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To: "National Corporation (E-mail)" <tigers@autox.team.net>
Subject: inquiry 021800a
From: "Wright, Larry" <larry.wright@usop.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 07:06:31 -0600
Chris Mottram wrote:
>European Car - March 2000 They are doing a series 
>on Euro Hybrids with American engines.  This month 
>is the Pantera (tiger is pictured twice- California Tag 
>TYM 414).  I guess they will run the others in the coming 
>months.  These include the TR-8, Jensen Healey, GT-40, 
>and the Tiger. Sory if this is old news.  I've been on the 
>road without email.

        I'm _very_ interested in Hybrids (or TransAtlantic cars or
Ameri-powered cars), there seem to be about 2 dozens different types, but I
do not see how TR-8's qualify, nor Jensen-Healeys. Well, thanks for passing
the info along, Chris, but I guess it's just as well I trashed the offer I
got in the mail this week to subscribe to European Car. Perhaps the J-H was
just easier to find than a pre-war Jensen, a CV8 (hey, doesn't the new
Celica look like one in the front, with the canted headlights and the
center-of-hood vent?), or an FF.

Steve Laifman wrote:
>Craig Wright wrote:
>> I caution everyone about those clear plugs. 
>>I don't understand why, but they are made out of a plastic 
>>that is not compatible with gasoline.-----
>> They will craze and start to leak after a few months.
>> Craig Wright
>Craig,
>They are not meant to be left in, just used turning float adjustment.

        BTW, mine have been in about 5 years (front of carb only); they're
yellow, but not leaking. I guess if I could find the original metal ones I
could plug those back in.

TOM WITT wrote:
>Thought my tanks were empty, but tipped the car with a jack 
>just to be on the safe side. I had to pull the tank on the drivers side 
>because I was unable to "fish" out the Dead Rat under the tank.

        Oh, man! Another hard-to-find OEM part that I don't have on the GQ?
There wasn't one in there when I had my tanks out, or I would likely have
noticed. Well, perhaps I'll find a DR (anyone know the part #?) on eBay, or
maybe someone might know if a DR from a Triumph or MG would fit. Also, what
size hose clamps are used to attach the in- and out-flow lines to the DR,
and which way does it face?

Lawrence R. Wright, Purchasing Analyst
U S Office Products, Mid-Atlantic District
Formerly Andrews Office Products
larry.wright@usop.com
Ph. 301.386.7923  Fx. 301.386.5333


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