- 41. Undigest script (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Amaranth <amaranth@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 11:26:10 -0500 (EST)
- With all the talk about the difficulty of dealing with the digest, I threw together a little awk script that will reformat the digest message into a format compatible with most Unix MUAs. I tested it
- /html/british-cars/1994-01/msg00111.html (7,146 bytes)
- 42. re: British Parts (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Amaranth <amaranth@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
- Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1993 20:10:19 -0500 (EST)
- Small items can also be airmailed. This isn't exactly cheap sometimes, but it's not that bad either and it is cheaper than air freight. I had a drive shaft airmailed out once. Even with a 70 pound (o
- /html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00076.html (7,607 bytes)
- 43. Re: UK custom duties (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Amaranth <amaranth@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1993 08:37:48 -0500 (EST)
- Duty on car parts imported from the UK into the US is 3.5%, I think. Entire cars are 2.5% (I have an appeal going on this point on my jag body now; Customs thinks it was parts, I say it was a car :-)
- /html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00084.html (7,450 bytes)
- 44. Re: rope trick & commercial participation (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Amaranth <amaranth@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
- Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1993 14:51:37 -0500 (EST)
- Haha, seeing Kevin Burtch's description of pulling his TR7 head reminded me of pulling my Stag head (makes sense, the Stag had the equivalent of 2 TR7 engines glued together). I had the misfortune to
- /html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00326.html (7,580 bytes)
- 45. Any SOLers going to be at USENIX? (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Amaranth <amaranth@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
- Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1993 08:34:01 -0500 (EST)
- Anyone going to be at USENIX next month? If so, maybe we can arrange a BOF at one of the local brew pubs :-) BTW, the Stag engine is a 3.5 litre. Reports are that, once sorted out (and the foundry sl
- /html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00410.html (7,038 bytes)
- 46. Stag engine (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Amaranth <amaranth@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1993 09:52:35 -0500 (EST)
- Whoops, did I say it was a 3.5L? Must have been wishful thinking. I think the heads are pretty close to mirrors, not that that really means anything :-) Mine are sitting on a bench right now waiting
- /html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00462.html (11,095 bytes)
- 47. Harbor Freight MIGs (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Amaranth <amaranth@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1993 09:29:23 -0500 (EST)
- With the traffic on MIG welding recently, I thought I'd add my experience. After a lot of thought, and some trepidation, I bought a 175 amp MIG from Harbor Freight the other year (that's one way to g
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00416.html (8,766 bytes)
- 48. Mig welding info (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Amaranth <amaranth@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
- Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1993 13:33:19 -0500 (EST)
- I found my AGA guide to welding equipment. There are a couple of useful tables and rules of thumb that I'd thought I'd send out. Use 1 amp for every thousandth of an inch plate thickness up to 200 am
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00505.html (7,345 bytes)
- 49. Free oil to good home (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Amaranth <amaranth@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1993 12:18:37 -0500 (EST)
- This is probably local, so I apologize in advance for the wide distribution. Cleaning out my garage, I came across a case of 50W Kendal I want to get rid of. It's free to anyone who wants to come by
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00557.html (6,908 bytes)
- 50. Advice on Rover V8 (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Amaranth <amaranth@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1993 08:36:52 -0400 (EDT)
- Rhetorical question of the day: Why is it that every time I have a teensy little repair on my TR8, the car gets laid up for weeks? The thermostat failed (closed) in my '8 about a week and a half ago.
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00461.html (7,575 bytes)
- 51. Re: Oh, my! What next? (MGB fan hits radiator) (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Amaranth <amaranth@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1993 09:28:29 -0400 (EDT)
- More years ago than is comfortable for me to think about, I had just replaced the engine in my MGB (a temporary insanity on my part, the B that is :-) When I put it in, I *thought* the fan looked a l
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00163.html (9,074 bytes)
- 52. Wanted: etype pic (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Amaranth <amaranth@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1993 08:22:16 -0400 (EDT)
- Anyone know where I can find a pic (gif or jpeg) of an etype roadster? Preferably with the top down and full or 3/4 profile. I looked through the Hoosier gif directory and didn't see anything suitabl
- /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00030.html (6,769 bytes)
- 53. Caliper rebuild for midget (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Amaranth <amaranth@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1993 08:40:36 -0400 (EDT)
- Be sure to replace the flex hoses as well. When they get old, sometimes they can get plugged and act as one-way valves. I had this happen to me on a Volvo and, more recently, on my TR8. The Volvo di
- /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00194.html (8,020 bytes)
- 54. Making a key (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Amaranth <amaranth@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 10:03:02 -0400 (EDT)
- If you take just the cylinder (it's lighter and you can put it in your pocket :-), it gets even easier. A good locksmith can put a keyblank in, look at the wafer/pin heights and cut the key directly
- /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00441.html (7,798 bytes)
- 55. Re: lever shocks (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Amaranth <amaranth@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 16:12:17 -0400 (EDT)
- Now that brings back a memory. Years ago when I was a PSS (poor starving student), my trusty transportation was a TR4. I had to work on it every weekend to take me to school the next week. A lot of
- /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00596.html (8,111 bytes)
- 56. Re: Pre-purchase inspection (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Amaranth <amaranth@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1993 08:48:18 -0400 (EDT)
- Doors? You actually had doors -on the vehicle- when you bought it? Having been seduced into buying a disassembled E-type with no floors, trunk or sills, not to mention working doors, I am duly impre
- /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00684.html (8,241 bytes)
- 57. Re: Geez, I wish my lbc were ... or: Oh my gawd, what's that smell! (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Amaranth <amaranth@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1993 09:05:39 -0400 (EDT)
- I hope your seat wasn't leather. Cat urine seems to have an alchemical effect on leather - it appears to fundamentally change its structure. One of my cats got my wallet one time (don't ask) and I ha
- /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00733.html (7,993 bytes)
- 58. bad old 31 year old car (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Amaranth <amaranth@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
- Date: Fri, 7 May 1993 08:55:24 -0400 (EDT)
- [...] Dan, stop drooling! You'll scare him away from the list and loose your chance to buy it off him for $20K :-) My new e-type body is now paid for and waiting to be shipped over. Total cost for t
- /html/british-cars/1993-05/msg00100.html (7,603 bytes)
- 59. Rd: Wholesale Autoparts (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Amaranth <amaranth@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
- Date: Mon, 17 May 1993 09:16:30 -0400 (EDT)
- Even dealers will give you discounts, if you ask. I used to buy lots of Volvo parts and got to know the parts guys at one of the local dealers really well. They would routinely give me the "Volvo Clu
- /html/british-cars/1993-05/msg00224.html (7,331 bytes)
- 60. Last run of the year & electric cars (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Amaranth <amaranth@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
- Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1992 10:14:12 -0500 (EST)
- We had a real rarity in Michigan Sunday - a sunny day in November (second one this month!), so we took the TR8 out for one last run. A little too cold to take the top down though (about 40F). We're o
- /html/british-cars/1992-12/msg00013.html (8,381 bytes)
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