- 1. Re: LUCKY (score: 1)
- Author: "baxter culver" <baxterculver@msn.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 11:21:31 -0700
- All of which is evidence: Murphy Lives! -- Original Message -- From: Bill Babcock Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 10:18 AM To: 'Joe Curry'; BillDentin@aol.com Cc: gasket.works@gte.net; fot@autox.team.net
- /html/fot/2002-05/msg00029.html (9,206 bytes)
- 2. Re: distributor cap mystery (score: 1)
- Author: "baxter culver" <baxterculver@msn.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 12:59:55 -0700
- Perhaps these things--rotor striking cap, etc.--are a tribute to the precision to which aftermarket suppliers hew when manufacturing replacement bits. I mean, wots a few thousandths here or there. It
- /html/fot/2002-05/msg00198.html (7,948 bytes)
- 3. Re: Peyote in British Car (score: 1)
- Author: "baxter culver" <baxterculver@msn.com>
- Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 14:01:37 -0800
- Can someone scan and send the article along to me. I cannot find a copy on the newstand. Since I still have a soft spot in me heart for Peyote (the car), I'd love to have a copy. Thanks in advance!!
- /html/fot/2002-02/msg00015.html (7,408 bytes)
- 4. Re: Lost Magazines (score: 1)
- Author: "baxter culver" <baxterculver@msn.com>
- Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 08:25:53 -0800
- Many years ago, while stationed at an Army post in Germany, my dear sweet mother baked a large batch of X-Mas cookies and entrusted them to my father for mailing. He, always a bit tight with his cash
- /html/fot/2002-01/msg00031.html (8,031 bytes)
- 5. Re: Movie "On the Beach" Great race scene (score: 1)
- Author: "baxter culver" <baxterculver@msn.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:11:44 -0800
- I think the film was made in the late 50's, prior to the release of the E-Type (1960). I recall two scenes vividly: Fred Astair and his XK 150 (?) near the end of the movie and when the search party
- /html/fot/2002-01/msg00120.html (10,906 bytes)
- 6. Re: Weber DCOE 42,45,48 (score: 1)
- Author: "baxter culver" <baxterculver@msn.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 08:36:09 -0800
- I recall being in a "seminar", led by two ex-works Lotus guys, who said the best power they ever achieved with a lotus twin-cam was with Stromberg 175 CD-2's. (That was until the Big Valve came along
- /html/fot/2001-11/msg00008.html (9,406 bytes)
- 7. Re: TR Rear seal - Kas techique (score: 1)
- Author: "baxter culver" <baxterculver@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 13:50:48 -0800
- Can someone tell me when the services for Bill Dentinger will be held. As an FOT'r, I feel obligated to attend. As to his wife, my feeling is: Not a jury in the world would convict her! It's not so a
- /html/fot/2001-11/msg00133.html (8,060 bytes)
- 8. Re: High Speed fuel starvation (score: 1)
- Author: "baxter culver" <baxterculver@msn.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 22:38:10 -0700
- Well, I am somewhat confused. I learned that soft mounts were only of value at low rpm. In a racing application, the higher revs cancelled out the value since the jet, variable venturi, etc were oper
- /html/fot/2001-10/msg00041.html (8,318 bytes)
- 9. Re: Good Luck (score: 1)
- Author: "baxter culver" <baxterculver@msn.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 13:11:50 -0700
- I cannot add much to what BillBabcock has said except for this: Prior to my purchase of the Peyote Special, for seven years I drove a Lotus type 51 Formula Ford (I know, where is the Triumph in that?
- /html/fot/2001-10/msg00146.html (14,090 bytes)
- 10. Re: Weber Carbs (score: 1)
- Author: "baxter culver" <baxterculver@msn.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 15:48:26 -0800
- Haynes used to publish a Manual (#393) that I found very useful. Lots of pictures, charts, and cutaways. Simple terminology and text. I need that. It is out of print, but copies can be found (e-Bay,
- /html/fot/2001-10/msg00321.html (7,356 bytes)
- 11. Re: So who's coming to Monterey? (score: 1)
- Author: "baxter culver" <baxterculver@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 16:16:24 -0700
- Bill is in for some serious fun. And, yes, the Dunlops are a bit slower but the good news is they will also be on the Porsche and Lotus factory hotrods e.g. RS60, Lotus type 15. As a spec tire, the D
- /html/fot/2001-08/msg00056.html (7,900 bytes)
- 12. Re: Ferrari flag by the Peyote ????? (score: 1)
- Author: "baxter culver" <baxterculver@msn.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 14:11:36 -0700
- More of the story! Actually, after the first couple of events, when the Peyote MKII Special ran the legs off all of the Ferrari Testarosa entrants, I thought little of them again (until coming up aga
- /html/fot/2001-08/msg00077.html (8,304 bytes)
- 13. Fw: How much horsepower? (score: 1)
- Author: "baxter culver" <baxterculver@msn.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 17:25:41 -0700
- EGAD! 144 at the wheels? I never could find a chassis dyno in the Sacramento area so I never put it to the test. Yikes. As to "cheating", Peyote had the advantage of being an old SCCA Modified Class
- /html/fot/2001-08/msg00089.html (10,182 bytes)
- 14. Re: Steel shim head gasket (score: 1)
- Author: "baxter culver" <baxterculver@msn.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 17:47:43 -0700
- Since the steel shim has almost a 0 crush factor, the only reason not to reuse is if it is damaged when removing it from the block. As others, I too removed the studs to get the gasket off. I also ma
- /html/fot/2001-08/msg00140.html (7,546 bytes)
- 15. Re: New Member J.R. Herrera Bio (score: 1)
- Author: "baxter culver" <baxterculver@msn.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 17:51:26 -0700
- Plenty of credentials here. Welcome JR! Thanks JR and welcome aboard. I thought the "eight year relationship with the parts girl" was particularly significant in the bio. Joe (A)
- /html/fot/2001-08/msg00141.html (11,126 bytes)
- 16. Re: testamonial (score: 1)
- Author: "baxter culver" <baxterculver@msn.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 20:42:03 -0700
- Perhaps, at last, the gears were "properly" heat treated. It was a few years ago at a local race that my TR 4 gearbox cracked during the race--I didn't know it at the time but, all the oil leaked out
- /html/fot/2001-08/msg00172.html (6,896 bytes)
- 17. Re: Banner....and add one other item of FOT business (score: 1)
- Author: "baxter culver" <baxterculver@msn.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 08:36:16 -0700
- heh, heh, heh! Another chapter in the life of the Infamous Peyote Special--Bill Ames lives on! BS was at the Pacific Northwest Historics this weekend at Seattle International Raceway, selling books.
- /html/fot/2001-07/msg00081.html (8,583 bytes)
- 18. Re: welded difs (score: 1)
- Author: "??? ???" <baxterculver@msn.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 09:18:39 -0700
- I had a welded diff in the Peyote when I bought it. At low speeds the damn thing didn't want to turn in, at high speeds, it was fine--no wheel spin. For an autox car with relatively lower speeds, it
- /html/fot/2001-07/msg00190.html (8,361 bytes)
- 19. Re: Buttonwillow FOT Spectator Needs Correct Exit from 5 (score: 1)
- Author: "baxter culver" <baxterculver@msn.com>
- Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 07:54:25 -0700
- Hey! Be careful with the comments about Deere tractors. At least one of our outstanding members has a dear place in his heart for Deeres. The correct exit is the Lerdo Hwy - Shafter Exit. Coming nort
- /html/fot/2001-05/msg00055.html (8,511 bytes)
- 20. Re: FOT report from Daytona (score: 1)
- Author: "baxter culver" <baxterculver@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:21:21 -0700
- You are correct. Funny looking car but, as I recall, in its classs was competitive? Maybe that memory is foggy! I believe it is Deutsch-Bonnet mjb.
- /html/fot/2001-05/msg00097.html (7,224 bytes)
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