 EST
- << Ladies and gentlemen, As a way to "give back" and say thank you to all who have helped and continue to help me with my restoration, I have started a totally free auction page for all Triumph owner
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01482.html (7,087 bytes)
- 111. It could be worse... (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 18:04:23 EST
- The list might appreciate this. I was at a Scout event this weekend where I a met an older gentleman who noticed I was driving my daughter's 1983 Volvo. He had one of the same vintage and he decided
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01527.html (6,935 bytes)
- 112. Re: Hard lesson -- learn from my mistakes (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:27:18 EST
- That's a bummer, all right. I'm glad you and your son are OK. Though, VB didn't help matters at all, wire wheels falling off LBC's is not a new problem. I guess it reminds us all to beware of those
- /html/spitfires/2000-02/msg00004.html (7,270 bytes)
- 113. Re: Beating a Dead Horse (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 00:17:20 EST
- << Actually I believe that .87 G quote came from Road and Track or Car and Chris, Since you asked... The Spitfire ad says that the test was performed in the April '73 issue of Car & Driver. I don't h
- /html/spitfires/2000-02/msg00275.html (9,697 bytes)
- 114. Re: How many are we?/"Hey, gang! Let's start a club!" (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 10:40:19 EST
- I'm in. If you need bumper stickers/labels/banners, I have some resources for that. Tom Burke 80 Spit
- /html/spitfires/2000-02/msg00289.html (6,761 bytes)
- 115. Re: How many are we? (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 14:19:18 EST
- Sounds terrific! One suggestion I would make, since events are both the best part of the club scene and the hardest thing to pull off, especially in a far-flung group like this, is that we locate so
- /html/spitfires/2000-02/msg00309.html (8,794 bytes)
- 116. Re: The NA Spitfire Club (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 14:39:26 EST
- << Hi all! My opinion on this (I am extremely belaboured at work right now or I would help design a logo) is to NOT use a design which so closely parallels Charles Runyan's logo for his Coventry club
- /html/spitfires/2000-02/msg00314.html (7,412 bytes)
- 117. Re: How many are we? (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 14:46:24 EST
- << Don't we already have the Rogue's Gallery, http://www.jacksonville.net/~spitfires/ ? Perhaps Patrick could develop it in that vein? Suzie There you go. I learn something new everyday from this lis
- /html/spitfires/2000-02/msg00316.html (8,571 bytes)
- 118. Re: Are Spitfire carpet sets on eBay any good? (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 23:05:50 EST
- << I've noticed that someone is selling "deluxe" carpet kits for the Spitfire on eBay fairly frequently. Have any listers bought a set? How's the fit, quality of workmanship and materials, etc? Are a
- /html/spitfires/2000-02/msg00358.html (7,317 bytes)
- 119. Re: I've got it - the club name for sure. (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:54:45 EST
- << Well, it seems we have come full circle on the name thing and are starting to repeat ourselves. With most respondents in favor of it, I declare the name of the club is...."The North American Spitf
- /html/spitfires/2000-02/msg00535.html (7,450 bytes)
- 120. Re: Return from unplanned winter storage (score: 1)
- Author: Tburke4@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 12:30:24 EST
- << Aidan Mk 2 FC83365 PS - Any chance of a European squadron in this new world order (E S S?) I kind of like EUROSPIT ;-) but, seriously, it is a shame that a little thing like the Atlantic Ocean sep
- /html/spitfires/2000-02/msg00545.html (7,030 bytes)
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