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1. Hi, g'bye. (score: 1)
Author: muller@Alliant.COM (Jim Muller)
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 21:23:49 EDT
As most of you know, Alliant has closed down, leaving me with email access only because of Alliant's generosity with the building and its resources. Mark, I must ask you to remove me from the SOL lis
/html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00312.html (6,801 bytes)

2. Re: Horsepower (score: 1)
Author: muller@Alliant.COM (Jim Muller)
Date: Fri, 1 May 92 10:45:54 EDT
Uh, let's see if the memory still functions. 1 horsepower = 550 ft-lbs/sec. Yep, that's it, I believe. At least it comes out with the correct units. You want to know how to get that from rotational d
/html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00009.html (7,302 bytes)

3. Re: Question for spitfire owners (score: 1)
Author: muller@Alliant.COM (Jim Muller)
Date: Sat, 9 May 92 09:17:14 EDT
The folks who rebuilt mine a year ago put a Fram PH-8 on it, about the most common filter there is...
/html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00202.html (6,415 bytes)

4. rambling stuff (score: 1)
Author: muller@Alliant.COM (Jim Muller)
Date: Mon, 11 May 92 12:28:05 EDT
So yesterday the three of us went to Cape Cod for the day, Sharon, myself, and Percy, the intrepid Spitfire. Let me tell you about New England weather. When we left Waltham, it was about 70 degrees,
/html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00213.html (13,553 bytes)

5. Re: Long trips - was Re: sigh (score: 1)
Author: muller@Alliant.COM (Jim Muller)
Date: Wed, 13 May 92 12:25:20 EDT
Roland (alias cobra) tells us: The Skyline Drive is in the Shenandoah National Park, which runs down the spine of the Blue Ridge Mountains, in central Virginia. (And the Blue Ridge Parkway connects i
/html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00272.html (7,157 bytes)

6. Re: head-scratcher (score: 1)
Author: muller@Alliant.COM (Jim Muller)
Date: Wed, 13 May 92 15:15:18 EDT
There's one more thing to add to the temp/anit-freeze/pinging discussion. The temperature reported by the temp gauge is exactly that temp at the gauge pickup. If this is reasonably close to the therm
/html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00282.html (7,156 bytes)

7. Spitfire sold (score: 1)
Author: muller@Alliant.COM (Jim Muller)
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 92 10:22:32 EST
I finally sold my Spitfire. I got really tired of all the hassles to get it running, and when someone offered me $7500 for it, I decided screw it, let's do it. So Percy is gone. I will still keep rea
/html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00005.html (6,278 bytes)

8. Re: LBC's in tha commute (score: 1)
Author: muller@Alliant.COM (Jim Muller)
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 92 11:10:44 EST
Elmo has good taste in cars. Jim (oh, by the way, the guy's check bounced, so Percy is back.)
/html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00037.html (7,402 bytes)

9. Percy is up and running :-} (score: 1)
Author: muller@Alliant.COM (Jim Muller)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 12:15:34 EDT
Percy is up and running. Life is good.
/html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00261.html (6,209 bytes)

10. Re: Mystery Car (was: -tr7 (and 8) styling...) (score: 1)
Author: muller@Alliant.COM (Jim Muller)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 14:18:51 EDT
I've had yuppiedudes in late-model Japanese-BMW-mobile-lookalikesbecause-all-sporty-cars-look-alike-now ask me what year my Spitfire was, and then lose their jaws to the gravel when I tell them it's
/html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00282.html (6,889 bytes)

11. Re: Early Spitfire OD tranny (score: 1)
Author: muller@Alliant.COM (Jim Muller)
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 92 13:04:41 EDT
Just a thought on the lockout switch for the Spitfire's OD. One of the criticisms of the automags' was that it couldn't be used in 2nd, unlike the OD of the bigger TR's. I can confirm that, yes, ther
/html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00419.html (7,476 bytes)

12. Re: rebuilding carbs, distributor (score: 1)
Author: muller@Alliant.COM (Jim Muller)
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 92 13:20:03 EDT
This mechanic got your MGC running, seized distributor and all??? Either he's a damned good mechanic or MG's are stranger than I thought! Jim Muller -- "Gim'me a light." Phfft! "No, not a Bud Lite. A
/html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00420.html (6,933 bytes)

13. Re: SPIT OD (score: 1)
Author: muller@Alliant.COM (Jim Muller)
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 92 11:28:15 EDT
Gerry tells us: Someone else pointed out the danger of using OD in too low a gear. Perhaps one should avoid using the OD in 1st or 2nd even if it can be engaged. On the other hand, it certainly is ea
/html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00448.html (8,543 bytes)

14. RE: Spit OD (score: 1)
Author: muller@Alliant.COM (Jim Muller)
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 92 14:45:01 EDT
About Greg Tobin's OD, you might check that you have enough tranny oil. Or that it is the right type. Drain it and refill it with the right stuff, CASTROL whatever, as specified in the books. One rea
/html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00471.html (7,284 bytes)

15. marque?? (score: 1)
Author: muller@Alliant.COM (Jim Muller)
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 92 10:42:03 EDT
I've always said "mark". As in "mark of excellence" or "mark of whomever made this thing, excellent or not". I mean, if you say "mark", the infidels who have never seen the word "marque" (theatre or
/html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00497.html (6,681 bytes)

16. Re: Mid-Ohio (score: 1)
Author: muller@Alliant.COM (Jim Muller)
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 92 12:28:05 EDT
And according to my dictionary it is pronounced "mark". Also according to my dictionary, the theatre thingy is spelled m-a-r-q-u-E-E. Jim Muller
/html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00512.html (6,540 bytes)

17. Re: Brit mid-engines (score: 1)
Author: muller@Alliant.COM (Jim Muller)
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 92 21:38:15 EDT
Surely the Europa would qualify...
/html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00575.html (7,514 bytes)

18. Re: Leaf-spring Cobras (score: 1)
Author: muller@Alliant.COM (Jim Muller)
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 92 21:41:48 EDT
As sfisher points out, those of us with that ultimate expression of the leaf spring and suspension design, the (tah-dah!!) Triumph Spitfire, are quite familiar with leaf springs. Transvers, especiall
/html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00576.html (7,312 bytes)

19. Re: Sebring Sprites (score: 1)
Author: muller@Alliant.COM (Jim Muller)
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 92 16:10:22 EDT
I'm getting kinda' tired of reading about the mongoose. (Let's see, that's maybe 5 or 6 copies by now...) Jim Muller
/html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00603.html (6,781 bytes)

20. Re: Trunions, hubs and icky bits (score: 1)
Author: muller@Alliant.COM (Jim Muller)
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 92 10:47:26 EDT
How much you have to take apart on the trunnion depends on what the trouble is. The usual failure on a Spitfire/GT-6 trunnion is the Delrin (or some such plastic) bushings where the lower control arm
/html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00669.html (7,976 bytes)


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