- 21. Early trim ring specs (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael D. Nugent, Ph.D." <nugentmd@gte.net>
- Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 18:21:42 -0800
- RE: Victoria British part 8-810 (used on Mk1-2 parking lamp and Mk3 backup lamp) 1. What's the outside diameter of the chrome rim (trim ring)? 2. How does it connect to other parts (screws on lamp ba
- /html/spitfires/2000-12/msg00127.html (6,772 bytes)
- 22. Close call (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael D. Nugent, Ph.D." <nugentmd@gte.net>
- Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 17:06:26 -0800
- Big windstorm - broken branch falls across "GT8" - heart in throat! ( see picture at http://home1.gte.net/nugentmd/GT8underbranch ) Good news - limb stopped less than 2" above the roof - no dents, br
- /html/spitfires/2000-12/msg00375.html (6,862 bytes)
- 23. Re: wheel identification (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael D. Nugent, Ph.D." <nugentmd@gte.net>
- Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 18:02:39 -0800
- The AR wheels look a LOT like the 13" ones on my donor GT6 (I've attached a .jpg of mine, but I don't think the lists allow pictures to be attached to email). If your 13" ones are Italian, my guess w
- /html/spitfires/2000-11/msg00025.html (8,919 bytes)
- 24. Re: Car for sale (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael D. Nugent, Ph.D." <nugentmd@gte.net>
- Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 10:14:11 -0800
- http://www.triumphspitfire.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/classifieds.cgi (Spit and GT6 only) http://www.vtr.org/ads/index.html (all Triumphs, most recent ads are at the bottom) -- Mike - Renton, WA CARCENT
- /html/spitfires/2000-11/msg00046.html (7,169 bytes)
- 25. Re: Quaife Limited Slip Differential for Spit and GT6 (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael D. Nugent, Ph.D." <nugentmd@gte.net>
- Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 07:48:10 -0800
- As a disinterested third party (I won't be buying one), let me say this is an exceptionally good deal, especially if you compete (or drive like you do). I had one installed in my Porsche 914 ($1695 f
- /html/spitfires/2000-11/msg00100.html (8,683 bytes)
- 26. Re: e-ordering @ Rimmers (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael D. Nugent, Ph.D." <nugentmd@gte.net>
- Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 15:45:19 -0800
- I just received (Friday) an item I'd ordered via email less than a week before (a LHD no-headrest '71-80 tonneau for 35.00 Bp <- what's the symbol if you don't have the fancy L?). Mike Renton, WA
- /html/spitfires/2000-11/msg00169.html (7,600 bytes)
- 27. Re: First Production Spit (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael D. Nugent, Ph.D." <nugentmd@gte.net>
- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 17:51:53 -0800
- Robson has a picture of the last Spitfire which he describes as a RHD hardtop. b&w photo shows it to be a light colour, but probably not white (p. 51). Thanks to those who told me where my # key was
- /html/spitfires/2000-11/msg00198.html (8,648 bytes)
- 28. '71 Spit FS in Seattle area (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael D. Nugent, Ph.D." <nugentmd@gte.net>
- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 17:59:45 -0800
- I called on a newspaper ad today and learned it is disassembled ("ready for resto"), has a hardtop but no OD, probably half the purchase price worth of new uninstalled parts, and rust-through in the
- /html/spitfires/2000-11/msg00199.html (6,885 bytes)
- 29. Shift knobs (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael D. Nugent, Ph.D." <nugentmd@gte.net>
- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 22:40:19 -0800
- Anybody know if a TR7 knob will fit on the Spit/GT6 lever? Looks like there was an early and a late model knob for the TR7, if that makes a difference. I'm looking for a 5-speed shift pattern on top
- /html/spitfires/2000-11/msg00205.html (6,639 bytes)
- 30. Black trim models (taillight bases) (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael D. Nugent, Ph.D." <nugentmd@gte.net>
- Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 11:38:40 -0800
- On MkIV/1500 models with blacked out stainless trim around the rear, are the taillight bases also blacked out, or are they chrome? -- Mike - Renton, WA CARCENTRIC - http://home1.gte.net/NugentMD/Spit
- /html/spitfires/2000-11/msg00296.html (7,164 bytes)
- 31. Your "Spitmass" gift (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael D. Nugent, Ph.D." <nugentmd@gte.net>
- Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 13:30:12 -0800
- In the spirit of the season, here's my "Spitmass" gift to the list: http://home1.gte.net/NugentMD/MerrySpitmass.htm It's big (on-screen wallpaper size) and available in .bmp via email if you'd rather
- /html/spitfires/2000-11/msg00300.html (7,105 bytes)
- 32. Instrument trim rings (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael D. Nugent, Ph.D." <nugentmd@gte.net>
- Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 20:58:30 -0800
- Do the tach, speedo, and gauge trim rings come off by prying (prising) or by unscrewing (decopulating ? )? -- Mike - Renton, WA CARCENTRIC - http://home1.gte.net/NugentMD/Spitfire3500.htm
- /html/spitfires/2000-11/msg00388.html (6,736 bytes)
- 33. RE: Car Dollies Question (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Nugent <nugentmd@gte.net>
- Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 12:48:21 -0400 (EDT)
- Look in your [Home Depot, HomeBase, Lowes, etc] for heavy duty, three-castered plant stands. I think they were about $16 each with a load capacity of 350 pounds each. That only adds up to 1400 pounds
- /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00074.html (8,117 bytes)
- 34. RE: under-bonnet brace (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Nugent <nugentmd@gte.net>
- Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 13:31:01 -0400 (EDT)
- And, as long as everybody's looking at that brace, what are those two flat plates for (2" square with threaded hole) about 12" inboard of the spur brace on each side? Mike Renton, WA Hi List, I have
- /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00456.html (8,414 bytes)
- 35. Re: Scrappy's progress (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael D. Nugent, Ph.D." <nugentmd@gte.net>
- Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 08:42:19 -0700
- Just a dumb question without benefit of knowing your original plan: Instead of moving the engine/trans back, why not just cut a section of frame and driveshaft out to shorten the whole rig? That woul
- /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00509.html (8,691 bytes)
- 36. Electronics help - Sp3500 project (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael D. Nugent, Ph.D." <nugentmd@gte.net>
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 09:25:14 -0700
- I need help figuring out what parts I need to do this: - initially pass current (12v, <20amps) - stop the flow of current after 5-10 seconds - preferably not flow again until power is turned off and
- /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00547.html (7,314 bytes)
- 37. Floorpan repair (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Nugent <nugentmd@gte.net>
- Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 13:49:42 -0400 (EDT)
- Getting ready to do my first MIG welding - repair of the driver's floor. Does it make any difference if I attach the patch from the bottom or from the top? (I'm thinking more about water accumulation
- /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00028.html (7,346 bytes)
- 38. Re: Floorpan repair (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Nugent <nugentmd@gte.net>
- Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 15:28:06 -0400 (EDT)
- Thanks. I presume "expensive panel pins" are generic Clecos, right? And would the entire perimeter on the underside necessarily be welded as well as the interior perimeter? I'll get some practice bef
- /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00043.html (9,271 bytes)
- 39. Re: Fuel. Check. Fire. Fire. Hello, Fire? (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Nugent <nugentmd@gte.net>
- Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 16:04:04 -0400 (EDT)
- Might it run too lean if the fuel pump was working but not adequately? Or would it not run at all if that was the case? Mike Renton, WA I had a similar problem. 1. Mixture and setting seemed fine but
- /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00257.html (12,324 bytes)
- 40. Welding steel to stainless (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael D. Nugent, Ph.D." <nugentmd@gte.net>
- Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 04:08:06 -0700
- For somebody who knows what they're doing, would welding a radiator filler neck (steel, I think) to a stainless steel pipe be difficult? I want to relocate the filler on the GT8 engine to the highest
- /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00378.html (7,177 bytes)
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