- 101. Re: Fuel Tank Venting - BASIC (score: 1)
- Author: "Ree Gurley" <reegurley@mindspring.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 20:40:48 -0600
- This morning, I asked: I Thank you, all Spitlisters who helped me solve this one. The charcoal canister(s) were jammed up with crud on the upper and lower screens that hold the charcoal bits within t
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00407.html (9,310 bytes)
- 102. Re: Fuel Tank Venting - BASIC (score: 1)
- Author: "Ree Gurley" <reegurley@mindspring.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 18:13:02 -0600
- Thanks for your insight. I will in fact be checking the vapor separator & rear restrictor (I'm methodically going from front to rear). My plastic canisters have a plastic "lid" on the bottom (like a
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00463.html (12,357 bytes)
- 103. Re: Fuel Tank Venting - BASIC (score: 1)
- Author: "Ree Gurley" <reegurley@mindspring.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 22:12:41 -0600
- I finished cleaning out my vent plumbing today. My 78 Federal had only two restrictors - the forward one in the main center hole of the canister, and the other one next to the vapor separator back a
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00716.html (10,530 bytes)
- 104. Re: Gas boycott and other irrelevant topics (score: 1)
- Author: "Ree Gurley" <reegurley@mindspring.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 23:53:47 -0600
- AMEN. Thank you SUSAN and DAYTON. Ree Gurley in Silver Spring, MD - 78 Spit FM73070U O
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01338.html (10,292 bytes)
- 105. Hard-top/Soft-top Mounting (score: 1)
- Author: "Ree Gurley" <reegurley@mindspring.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 11:33:27 -0600
- I've been running my '78 1500 for over a dozen years with the hard-top on during the winter (great!) and the tonneau cover (only) during the summer (not so great). The soft-top has been in the baseme
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00426.html (7,954 bytes)
- 106. Re: Tonneau (score: 1)
- Author: "Ree Gurley" <reegurley@mindspring.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 14:49:57 -0600
- I believe the snap PATTERN is the same; however, the '71 probably has metal snaps as opposed to the (lousy) plastic snaps. I changed all my '78 snaps to metal via a "Handi-pack Canvas Fastener Assor
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00431.html (6,926 bytes)
- 107. Re: Hard-top/Soft-top Mounting (score: 1)
- Author: "Ree Gurley" <reegurley@mindspring.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 14:31:19 -0600
- Thanks to all who educated me on the hard-top/soft-top mounting and the rear Retainer Bar ("bar/slat/stiffy"). Due to your help, the pics/diagrams in Haynes, Bentley & supplier catalogs have come int
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00459.html (8,063 bytes)
- 108. Re: Baby Boomers & LBC's (score: 1)
- Author: "Ree Gurley" <reegurley@mindspring.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 15:31:08 -0600
- Guess I'm a No-Namer - somewhere between the Greatest Generation & the Baby Boomer Generation. Back in '76, my younger son borrowed my mint '74 carmine Spit to drive to his afternoon H.S. graduation.
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00460.html (7,262 bytes)
- 109. Re: YOUR CARS (score: 1)
- Author: "Ree Gurley" <reegurley@mindspring.com>
- Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 12:43:47 -0600
- Wasn't going to play this game, but what the heck, here goes: 34 Chev Master 2-D Black / 34 Buick 60 4-D Black / 30 Ford A Cabr Black / 34 Chev 3-W Cp Black / 39 Pontiac 6 Conv Maroon / 39 Pontiac 6
- /html/spitfires/2000-01/msg00595.html (9,917 bytes)
- 110. Re: Windshields (score: 1)
- Author: "Ree Gurley" <reegurley@mindspring.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 17:00:27 -0600
- I'd use brake fluid - or margarine (vegetable-based), neither of which should deteriorate the rubber seal. Ree Gurley in Silver Spring, MD - 78 Spit FM 73070U O
- /html/spitfires/1999-11/msg00390.html (6,579 bytes)
- 111. Re: Windshields (score: 1)
- Author: "Ree Gurley" <reegurley@mindspring.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 17:28:21 -0600
- Excellent point by Susan H. (brake fluid will EAT the paint). Therefore, I hereby withdraw that suggestion. (Thanx, Susan.) Ree Gurley in Silver Spring, MD - 78 Spit FM73070U O
- /html/spitfires/1999-11/msg00392.html (6,607 bytes)
- 112. Fw: Luggage rack placement (score: 1)
- Author: "Dianne & Ree G." <reegurley@mindspring.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 15:58:46 -0500
- What event is happening this Sunday at Kingston? Just curious (I'm about 45 mi South of Watertown). Thanx, Ree Gurley in Silver Spring, MD / Mexico, NY - 78 Spit FM73070U O --Original Message-- From
- /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg01031.html (9,683 bytes)
- 113. Re: Hard Top installation (score: 1)
- Author: "Dianne & Ree G." <reegurley@mindspring.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 17:07:16 -0500
- To get the two front bolts started, try jacking up the rear of the hardtop by letting it rest on a 2X4. Once the two front ones are started, slide out the 2X4 and the two rear ones should start fair
- /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg01591.html (6,938 bytes)
- 114. Re: Good deal on east coast Spitfire... (score: 1)
- Author: "Dianne & Ree G." <reegurley@mindspring.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 00:53:04 -0500
- I noticed that ad a couple of days ago and have been chomping at the bit ever since. At the moment, I'm at my summer place on Lake Ontario - Mexico, NY - about 70 miles east of Marion. Now all I nee
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00906.html (7,247 bytes)
- 115. Re: Good deal on east coast Spitfire... (score: 1)
- Author: "Dianne & Ree G." <reegurley@mindspring.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 00:00:35 -0500
- Scott et al, Today I motored over to Marion, NY, in search of that 78 Spit - "a steal at $950." Somebody must have already stolen it, because I never found either the car or the owner. Nobody answere
- /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00948.html (8,688 bytes)
- 116. Re: Door Mirrors (score: 1)
- Author: "Dianne & Ree G." <reegurley@mindspring.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 17:44:13 -0500
- On May 30 you asked about measurements for proper placement/installation of outside door mirrors; I don't recall seeing a detailed response. My 78 1500 has the driver's/left-side mirror exactly 6" b
- /html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00375.html (7,070 bytes)
- 117. Re: Screwball with Spitfire on EBay (score: 1)
- Author: "Dianne & Ree G." <reegurley@mindspring.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 21:54:39 -0500
- That ad really excites me! All this time I figured my somewhat tatty/ratty '78 was probably worth around $1000. Now maybe if I paint it orange latex (perhaps with a nice broom finish like on my boat-
- /html/spitfires/1999-04/msg00525.html (7,150 bytes)
- 118. Re: Import Carlisle (score: 1)
- Author: "Dianne & Ree G." <reegurley@mindspring.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 10:23:23 -0500
- Patrick, The car-show guys at Carlisle, PA, have a website giving the dope on all their shows, and a lot of other stuff too. Try www.carsatcarlisle.com. Ree Gurley, Silver Spring, MD - 78 Spit FM7307
- /html/spitfires/1999-04/msg00620.html (7,003 bytes)
- 119. Re: 80 Spit Brakes (score: 1)
- Author: "Dianne & Ree G." <reegurley@mindspring.com>
- Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 16:31:53 -0500
- I thought the front port went to the rear wheels, and the rear port to the front wheels. I just went out to the driveway and confirmed that the forward port does go aft & the aft port goes forward (
- /html/spitfires/1999-04/msg00712.html (6,821 bytes)
- 120. Re: Door handles/locks (score: 1)
- Author: "Dianne & Ree G." <reegurley@mindspring.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 17:45:27 -0600
- Eric, et al, I've been playing with my door latches/locks for a few weeks off and on (mostly "off" due to our crummy Mid-Atlantic weather lately). One "remote" (inside) lock still is not 100%, and I'
- /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00403.html (8,314 bytes)
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