- 1. Re: bright taillights (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Van Horn <davevh@microsoft.com>
- Date: Sun, 9 Jan 94 20:03:15 TZ
- Except, of course, that you won't find any regular bulbs running that same filament temperature because they wouldn't last very long, so they don't make them. Compared to the regular bulbs you WILL f
- /html/british-cars/1994-01/msg00173.html (7,858 bytes)
- 2. FW: British Police Lose to Range Rover (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Van Horn <davevh@microsoft.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 93 12:03:14 PST
- I guess this is Blues Brothers, UK style ... I don't know if anyone read a story in their Saturday morning tabloid about a 3 hour chase around High Wycombe and surrounding towns which resulted 9 [NIN
- /html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00120.html (11,903 bytes)
- 3. Glass wanted; Webers available (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Van Horn <davevh@microsoft.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 93 11:30:51 TZ
- Someone chose to give my 74 Lotus Europa a Christmas present of a broken left side window, so I'm in need of a replacement. I haven't yet found one available locally, so I'm broadening my search here
- /html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00572.html (6,898 bytes)
- 4. RE: British Cars Digest #988 Tue Nov 2 01:15:01 MST 1993 (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Van Horn <davevh@microsoft.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Nov 93 15:19:54 TZ
- I think not. I believe the 900-series engine (variants of which are used in all Lotus cars from 1976 to the present, except for the new Elan) family is an original Lotus design. Some early testing w
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00061.html (7,429 bytes)
- 5. Re: Who needs oil pressure ? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Van Horn <davevh@microsoft.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 93 12:49:16 TZ
- From: Scott Fisher <netmail!megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com> You must have had that kart in reverse. The doppler shift normally goes the other way, blue-shifting in the direction of your travel
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00162.html (7,434 bytes)
- 6. Weather in AZ & Utah? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Van Horn <davevh@microsoft.com>
- Date: Sun, 14 Nov 93 16:54:10 TZ
- (Sorry, no brit-car content). I'm planning on a driving vacation down to northern Arizona and SE Utah next week, and I'm wondering if any SOL's in the area can tell me what the weather is like there
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00267.html (6,441 bytes)
- 7. Re: Lotus Europa (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Van Horn <davevh@microsoft.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 14:10:49 TZ
- A one-off, called the Lotus 47D, was built by GKN Products (they make bearings, etc) and still exists. They had to stretch the car a few inches. 175 (real) hp is really pushing a TC. It can be done,
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00451.html (7,753 bytes)
- 8. ELCC Meeting (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Van Horn <davevh@microsoft.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 93 20:53:03 TZ
- This last Saturday (9/25) I attended the Evergreen Lotus Car Club's monthly meeting, which I thought you all might find interesting. It was held at Phantom Restorations, a restoration shop in Seattle
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00508.html (7,626 bytes)
- 9. RE: Vanity plates (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Van Horn <DaveVH@microsoft.com>
- Date: 8 Jul 93 11:05:45 -0700
- Seen in California -- ARC DE. It was on a Triumph, of course!
- /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00117.html (6,814 bytes)
- 10. For Sale: Classic Triumph TR-6 (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Van Horn <DaveVH@microsoft.com>
- Date: 15 Jul 93 16:23:43 -0700
- 1974 Triumph TR-6 convertible; perfect for summer. Owned for five years and have done lots of restoration, including paint, body, some mechanical. Always garaged. Newer French Blue paint (original co
- /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00249.html (6,978 bytes)
- 11. RE: electrical gremlins puzzle (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Van Horn <DaveVH@microsoft.com>
- Date: 12 Jun 93 19:05:54 -0800
- When that happened to me (in a Volvo, just to preserve the honor of the marque), it was the distributor's shunt capacitor, aka "condenser". Took a while to find, but cheap to fix once found. Good lu
- /html/british-cars/1993-06/msg00312.html (6,939 bytes)
- 12. RE: Vanity plates (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Van Horn <DaveVH@microsoft.com>
- Date: 29 Jun 93 16:13:09 -0700
- My favorite, on an older Rolls (in beautiful condition, of course) that I've seen around Seattle -- IM RICH
- /html/british-cars/1993-06/msg00690.html (6,849 bytes)
- 13. Re: refurbishing exhaust manifolds (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Van Horn <DaveVH@microsoft.com>
- Date: 13 May 93 14:09:35 -0800
- On my headers, I used WD-40. Put on a nice thick coat and run it. It smokes for a minute or so. Repeat as many times as you can stand. It winds up looking pretty nice, a kind of gun-metal gray. Dave
- /html/british-cars/1993-05/msg00185.html (7,916 bytes)
- 14. Synthetic Oil (score: 1)
- Author: Dave 'Software God' Van Horn <spitfire?DaveVH@microsoft.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Dec 92 18:55:48 PST
- PATRICK KREJCIK asks: engine oils. Castrol sells one for 4 times the price of XL. Is it worth it? Is it SOL endorsed? Well, what little I know about oil convinced me of the worth of synthetic oils, e
- /html/british-cars/1992-12/msg00077.html (7,534 bytes)
- 15. FW: Electric LBCs (score: 1)
- Author: DaveVH@microsoft.com
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 11:41:43 PST
- Well, since there's some interest, I'll post some information I got from a coworker who owns an electric Midget. He was responding to some questions by another SOL member. If you're interested, feel
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00120.html (16,060 bytes)
- 16. Electronic Tachs (score: 1)
- Author: DaveVH@microsoft.com
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 11:53:27 PST
- Would someone please explain to me how electric tachometers are supposed to work? Mine doesn't. After a trip to the instrument shop didn't cure its random needle movements (and a loaner tach substitu
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00121.html (7,023 bytes)
- 17. RE: Looking for Austin-Healey 3000 (score: 1)
- Author: DaveVH@microsoft.com
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 12:14:42 PST
- As a matter of fact, I think I do. A friend has been entrusted with selling one for a third party, since he knows about "these old British cars". Actually he's a Lotus enthusiast and knows nothing o
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00210.html (6,869 bytes)
- 18. FW: Say, whose Lan Rover was that? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave 'Software God' Van Horn <spitfire?DaveVH@microsoft.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Nov 800 13:57:33 PST
- I grabbed this discussion off the company's internal bbs. Besides giving a little information about the new LR line, I thought it might give a little of the flavor of the parking lot here at Uncle Bi
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00444.html (7,702 bytes)
- 19. Jensen-Healey for sale (score: 1)
- Author: davevh@microsoft.com
- Date: Fri, 2 Oct 92 13:31:15 PDT
- 1974 Jensen Healey Excellent condition, soft top and factory hard top. Two-liter Lotus engine, roll bar and sway bars. E-mail eileenc@microsoft.com or call (206) 936-4072 (work). If interested, you
- /html/british-cars/1992-10/msg00039.html (6,596 bytes)
- 20. Big Healey For Sale (score: 1)
- Author: DaveVH@microsoft.com
- Date: Mon, 26 Oct 92 12:06:40 PST
- 1961 A-H 3000 For Sale. Excellent original condition, blue. Divorce forces sale (it was his baby, and she got it). No firm asking price (nobody involved knows much about Healeys or the market for the
- /html/british-cars/1992-10/msg00364.html (6,554 bytes)
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