- 61. Re[2]: Elan fitness for daily use (score: 1)
- Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM
- Date: Tue, 14 Apr 98 05:45:39 PST8
- Eric, That the leak situation is fixable is good to hear. I've owned S1s and S2s for years and have just considered that a necessary inconvenience and part of the price for all the good stuff. One o
- /html/chapman-era/1998-04/msg00042.html (7,857 bytes)
- 62. Re: The Name Game (score: 1)
- Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM
- Date: Tue, 14 Apr 98 12:41:19 PST8
- I currently have "The Blue Car", "The Truck" (the Suburban), "The Santa Cruz Car" (because that's where I bought it), "Pete's Elan" (for nostalgic reasons). "The Race Car" (but when I had two race ca
- /html/chapman-era/1998-04/msg00045.html (7,521 bytes)
- 63. Off-line for awhile (score: 1)
- Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM
- Date: Tue, 14 Apr 98 13:29:48 PST8
- I'll be away from any computer from now until next Monday. Rod
- /html/chapman-era/1998-04/msg00046.html (6,128 bytes)
- 64. What I did on my vacation (score: 1)
- Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM
- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 98 07:40:57 PST8
- Hi all, Had an interesting Saturday at Lime Rock in Connecticut (VSCCA vintage races). Drove my mom's very well-preserved, low mileage '64 Chevy Impala around for two laps (4 people on board) during
- /html/chapman-era/1998-04/msg00047.html (7,025 bytes)
- 65. Re[2]: Hmm (score: 1)
- Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM
- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 98 12:08:37 PST8
- (snip) (snip) Andy, Yes, the list traffic *has* been a little light, hasn't it? ;-) Rod
- /html/chapman-era/1998-04/msg00048.html (7,885 bytes)
- 66. Re: Elan Rear A-Arms (score: 1)
- Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM
- Date: Tue, 28 Apr 98 06:30:30 PST8
- Hi Andres, Back from out of town and gradually getting to all my mail.... I'm not sure but I strongly suspect that 26Rs had adjustable A-arms which were basically stock parts modified to accept rod e
- /html/chapman-era/1998-04/msg00057.html (9,994 bytes)
- 67. Re: Smiths Chronos (score: 1)
- Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM
- Date: Mon, 02 Mar 98 13:07:16 PST8
- A very good question. I had one on the Elan race car and it worked great so I never had occasion to know why. ;-) Rod Howdy folks. Does anyone here have a sufficient working knowledge of Smiths Chro
- /html/chapman-era/1998-03/msg00004.html (7,206 bytes)
- 68. Re: Lotus / DeTomaso similarities (score: 1)
- Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM
- Date: Mon, 09 Mar 98 10:27:59 PST8
- probably almost the same one, except that in the 30 it was bored >out to 5 litres (right?) and equipped with those elegant downdraft >Webers. 351 Cleveland for the Pantera, 289 for the Lotus 30/40. A
- /html/chapman-era/1998-03/msg00013.html (8,653 bytes)
- 69. Re[2]: Lotus / DeTomaso similarities (score: 1)
- Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM
- Date: Wed, 11 Mar 98 05:39:42 PST8
- Thanks for the correction. I didn't know and now I do (I'll try to remember). But I thought the 40 had *10* more mistakes... ;-) Rod
- /html/chapman-era/1998-03/msg00015.html (7,460 bytes)
- 70. Re: DeTomaso (score: 1)
- Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM
- Date: Thu, 12 Mar 98 07:14:28 PST8
- Dick, Ah, good karma. Thanks for renewing my long-held but lately shaken opinion that great minds think alike. I had a chance years ago to buy a fairly nice Vallelunga for $4500! But then, I've done
- /html/chapman-era/1998-03/msg00017.html (7,580 bytes)
- 71. Re[2]: panasport wheel problem (score: 1)
- Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM
- Date: Thu, 12 Mar 98 10:19:57 PST8
- It doesn't take too much to make one either. Friends with both the eared and hex nuts have done this... Three eared: thick wall tubing notched to fit on one end, then welded to a piece of steel plate
- /html/chapman-era/1998-03/msg00020.html (7,369 bytes)
- 72. '72 Europa TC for sale (score: 1)
- Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM
- Date: Tue, 17 Mar 98 07:29:38 PST8
- Well, my S1 Europa vintage racer is sold and gone to Canada. In its place I have a *very* nice '72 Europa TC 4-spd. which I want to sell so I can put the money into my Elan. It has 600 miles on an en
- /html/chapman-era/1998-03/msg00026.html (7,313 bytes)
- 73. Re[2]: DeTomaso, Miata, Kia Faux-lan (score: 1)
- Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM
- Date: Thu, 19 Mar 98 07:37:17 PST8
- Hi Patrick and Erik, She said that she got the impression of a long hood in comparison to hers. For this reason, it seemed to be a bigger car. She said the handling felt great but not superior. But
- /html/chapman-era/1998-03/msg00030.html (9,385 bytes)
- 74. Re[2]: DeTomaso, Miata, Kia Faux-lan (score: 1)
- Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM
- Date: Thu, 19 Mar 98 10:08:52 PST8
- Certainly true that average people and average cars find each other; and also, that that lowest common denominator will drive the large car companies toward fwd because it's a cheaper platform to pro
- /html/chapman-era/1998-03/msg00031.html (9,078 bytes)
- 75. Re[4]: DeTomaso, Miata, Kia Faux-lan (score: 1)
- Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM
- Date: Fri, 20 Mar 98 05:32:43 PST8
- Tony, Steve Brightman is probably not on the list but he needs to see this (with a smile, of course). I'll leave it to you (this subject apparently being politically incorrect now elsewhere). This i
- /html/chapman-era/1998-03/msg00038.html (8,831 bytes)
- 76. Re[2]: DeTomaso, Miata, Kia Faux-lan (score: 1)
- Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM
- Date: Fri, 20 Mar 98 06:48:33 PST8
- Oh I know that SCCA has evolved from prodified to built-from-scratch "GT". I was just wondering how far they go wrt allowing a change of driven wheels. Of course NASCAR does it and SCCA's Trans-Am s
- /html/chapman-era/1998-03/msg00041.html (8,636 bytes)
- 77. Re: Elan EFI/QED (score: 1)
- Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM
- Date: Fri, 20 Mar 98 06:56:24 PST8
- Thanks, Sean. This brings up a question I've just recently had. Does anyone make strong reproductions of the outboard Elan stub axles? I know the inboards are made but the outboards (with the taper)
- /html/chapman-era/1998-03/msg00042.html (7,054 bytes)
- 78. Re[4]: DeTomaso, Miata, Kia Faux-lan (score: 1)
- Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM
- Date: Fri, 20 Mar 98 05:36:57 PST8
- Maybe I need to go back and look at the appropriate issue of Sports Car. Did they run at the runoffs? And by Little Joe, do you mean Joe Aguire the race tire guy? My God, he's older than I am!!! And
- /html/chapman-era/1998-03/msg00044.html (8,391 bytes)
- 79. Re[2]: Elan EFI/QED (score: 1)
- Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM
- Date: Fri, 20 Mar 98 10:40:43 PST8
- Thanks, Keith. Rod
- /html/chapman-era/1998-03/msg00049.html (6,472 bytes)
- 80. Re: Elan EFI (score: 1)
- Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM
- Date: Fri, 20 Mar 98 11:18:19 PST8
- Sean, You should notice that all the mail both ways (to and from you) copies the list. The list sends/receives to all subscribers on the list, who are then free to read and respond to all the mail.
- /html/chapman-era/1998-03/msg00050.html (7,040 bytes)
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