- 81. Re: Body prep (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 10:11:22 -0500 (EST)
- Gerry, In a word, NO. Definitely do not put POR15 over primer, it will just peel off taking your top coats with it. It is a mystery to me why POR15 sticks to rust, probably due to the roughness. Anyw
- /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00584.html (8,280 bytes)
- 82. Re DP40 (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 10:36:37 -0500 (EST)
- Gerry asked about whether it is difficult to mix and use PPG DP40; thought others might be interested. Gerry, It's very easy to get the correct mixture. If you want to mix small quantities, invest in
- /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00621.html (7,345 bytes)
- 83. Re: Vacuum advance (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 10:12:55 -0500 (EST)
- Yo Greg, Like, Greg, RTFM, man. When you do the vacuum advance tube in the mouth test, you have to have earplugs in your ears, or none of it means a thing. The eustacian tubes let all the vacuum leak
- /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00630.html (9,637 bytes)
- 84. Re: Body solder (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 21 Dec 1994 13:30:43 -0500 (EST)
- I tried body solder on the seam where I welded a large patch into the rear deck of my bugeye (someone had cut the panel back for better access to the trunk!). It was not a good experience. The heat i
- /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00663.html (8,307 bytes)
- 85. Re: Old f**t powered wipers (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 22 Dec 1994 12:45:09 -0500 (EST)
- Since Roland and Larry and I are all old farts, we could probably make wipers go with some hose and ingenuity. I think I had vacuum wipers on my 31 Ford pickup as well as on a variety of other beasts
- /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00696.html (7,772 bytes)
- 86. Re: The Joys of Procrastination (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 22 Dec 1994 12:58:14 -0500 (EST)
- Amen. It is supposed to be in the mid to upper 40's the next few days, so Kermit gets to stretch his legs. I will dodge the salt patches. Maybe I better get a new oil filter and change his oil now, t
- /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00697.html (7,615 bytes)
- 87. Re: orbital polishers (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 28 Dec 1994 17:12:30 -0500 (EST)
- I wonder if you don't need to distinguish clearly between so-called random orbital polishers in which the center of rotation varies constantly, and conventional buffers in which the center of rotatio
- /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00778.html (10,354 bytes)
- 88. Re: British Cars Digest #1492 Mon Dec 19 01:15:01 MST 1994 (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 29 Dec 1994 09:02:30 -0500 (EST)
- I tried the application kit that came with the waxoyl, and felt a lot of metal would be missed inside of box sections. Unless the wand actually is pointed at an area, it won't be coated. Also, I thou
- /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00790.html (8,570 bytes)
- 89. Eine kleine nachdripping (K.666) (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 29 Dec 1994 09:19:11 -0500 (EST)
- I am sorry, but they may be right. You probably square off the snow banks when you shovel the drive, and I would bet that you clean all the frost from the windshield instead of scraping a peephole an
- /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00792.html (8,872 bytes)
- 90. Re: Add Fizz to Stripping (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 1 Nov 1994 12:40:08 -0500 (EST)
- The alloy may be the same. At the time your car was built, weren't the english still hammering cars out of bits of aluminium from the wings of downed aircraft? As you strip your car, watch for "no st
- /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00025.html (7,779 bytes)
- 91. Re: Re- A Mighty Fortress (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 3 Nov 1994 15:53:03 -0500 (EST)
- I'm not very religious, but isn't there an obvious connection between lbc's and the bible--I'm thinking about annointing feet with oil... Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ.
- /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00104.html (7,552 bytes)
- 92. Re: Re: Re: A Mighty Fortress (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 4 Nov 1994 10:30:24 -0500 (EST)
- I'm searching my memory--let's see, as I remember it: Thou anointest my head with oil, My brake cylinders runneth over, Surely blue smoke and oil haze will follow me All the days of my life. And I sh
- /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00122.html (7,049 bytes)
- 93. Re: MOT? (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 4 Nov 1994 15:53:44 -0500 (EST)
- Ministry of Transport, I believe--the agency acronym has become shorthand for the test. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT gib
- /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00132.html (6,842 bytes)
- 94. Re: bubble flares, hydraulic lines, (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 4 Nov 1994 16:00:00 -0500 (EST)
- Well, after watching the mechanic sweat over the flares, including two comebacks to fix leaks, I would rather have nonoriginal fittings that were simple and reliable than original style fittings that
- /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00133.html (9,327 bytes)
- 95. RE: Garage pits (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 11:00:50 -0500 (EST)
- I have just got to ask. What on earth is the rationale for making garage pits illegal???? Do you suppose the town council sat down one monday and said, "What shall we do tonight?" "I know, why don't
- /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00180.html (8,545 bytes)
- 96. Tow vehicle thread (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 16:47:44 -0500 (EST)
- Greg, I don't quite know how to break this to you, but they did make a 4-seater TD. NOW, what are you going to do? Ray Gibbons
- /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00192.html (6,928 bytes)
- 97. Pregnancy gives Greg M. odd cravings (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 16:51:53 -0500 (EST)
- I am posting this to the list so that our helpful friend Greg can get more balanced responses from those who have had better experience with 4 wd than I. Fire up your flame throwers. I once bought a
- /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00195.html (10,732 bytes)
- 98. Pit evils summarized. (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 8 Nov 1994 15:27:10 -0500 (EST)
- OK, I have been converted. Let me summarize the evils of garage pits. 1) A firefighter may rush into your burning, smoke-filled garage (I guess in an effort to save your lawn-mower) and fall into you
- /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00225.html (9,067 bytes)
- 99. Wanted: Oct and Nov TB and Classic Cars (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 1994 10:45:02 -0500 (EST)
- Somehow, my renewal of my subscription to Thoroughbred and Classic Cars has gone awry, and I missed the October and November 1994 issues. If anyone on the list has a decent uncrumpled copy of one or
- /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00261.html (7,469 bytes)
- 100. RE: Wheel Collision Center exp. (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 14:11:35 -0500 (EST)
- It is probably all a case of missed communications. If they quoted a fixed price of $75 for straightening a wheel, regardless of the damage, that should be the final price. I doubt that is the case,
- /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00330.html (9,789 bytes)
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