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1. Re: Interior revisited... (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:22:38 -0000; i (looks Perfectly feasible and 'original.' You could claim the car was built in the factory terms of *non-standard combination of standard colours.* Jonmac; /html/spitfires/2005-02/msg00040.html (7,200 bytes)
2. TRIUMPH WORLD (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 22:24:37 -0000; I know there are many on these three lists who look forward to receiving and reading their regular copy of Triumph World. I don't buy it because it bores me witless. However, in the February/March 20; /html/spitfires/2006-03/msg00012.html (9,918 bytes)
3. Re: Weber carb question. (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 16:10:19 -0000; They fitted a downdraft Weber to the Fiat 500 I owned for happily no more than a week. About the size of a packet of 10 cigarettes. Think I prefer Solex or Zenith downdrafts, at least they would be t; /html/spitfires/2006-02/msg00038.html (7,633 bytes)
4. Triumph book (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 22:38:08 +0100; Sincere apologies to all listers for a 'commercial'. It's just that I've got about 250 remaining copies of the Triumph book that so many of you so kindly bought some years ago. They will appear on eb; /html/spitfires/2006-08/msg00020.html (7,148 bytes)
5. Re: [TR] Triumph book (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:23:36 +0100; Much of the sequel is already written. Trouble is, I can't find anyone in the UK showing a willingness to publish it. The M/S has been hiked around heaven knows how many firms who specialise in 'aut; /html/spitfires/2006-08/msg00021.html (7,796 bytes)
6. Triumph Book NOT sold out (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 07:41:31 +0100; Wow, what an avalanche of emails awaiting me this morning!!! VERY sorry for the confusion about the first order seemingly to have cleared the whole lot. This is not, repeat not the case. I still have; /html/spitfires/2006-08/msg00024.html (7,058 bytes)
7. Re: A quote on the swing-spring (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 23:38:34 -0000; It's worth commenting that the Herald as first designed as a prototype used upper and lower wishbones at the back as well as the front. That interfered with the body floor pan requiring it to be muc; /html/spitfires/2006-11/msg00038.html (8,319 bytes)
8. Christmas (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 19:13:53 -0000; It's 7.0pm here in the UK on Christmas Eve. I'd just like to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and may the New Year bring you everything you wish for. If you own a Triumph, the New Year could also; /html/spitfires/2006-12/msg00062.html (6,853 bytes)
9. Re: 1500 engine rebuild (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 13:48:24 -0000; Just a comment FWIW. It's clear to me in the UK that the US and Europe generally have different methods for calculating octane. We use RM for 'research method, whereas I think you guys in the US have; /html/spitfires/2006-12/msg00066.html (7,936 bytes)
10. Re: 1500 engine rebuild (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 20:57:07 -0000; Yes, Jerry, it was me who wrote in and also it was me who rode in the Spitfire. As to the car's pedigree, it came back to the UK within the last year where there was plenty of documented evidence tha; /html/spitfires/2006-12/msg00070.html (10,079 bytes)
11. Re: Great (Triumph Herald) one for those with broadband... (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:29:18 -0000; Clark, the important thing to remember with Clarkson, is that his programme researchers appear to be a pretty dumb bunch when it comes to UK auto industry history. Clarkson himself is one of the most; /html/spitfires/2007-01/msg00037.html (8,410 bytes)
12. Re: Great (Triumph Herald) one for those with broadband... (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:48:37 -0000; Well David, to be honest, from what I've seen of Top Gear down the years (I live in the UK) the vast majority of cars they've had are (a) outside my price range anyway, (b) don't really appeal and (c; /html/spitfires/2007-01/msg00043.html (9,895 bytes)
13. Re: [Spits] Tire cracking (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:00:17 +0100; Your description suggests they are old tyres for a start - and may have spent some time either standing or under-inflated. I think they would possibly be a Department of Transport failure item in th; /html/spitfires/2007-10/msg00037.html (7,457 bytes)
14. Re: [Spits] Gas Prices (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 22:36:11 -0000; The quickest way to achieve both objectives is for the US government to tax fuel to the same level as in Europe. Here in the UK, approx 75% of the pump price on a gallon of gasoline goes straight to; /html/spitfires/2007-11/msg00016.html (8,414 bytes)
15. Re: [Spits] Gas Prices (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 22:20:52 -0000; Well, you could cover the greatest width of England from Land's End to Broadstairsdon't in 48 hours (364 miles) non-stop at 7.5mph, . But if you wanted to include the UK, that brings Northern Ireland; /html/spitfires/2007-11/msg00018.html (8,359 bytes)
16. Re: [Spits] Gas Prices (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 12:08:48 -0000; Ah, what a good 'play on words' !!! :) Jonmac -- Original Message -- From: "Brits'n'Pieces (Eric Frenken)" <lists@brits-n-pieces.com> To: "'John Macartney'" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; "'Stasys; /html/spitfires/2007-11/msg00034.html (9,621 bytes)
17. [Spits] Triumph Trans-AmeriCan Charity Drive 2009 (score: 1): Author: JOHN MACARTNEY <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:53:01 +0000 (GMT); There are revisions to the event website at www.triumphtransamerica.org.uk that may be of interest. The site is hopefully easier to navigate There is a FREE download of the presentation made by Glen; /html/spitfires/2007-11/msg00094.html (6,950 bytes)
18. [Spits] A living testament :) (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:10:23 -0000; As it grew dark tonight, I found myself travelling home through a quiet village close to Birmingham in the UK. Waiting at the somewhat long red light, I noticed the building alongside was a fine exam; /html/spitfires/2007-12/msg00001.html (8,131 bytes)
19. [Spits] TRIUMPH TRANS-AMERICAN Charity Drive 2009 EXCITING (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:54:55 -0000; Have we got something to talk about! The Macartney Charitable Trust will soon be assuming ownership of a most generously donated and professionally restored Triumph Spitfire. There'll be lots more o; /html/spitfires/2007-12/msg00002.html (7,110 bytes)
20. [Spits] More updates on the Triumph Trans-AmeriCa Charity Drive (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:55:24 -0000; The website has undergone further updates as of 19 Dec 2007 with some new pix and revamped pages. In case you missed our last posting, the Trust has been given - yes, given - a concours (modified) 19; /html/spitfires/2007-12/msg00012.html (7,060 bytes)

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