- 221. Re: [Zenith carbs] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 7 Sep 2001 16:12:37 EDT
- They probably are. However, I bought a set of Sears Carftsman "ignition" wrenches which come in 32nds in addition to 16ths and found that I could use those. I have never seen a set of very small Whit
- /html/alpines/2001-09/msg00065.html (6,833 bytes)
- 222. Re: [Sorry!] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 9 Sep 2001 23:20:47 EDT
- At 8:45 AM EST on Saturday, September 8 I started my 1959 Hillman Minx with 1 1/2 inch exhaust pipe going into a stock, original equipment Hillman Minx muffler and a pertronix ignitor with a Bosch 12
- /html/alpines/2001-09/msg00076.html (7,864 bytes)
- 223. Re: [Re: [Sorry!]] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 10 Sep 2001 20:49:51 EDT
- One requirement of Hillman ownership is a sense of humor and the ability to laugh at oneself. I will be taking the Avenger to the TE/AE meet in Virginia. Hope some other Hillmans show up. Jan Eyerman
- /html/alpines/2001-09/msg00085.html (9,191 bytes)
- 224. Re: [(no Alpine content) disaster in NY ] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 11 Sep 2001 22:31:25 EDT
- Thank you for the kind words, it is nice to know that people in other countries care a little for the USA. The famous Eyerman luck held..... I am the unluckiest gambler there is, I ALWAYS lose. Howe
- /html/alpines/2001-09/msg00095.html (8,574 bytes)
- 225. (no Alpine content) disaster in NY (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 12 Sep 2001 12:42:01 EDT
- I would thank everyone for their concern, good wishes and sympathies. So far, personally, it has been good news. My wife's secretary's daughter got out from the 44th floor OK and my daughter's best f
- /html/alpines/2001-09/msg00112.html (9,462 bytes)
- 226. Re: [Alpine Sighting! ] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 13 Sep 2001 09:21:46 EDT
- This past Sunday I attended a wedding in Andover, NJ. Another wedding was going on in the same place and one of the guests to the other wedding had a black Series V Alpine with wire wheels. A little
- /html/alpines/2001-09/msg00126.html (7,010 bytes)
- 227. "Hillman - " Re: [Humber Sceptre on Ebay - in the USA!! ] (score: 1)
- Author: "Jan Eyerman" <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:14:41 -0700
- This message forwarded by the Hillman List. Jon, Everything you say is true but it seems that VERY nice Sceptres can be purchased in England for very modest sums. Shipping accross the Atlantic isn't
- /html/alpines/2001-09/msg00128.html (8,273 bytes)
- 228. Re: [Re: Luray] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 17 Sep 2001 10:17:05 EDT
- Got back late yesterday after a 600 mile round trip to Luray, VA. My wife and I had a WONDERFUL time. Russ and Jim did a great job!!!! We can't say thanks enough. It was fun to be in a car show where
- /html/alpines/2001-09/msg00171.html (6,763 bytes)
- 229. Re: [RE: Making an Alpine handle and gearing] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 17 Sep 2001 21:15:13 EDT
- Regarding gear ratios.... I believe that the goal of modern car makers is quiet, economical high speed cruising- that is under 2,000 RPM at 65+ MPH. Since the efficiency of a hypoid gearset decreases
- /html/alpines/2001-09/msg00178.html (9,912 bytes)
- 230. Re: [Re: borg warner 35 tranny] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 17 Sep 2001 22:45:05 EDT
- You are lucky, junkyards are few and far between in New Jersey and the ones you find are generally full of newer stuff. They are very efficient at cleaning out the older cars. Jan Eyerman I tend to t
- /html/alpines/2001-09/msg00182.html (7,476 bytes)
- 231. Re: [Re: Picking Nits Big Time] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 18 Sep 2001 21:48:36 EDT
- One of the things Durant got was the NAME. Mr Olds could not build a car with the "Olds" name, so he used his initials. Same thing happened to Albert Champion-he lost his spark plug company and the u
- /html/alpines/2001-09/msg00189.html (7,367 bytes)
- 232. PA Car Show on Sept 22 (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 19 Sep 2001 16:07:13 EDT
- I have my calender marked for a British Car Show in Horseham, PA on Saturday, Sept 22. Anybody else have any information about this show??? Thanks, Jan
- /html/alpines/2001-09/msg00194.html (6,609 bytes)
- 233. Oldsmobile..... (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 20 Sep 2001 18:14:24 EDT
- In the mid '50's as foreign car sales were beginning to increase dramatically, many American Car dealers took on foreign cars. GM assisted by bring in GM products from other countries. Pontiac got Va
- /html/alpines/2001-09/msg00209.html (7,779 bytes)
- 234. Re: [RE: Alpine GT on ebay] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 23 Sep 2001 21:19:40 EDT
- The big fastback was sold in the USA in 1969 and 1970 as a Sunbeam Alpine GT. The GT model had twin Strombergs and full instruments while the plain Sunbeam Alpine had a single Stromberg (and a cast i
- /html/alpines/2001-09/msg00232.html (7,515 bytes)
- 235. Rover V-8 and Ford V-8 (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 2 Aug 2001 14:33:42 EDT
- The "Rover" V-8 was introduced in 1961 in the Buick Special- an aluminum 215 cubic inch V-8. Oldsmobile used a variation of it with more head bolts. With a 2 barrel carb and 8.5:1 CR it developed 155
- /html/alpines/2001-08/msg00016.html (9,987 bytes)
- 236. Re: [RE: Rover V-8 and Ford V-8] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 2 Aug 2001 15:07:45 EDT
- Cost was probably the over-riding consideration, but not that it was too expensive to stretch the 215, just that the F85/Special/Tempest grew from "compacts" in 1961-63 to "mid-sized" in 1964. This m
- /html/alpines/2001-08/msg00018.html (12,379 bytes)
- 237. Re: [Re: Rover V-8 and Ford V-8] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 2 Aug 2001 20:47:53 EDT
- One reason you never hear about them was that they were sooooo bad. Many of them were replaced under warranty with cast iron blocks. The Chrysler engine did win races, but other then that, they all h
- /html/alpines/2001-08/msg00033.html (9,465 bytes)
- 238. Re: [RE: Rover V-8 and Ford V-8] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 2 Aug 2001 20:50:58 EDT
- The Olds turbo-charged "Jetfire" came out in 1962... it actually beat the Corvair to market. The number made in both 1962 and 1963 must have been pretty small. The "Rocket fuel" was actually water an
- /html/alpines/2001-08/msg00035.html (8,575 bytes)
- 239. Re: [RE: [RE: Rover V-8 and Ford V-8]] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 2 Aug 2001 21:10:33 EDT
- Regarding the history of the Buick V-8's, there is an error in that article-The Buick 198 V-6 was actually developed at the same time as the Aluminum 215 V-8 and was introduced by Buick in 1962. The
- /html/alpines/2001-08/msg00036.html (13,791 bytes)
- 240. Re: [Humber Sceptre on Ebay - in the USA!! ] (score: 1)
- Author: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
- Date: 6 Aug 2001 22:35:27 EDT
- Everything you say is true but it seems that VERY nice Sceptres can be purchased in England for very modest sums. Shipping accross the Atlantic isn't much more expensive then shipping accross the co
- /html/alpines/2001-08/msg00084.html (7,317 bytes)
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