- 161. RE: CNN reports BMW pays Phoenix to take over (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 13:35:27 -0400
- Who makes the et al? Never heard of them. The reason given for the MGF not being sold here is that they didn't want the hassle of 'Federalizing' them. Doug
- /html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00408.html (13,299 bytes)
- 162. RE: Was: Oil preferences Now: 1600cc's (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 08:28:54 -0400
- Joe, Actually it is 1493 cc engine, not 1496. But I am sure that you knew this, just that your fingers have a mind of their own. ;) Doug Mitchell mailto:dbmitchell@bigfoot.com '73 Spitfire 1493 (tem
- /html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00473.html (9,074 bytes)
- 163. RE: shows (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 12:37:50 -0400
- Rolls/Jaguar: Wine and Cheese Triumph: Beer and chips/crisps. Doug
- /html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00584.html (7,909 bytes)
- 164. RE: Oil leak (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 07:54:48 -0400
- Listers, Any one else catch the reference to the nut around the warning sensor? I have been scratching my head trying to determine what nut. It sounds as if the DPO has applied a bodge to a previous
- /html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00703.html (8,356 bytes)
- 165. MFCP British Parts (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 07:23:01 -0400
- Fellow Listers, Has anyone else received a message that they have been added to a mailing list for this company? ISTR that they put me on another list a year or so ago. Cheers, Doug -- Doug Mitchell
- /html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00890.html (6,593 bytes)
- 166. RE: Barbara Jones!! (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 09:54:16 -0400
- Nah, Just the widow maker. -- Doug Mitchell mailto:dmitchel@ismi.net mailto:dmitchel@ford.com '73 Spitfire 1500
- /html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00898.html (7,520 bytes)
- 167. RE: Rag Top Plastic Window (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 14:05:21 -0400
- On one of my old convertibles, ('64 Corvair to be precise), the back window was in pretty sad shape. I figured that I had nothing to loose except to put in a new window. I tried J-Wax Kit. Worked a d
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00252.html (12,523 bytes)
- 168. RE: Commercial on TX TV last night (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 07:49:28 -0400
- Each to his own, although I think that it was one of the funniest movies ever made. Doug
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00319.html (9,768 bytes)
- 169. RE: Commercial on TX TV last night (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 07:52:33 -0400
- I read the review if it in Road & Track back before I saw it in 1969 on a double bill with Funny Girl or Funny Lady at the drive-in. The R&T review ended with something along the lines of 'Do they ge
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00320.html (10,976 bytes)
- 170. RE: Commercial on TX TV last night (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 07:57:30 -0400
- Well, as someone else has written, the _new_ Mini is going to be built by BMW. The old Mini never went out of production, and it is my understanding that Alchemy is to continue building the old versi
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00321.html (11,076 bytes)
- 171. RE: Commercial on TX TV last night (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 08:19:20 -0400
- Keep up with the news. BMW is selling Rover off in bits and pieces. It appears that Ford is buying Land Rover, and Alchemy is buying the Rover cars, MG and the old Mini and forming a company called
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00326.html (13,353 bytes)
- 172. RE: Why Worry?? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 09:38:00 -0400
- In nearly 25 years of owning my Spitfire, there have been only 4 times that it has been unable to complete the journey that has been handed to it. It has traveled throughout England and Wales, been
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00441.html (9,265 bytes)
- 173. RE: Radios - and BC Licencing (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 06:56:19 -0400
- Well, to be strictly original, as in how the car came from the factory, there should be no radio. The radios were always dealer installed items. If you check the original parts books, there was a bla
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00597.html (11,269 bytes)
- 174. RE: Blacked-out rear valence (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 08:51:23 -0400
- Just finished getting caught up on mail after being gone for two days. To answer your question and replies from others: Although the brochure shows the rear panel being painted black, I have never b
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00706.html (9,822 bytes)
- 175. Jaguar S type (somewhat long) (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 10:51:20 -0400
- As I said in an earlier post, I just returned to work after a two day road trip. A coworker and I made a trip from Dearborn, Michigan to Chicago. While the purpose of the trip is of no or little inte
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00709.html (8,172 bytes)
- 176. Spit for Sale - SE Michigan (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 08:02:01 -0400
- OK Listers, This advert as been in the Open Exhaust for a couple of months now, so I finally remembered to bring it into work so that I can post it. The usual disclaimers apply. 1975 Triumph Spitfire
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00804.html (7,036 bytes)
- 177. Canvas v. Vinyl tops (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 11:25:32 -0400
- A friend of mine has just contacted me regarding the canvas v. vinyl hoods/tops. Any opinion as to which will last longer? This is for a Elan, but the experience should be the same. The canvas hood
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00838.html (6,801 bytes)
- 178. RE: Headlites on (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 06:55:44 -0400
- Andrew, Reid, et. al., There is currently _no_ law requiring Daytime Running Lights (DRL) in the US. It has been a requirement in Canada since the late '80s. It has also been required, or was require
- /html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00886.html (10,653 bytes)
- 179. RE: screwed... (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 13:33:02 -0500
- Before you get locked into the DPOs hole, how far does the tap extend below the floor pan? Can you get a pair of vise grips on it and turn it? Try to turn it so that it comes back up through the hol
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00235.html (8,424 bytes)
- 180. RE: What Side Dishes go with Crow (score: 1)
- Author: "Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)" <dmitchel@ford.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 07:08:44 -0500
- Whaa-haa-haa. I could have told you this, Joe. My Dad complains every now and then about the snow. Now please excuse me while I go clean the coffee and Paczki debris off my screen from laughing so ha
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00284.html (8,307 bytes)
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