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81. Re: Spitfire Cigarette Lighter (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>; Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 21:05:54 -0100; Perhaps early export models were better equipped in this respect, but European Spits only had cigarette lighters after the '77 detail changes. So only Spits with 'modern' steering column stalks and b; /html/spitfires/1999-05/msg00264.html (7,456 bytes)
82. Re: new mg (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>; Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 14:48:18 -0100; The Lotus Elise is about the only car for which I would trade in my Spitfire, if forced. It has the engine from the MGF that Edward saw, but due to clever design (chassis made of aluminium extrusions; /html/spitfires/1999-05/msg00391.html (8,849 bytes)
83. Re: Painting a Spitfire (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>; Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 19:24:03 -0100; .... (speechless) Eric Kieboom The Netherlands 1976 Spit 1500 - original Java Green; /html/spitfires/1999-05/msg00422.html (7,166 bytes)
84. RE: new mg (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>; Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 19:24:09 -0100; I'm a Chapman admirer, because (among other things) he realised that the Herald front suspension was just perfect. ;-) Eric Kieboom The Netherlands 1976 Spit 1500 - original Java Green; /html/spitfires/1999-05/msg00423.html (8,172 bytes)
85. RE: new mg (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>; Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 19:24:12 -0100; The standard Lotus Elise does 0-60 Mph in 5.9 seconds and costs about 22,000 pounds sterling in England, I believe. If it were available in the US, it would probably be around $30,000. Racing version; /html/spitfires/1999-05/msg00424.html (8,091 bytes)
86. RE: Lotus Elise (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>; Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 23:44:28 -0100; Sure, but the Lotus only weighs about a quarter of the Camaro and comes *without* A/C, any sound deadening whatsoever, carpets, power anything (not even brakes), sound system, decent luggage space, s; /html/spitfires/1999-05/msg00450.html (8,729 bytes)
87. New Spitfire webpages (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>; Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 19:21:03 -0100; [drum roll] Ladies and gentlemen! After having been locked up in a room for some weeks with just a computer, a scanner, notepad.exe, and a good book on HTML, I have the immeasurable pleasure to annou; /html/spitfires/1999-05/msg00490.html (8,453 bytes)
88. Re: New Spitfire webpages (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>; Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 11:14:38 +0200; That'll be it then: Triumph/BL did a "half-fast repainting job" before having the brochure pictures taken... ;-) Eric Kieboom The Netherlands 1976 Spit 1500 - Original Java Green http://www.xs4all.nl; /html/spitfires/1999-05/msg00543.html (8,261 bytes)
89. Re: Overdrive drive shaft (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>; Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 20:17:38 -0100; This is what BL called a "Frictionless Pot Joint". I think we call this a constant velocity joint now. They hardly wear compared to the simple U/J's on the other end. If the drive shaft is not out of; /html/spitfires/1999-05/msg00629.html (7,479 bytes)
90. Re: Gas tank "blues" (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>; Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 20:49:43 -0100; I suggest trying compressed air, but *definitely* no higher pressure than 3 bar or 40 psi. Any more than that and you'll literally blow up the tank. Better start with 2 bar or 30 psi. Good luck! -- E; /html/spitfires/1999-05/msg00630.html (7,180 bytes)
91. Re: brake bleeding (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>; Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 20:50:11 -0100; Now *this* I did not know. Thanks very much - I'll soon try it out on my friend's 1500 on which the brake warning light is constantly on, with no apparent loss of brake fluid. -- Eric Kieboom - The N; /html/spitfires/1999-05/msg00631.html (7,462 bytes)
92. Re: Overdrive drive shaft (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>; Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 08:26:31 +0200; You have what BL called a 'frictionless pot joint' at the front of your shaft. I believe they're generally called C/V ("constant velocity") joints. Compared to U/J's, they hardly wear. If the balance; /html/spitfires/1999-05/msg00638.html (7,654 bytes)
93. Re: interior colors (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>; Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 20:12:26 -0100; C74 is the post 1976 code for "beige & white". I presume the beading is white. RAC was "black & white", AAA was plain beige and PAA was plain black. In Europe, I have never seen other *original* carp; /html/spitfires/1999-05/msg00723.html (7,772 bytes)
94. Re: Help!!!Carbon Fouling (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>; Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 15:43:44 -0100; It would help if you told us what type of Spitfire it is. If it has twin carbs, your front carb is running too rich and you should balance them. -- Eric Kieboom - The Netherlands 1976 Spit 1500 - Ori; /html/spitfires/1999-05/msg00774.html (7,562 bytes)
95. Re: Off for a week (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>; Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 10:38:46 +0200; The weather is unusually warm, dry and sunny here this week. ;-) Eric Kieboom The Netherlands 1976 Spit 1500 - Original Java Green http://www.xs4all.nl/~ekieboom/spit/spit.html; /html/spitfires/1999-05/msg00963.html (6,985 bytes)
96. Re: black paint on 1500 trim (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>; Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 17:25:04 -0100; Uhm... which trim pieces are we talking about? I'm from the old world and there's not a single piece of stainless steel trim on our late 1500 Spits. Some bits are alumin(i)um, but the rest is plain o; /html/spitfires/1999-05/msg01024.html (7,174 bytes)

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