- 101. Famous in AutoWeek (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 06:46:01 -0400
- Hello Trevor and all the rest, Haven't had a chance to read all my mail yet, but looking at the headers, I don't see that anyone has commented on Trevor's web site being mentioned in this weeks AutoW
- /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00538.html (7,177 bytes)
- 102. RE: Weber and Elec fuel pump safety (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 06:47:25 -0400
- [stuff snipped] Thanks to Ford's trials with the Pinto, you can go to the Bone yard and hit up any FoMoCo passanger car and get an Intertia switch out of it. If the car gets whacked the switch trips
- /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00623.html (8,202 bytes)
- 103. RE: When it rains, it pours... (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 06:48:08 -0400
- Huh? The 15 side is specifically for Winter weight. In fact a lot of new cars are recommending 5W-20 or 5W30 for year round use. I have used Castrol 20W50 in my Spit here in Michigan and when it/we w
- /html/spitfires/2001-05/msg00857.html (10,446 bytes)
- 104. RE: Light assembly question (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 09:13:27 -0400
- It's been a long time since I pulled my front side lights, but I seem to remember that rather than a self tapping screw, you should have a clip-on type of captured nut. In fact, the longer I think ab
- /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00064.html (12,559 bytes)
- 105. RE: oil leak from spark plug holes (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 09:15:39 -0400
- I rather doubt that Saskia is leaking any oil from the spark plugs. More likely, her valve cover is leaking over these two plugs. If she is leaking there, you have more serious problems than you eve
- /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00065.html (8,214 bytes)
- 106. RE: Light assembly question (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 09:23:45 -0400
- If you go to http://www.kipping.co.uk/lights.htm, number 61 is the part in question. The Rimmer parts list doesn't show the part. Doug Doug, You're absolutely right - I'm talking about the UK spec t
- /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00067.html (13,615 bytes)
- 107. RE: Light assembly question (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 10:09:06 -0400
- No, part 62 is the screw used to secure the sidelights to the body. There is another screw pictured in front of the light that is used to secure the lens and frame to the back plate. There is actual
- /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00075.html (15,012 bytes)
- 108. RE: Light assembly question (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 10:12:42 -0400
- We gotta get those Brits to speak the same way as what we do. Maybe then they'll use the right words for the parts. I mean who do they think they are?? ;) Cheers, Doug You are right Doug. I was thin
- /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00076.html (14,184 bytes)
- 109. RE: 1500 Hard-top Questions (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 14:23:55 -0400
- --Original Message-- From: Michael Hargreave Mawson [mailto:OC@46thFoot.com] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 1:39 PM To: spitfires@autox.team.net Subject: Re: 1500 Hard-top Questions [snip] BTW, I'm hav
- /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00182.html (9,127 bytes)
- 110. RE: GT6+ for sale in Michigan $600 (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 07:44:37 -0400
- The area code puts it north of Grand Rapids, on the west side of Michigan. Doug Mitchell I got a message from a fellow named Joseph Blackmore indicating that he has a GT6+ for sale for $600. Nothing
- /html/spitfires/2001-04/msg00276.html (7,266 bytes)
- 111. RE: Radio question (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 07:05:22 -0500
- The radio is at best a dealer installed one. At worst, it was a DPO installation. None of the Mk IV or 1500 cars came with a radio from the factory. I may receive some argument here, but any radio wa
- /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00156.html (7,644 bytes)
- 112. RE: Radio question (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 07:58:19 -0500
- You may have mis-read me. I meant to say that radios on the MkIV and 1500 were dealer installed. Not the earlier ones. Doug, very true most radios were dealer installed items, "BUT", factory installe
- /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00158.html (7,804 bytes)
- 113. Shipping cars (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 08:49:14 -0500
- Spitted ones, I am entering negotiations to purchase a car in Florida. One of my concerns is in getting the car shipped to Michigan. I know that some of you have done this before, so I thought that I
- /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00439.html (7,279 bytes)
- 114. Someone in Orlando, FL? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 09:53:55 -0500
- Anyone in the Orlando area willing to take a look at a car for me? It's not a Spit, but I am just looking for an independent evaluation. Contact me off list, please Thanks, Doug -- Doug Mitchell mail
- /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00498.html (6,545 bytes)
- 115. RE: Carbs (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 14:19:17 -0500
- That depends. Which year and model are you asking about? It Hi Does anyone know what the default setup on carbs for a 1500 Spit is ... is twin or single ??????? Thanx
- /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00587.html (6,891 bytes)
- 116. RE: deutschsprachiges Publikum (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 10:54:06 -0500
- Translated on BabelFish: Hello of people! Property me even into this list entered and wanted to know how much German-speaking Spitfire user it gives here! Are in the environment of Vienna at home an
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00091.html (9,327 bytes)
- 117. RE: Oiling trunnions + jacking up (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 08:58:44 -0500
- Is this thread going around again???? Personally, I don't believe it is worth the effort to disassemble the suspension in order to get the old grease out, unless someone used a very thick type that i
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00205.html (9,774 bytes)
- 118. RE: boot lid trim removal (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 11:23:44 -0500
- I need to remove the black (on my 76) piece of trim on my trunk lid prior to having the lid dipped. The guy at the body shop approached it with a crowbar and I rapidly retreated to ask you folks if t
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00244.html (7,745 bytes)
- 119. RE: Spit carb part & an unrelated story (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 07:52:10 -0500
- And what is wrong with having a Spyder? I had a Spyder convertible some 25+ years ago, sold it when Uncle Sam sent me to the UK. In the year and a half I had one, I never saw another. Within a coupl
- /html/spitfires/2001-01/msg00520.html (10,570 bytes)
- 120. RE: Spit carb part & an unrelated story (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Doug (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 11:29:54 -0500
- Not sure what kind of car you had Steph, But if the engine was at the rear, it was not a 124. Now maybe a 127 or 128, but I don't recall those being spyders. The 124 was always a front engined car i
- /html/spitfires/2001-01/msg00538.html (10,813 bytes)
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