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81. Re: [6pack] Fire extinguisher (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 23:20:55 +0100; I mount my fire extinguisher where the factory rally cars mounted theirs. In two spring clips screwed to the floor directly in front of the drivers seat. Just make sure the 'Start' knob isn't where y; /html/6pack/2008-05/msg00124.html (6,940 bytes)
82. Re: [6pack] unleaded fuel (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 23:29:22 +0100; The UK finally banished leaded fuel availability in 1999. In the run-up to that event, there was a lot of panic (fuelled (no pun) by the Press) that unleaded fuel was unsuitable for classic car engin; /html/6pack/2008-05/msg00151.html (8,848 bytes)
83. Re: [6pack] paranoid daily driver (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 16:30:46 +0100; Joe, in jest, the obvious question is "what kind of serious accident did you have in mind?" Seriously, in my experience of having seen many totalled TR's (in their very young days) they don't hold up; /html/6pack/2008-05/msg00223.html (8,354 bytes)
84. Re: [6pack] Inlet Manifold Question (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 16:08:03 +0100; Tony, if it helps, I've got a used Witor recommended manifold on my PI. It's the type I always recommend when this topic crops up as it's the 6-3-1 type. FWIW (and I believe the manifold in question; /html/6pack/2008-05/msg00264.html (8,667 bytes)
85. Re: [6pack] VIN # Tag rivets (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 23:07:00 +0100; ... and from an appearance viewpoint, if the edges of the rivets look a bit ragged and not perfectly smooth, this too would be a perfect 'factory' look to satisfy the most fussy of concours judges. J; /html/6pack/2008-06/msg00061.html (8,256 bytes)
86. Re: [6pack] Date Coding (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:21:03 +0100; John, heads were certainly coded, though not by date. Because there were many different engine specifications for overseas markets, you could find several different coded heads at any one time. The c; /html/6pack/2008-06/msg00199.html (7,716 bytes)
87. Re: [6pack] Side view mirrors (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:09:45 +0100; NFI myself but I can quote total satisfaction for all Tex products. For those who might wish to replicate Standard-Triumph approved accessories, the MS106C is the one the company offered - and fitted; /html/6pack/2008-07/msg00154.html (8,943 bytes)
88. [6pack] Watkins Glen - 4-7 Sept (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 09:36:11 +0100; Are nay listers attending at The Glenn in September? Please let me know off-list as I'd like to meet you if possible. jonmac _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://ww; /html/6pack/2008-08/msg00000.html (6,018 bytes)
89. Re: [6pack] Lubricants (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:23:18 +0100; Schweppes Indian Tonic Water (still widely available in the UK) had a dollop of quinine added to it during manufacture. Schweppes still claim there's quinine in there but as we don't have malarial mo; /html/6pack/2008-08/msg00275.html (8,845 bytes)
90. [6pack] Greetings one and all (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:45:49 -0000; Over the ten + years I've been reading the daily missives from these lists, I've never known it so late before the usual Christmas Greetings have started going out. Maybe list janitors have put a blo; /html/6pack/2008-12/msg00114.html (8,286 bytes)
91. Re: [6pack] Front Side Markers - '73 (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 14:45:04 -0000; If you think that's strange, Dave - you should have seen some of the other things BL did at the time - both before and after '73! Jonmac _______________________________________________ Support Team.N; /html/6pack/2009-01/msg00001.html (6,748 bytes)
92. Re: [6pack] Get into my Head (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:12:27 -0000; And for the enquiring mind, the B code head came from Birmid Qualcast - just down the road by 300 yards from Rolls Royce aero engines in Derby. Their other claim to fame was the manufacture of quite; /html/6pack/2009-02/msg00126.html (7,870 bytes)
93. Re: [6pack] PI Rocker Ratio? (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:11:33 -0000; A strange decision for Mr. Runyan to make? Presumably he's selling kit for people to convert? As for the police cars, Standard-Triumph did sell a large number of cars to UK police forces. Mostly, th; /html/6pack/2009-03/msg00036.html (8,108 bytes)
94. Re: [6pack] Authentic LBC smells (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:50:58 -0000; The smell many enthusiasts *ought* to have inside Triumphs that use the fibreboard instrument panels and transmission covers, should be that of wet, raw fish. I well remember seeing those componets b; /html/6pack/2009-03/msg00062.html (7,677 bytes)
95. Re: [6pack] Authentic LBC smells (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:35:21 -0000; Hey, perhaps I ought to arrange to have relays of freshly caught fish to keep in the TTACD Stag this year? Are the Great Lakes noted for some particularly smelly ones? Jonmac Jonmac: I wish you had n; /html/6pack/2009-03/msg00069.html (7,685 bytes)
96. Re: [6pack] transmission bolt direction (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:51:57 -0000; Primarily because with the engine and gearbox as an assembly and sitting on rotating assembly cradle, it's far easier to tighten the nuts with an air-wrench from the gearbox side than from the engin; /html/6pack/2009-03/msg00088.html (7,714 bytes)
97. Re: [6pack] 72 steering lock (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:24:31 -0000; Primarily Bob, the idea was to make it as difficult as possible to remove the lock at all! That's why the bolts holding it in place had shear-off heads when a specific level of torque was applied. J; /html/6pack/2009-03/msg00096.html (7,452 bytes)
98. Re: [6pack] Warning buzzer (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:06:20 +0100; Blame it on the Federal Bureau of Safety Standards - or whatever it called itself then. An ignition warning buzzer was a Federal requirement for the 1970 model year and factory fitted. Noisy as hell; /html/6pack/2009-04/msg00067.html (7,829 bytes)
99. Re: [6pack] Numbers Painted on the Block - John Mac? (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 23:27:36 +0100; Hmm. Certainly the paint colour is familiar, though a little faded by time. Methinks perhaps the guy with the brush had washed it out in some thinners and was looking around for something to rub it; /html/6pack/2009-05/msg00103.html (7,790 bytes)
100. Re: [6pack] Numbers Painted on the Block - John Mac? (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 12:07:17 +0100; I thought so. Did an explanatory reply to Vance's question and its too long for moderator decision." You got yours, Vance? Jonmac _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http; /html/6pack/2009-05/msg00110.html (7,393 bytes)

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