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1. Re: Pumping Gas (score: 1)
Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 03:00:50 -0400
Back in the longago, around 1975, I was stationed at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland and was dating a fine woman in Lexington, Virginia. At the time, I was driving a 36-hp VW Bug. I would come do
/html/tigers/2007-05/msg00102.html (7,923 bytes)

2. Re: Speedometer gear (score: 1)
Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 00:29:16 -0400
Hmm. Most Eastern States (that is, "States of Reality") are converting to 0.1 mile markers to aid those in accidents when calling in on cell phones. I suspect that you guys out there on the Left Coas
/html/tigers/2007-05/msg00109.html (7,838 bytes)

3. Re: [Tigers] FW: Complete List - The 50 Worst Cars of All Time - (score: 1)
Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:05:57 -0400
Uh? Early Japanese cars in the US were in the late 1950's. By 1971, the Japanese had pretty well figured out the US market and kenw that if they made a car on which the rear-view mirror would stay in
/html/tigers/2007-09/msg00127.html (8,743 bytes)

4. [Tigers] WD-40 (score: 1)
Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>
Date: d-speed/2006-06 mtime: 1163817224
were Close, but no cigar: see the Wikipedia article for the full story. There is no fish oil in WD-40. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b`s fir gun ghr`s fir! _______________________________________
/html/tigers/2007-11/msg00299.html (7,269 bytes)

5. [Tigers] FORD (score: 1)
Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:52:46 -0500
Mustang took work. You guys are the experts -- this Alpine guy just wants to know whether FORD stands for "FOUND ON ROAD DEAD" or does it mean "FUCKIN' OL' REBUILT DODGE"? 12,000 Worthless Rootes Poi
/html/tigers/2008-03/msg00050.html (8,167 bytes)

6. Re: [Tigers] FORD (score: 1)
Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:00:32 -0500
Well, I have heard that one, but usuall it is, "Generally Maintain Carefully", while AMC was, as you folks can figure out, "Always Maintain Carefully". There are some abbreviations of this sort for D
/html/tigers/2008-03/msg00053.html (7,720 bytes)

7. Re: [Tigers] Alpine stock wheels (score: 1)
Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:59:29 -0400
Folks Alpine to B917290 1201200 Alpine from B917291 1210258, replaced by 1214930 (there is also 1201361, but I believe that this was the knock-off wire wheels, though the parts list is ambiguous) (so
/html/tigers/2008-04/msg00142.html (8,214 bytes)

8. [Tigers] Merlin Engines (score: 1)
Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:31:01 -0400
Well, the Rolls-Royce Merlin was never installed in a production P-51. The Mustangs had the Packard version of the Merlin which differed in a number of ways from the RR original. Marc msmall@aya.yale
/html/tigers/2008-04/msg00270.html (7,917 bytes)

9. Re: [Tigers] Merlin Engines (score: 1)
Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:06:20 -0400
These are two completely different issues. Aircraft designed by one manufacturer but built by another -- and both Douglas and North American built B-24's as did Ford -- were subject to direct inspect
/html/tigers/2008-04/msg00272.html (8,668 bytes)

10. Re: [Tigers] Tiger Mention on T.V.! (score: 1)
Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 23:49:42 -0400
Andy Rooney is a prize jerk. I have the correspondence to prove it. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b`s fir gun ghr`s fir! _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://ww
/html/tigers/2008-05/msg00108.html (7,141 bytes)

11. [Tigers] A Sophomoric Discussion on Advance Techniques (score: 1)
Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 19:45:43 -0400
A quiet point not often remembered in USian car circles. European cars, in general, were generally set up until modern times (say, the later 1970's) to have their advance set "static". That is, with
/html/tigers/2008-05/msg00350.html (7,886 bytes)

12. Re: [Tigers] Control of Energy (score: 1)
Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:24:33 -0400
3 car find I blush to admit this, but part of my sinful youth was spent as an Episcopal Cathedral Choirboy in Pittsburgh in the 1960's. One of the Choir Mothers had a DKW. We once got nine choirboys
/html/tigers/2008-06/msg00233.html (8,176 bytes)

13. Re: [Tigers] Control of Energy (score: 1)
Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:32:15 -0400
Certainly. The deal was cut in 1926 but only became a real union in 1932. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b`s fir gun ghr`s fir! _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net htt
/html/tigers/2008-06/msg00235.html (7,284 bytes)

14. Re: [Tigers] Speaking of Panhard Bars... (score: 1)
Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:54:56 -0400
The much more civilized Alpine did not need a Panhard Rod to produce manueverability which, all else being equal, routinely leaves Tigers in the dust on any sort of decent back road. The original Tig
/html/tigers/2008-07/msg00041.html (9,456 bytes)

15. Re: [Tigers] The Prince (score: 1)
Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:56:44 -0400
the You folks have clearly never dealt with Bosch stuff contemporary with our cars of interest. Lucas was a LOT more reliable than was Bosch. And that Italian company -- Marelli? -- was even worse. M
/html/tigers/2008-08/msg00070.html (8,076 bytes)

16. [Tigers] Curt Meinel (score: 1)
Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:03:50 -0400
Curt is located in Ossining, New York. For decades, we have suspected that he has had convicts cranking out his wares at the lash-point in Sing-Sing Prison. He has carefully not left a paper trail th
/html/tigers/2008-10/msg00051.html (7,716 bytes)

17. Re: [Tigers] LONG SHOT REQUEST (score: 1)
Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:22:28 -0400
Well, no. Norm Miller does hold the copyright on the book but not on the information contained therein -- raw data such as serial number runs cannot be copyrighted. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh
/html/tigers/2008-10/msg00184.html (8,512 bytes)

18. Re: [Tigers] stock wheels (score: 1)
Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:52:42 -0400
Steve The last is incorrect. The Alpine Parts manual lists the correct wheels for the later Alpines as 1214930 as well. There are a number of parts shared by the later Alpines and the Tigers and list
/html/tigers/2008-10/msg00215.html (8,689 bytes)

19. Re: [Tigers] stock wheels (score: 1)
Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:21:29 -0400
over dimpled Gary 1214930 wheels were the ONLY wheels used on the Minx V and VI. The Minx V was introduced in the UK in late 1963, about six months or so before the first Tiger appeared. I would sugg
/html/tigers/2008-10/msg00218.html (9,209 bytes)

20. [Tigers] Ammeter: AMPMETER (score: 1)
Author: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:13:03 -0400
IT Why are you shouting? This really is not as vital a topic as keeping Barack Obama out of the White House. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b`s fir gun ghr`s fir! _________________________________
/html/tigers/2008-10/msg00234.html (7,106 bytes)


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