- 21. Re: Chassis Numbers for Spitfires (score: 1)
- Author: "michael l. cook" <mlcooknj@bellatlantic.net>
- Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 14:08:53 -0400
- There is often confusion about terms used to describe the serial number of a car, especially an import. When I first worked for Triumph, the serial number was referred to by the factory as a "Commiss
- /html/fot/2000-07/msg00015.html (8,717 bytes)
- 22. Mike Barratt 50th (score: 1)
- Author: "michael l. cook" <mlcooknj@bellatlantic.net>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 11:17:38 -0400
- This is primarily for FOT people in the Northeast but I thought many would recognize Mike Barratt's name. Mike was Eastern Competition Manager for British Leyland for all the years that BL supported
- /html/fot/2000-07/msg00159.html (7,854 bytes)
- 23. Re: [DWhitesdJr@aol.com: Re: Group 44] (score: 1)
- Author: "michael l. cook" <mlcooknj@bellatlantic.net>
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 23:13:53 -0400
- Hello All - The Tullius Sebring number is good - the area code is now 941. Mike Cook
- /html/fot/2000-06/msg00001.html (7,192 bytes)
- 24. Re: Another search for history continues - New England region ?? (score: 1)
- Author: "michael l. cook" <mlcooknj@bellatlantic.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 16:16:02 -0400
- Hi - According to the TSOA Newsletter of September, 1963 and my Spitfire book, the first Spitfire to win an SCCA National did so at Watkins Glen in August '63. It was driven by Erwin Lorincz of Phila
- /html/fot/2000-06/msg00252.html (8,798 bytes)
- 25. Re: "Rover may be a Triumph" (score: 1)
- Author: "michael l. cook" <mlcooknj@bellatlantic.net>
- Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 22:38:33 -0500
- At the risk of sounding like I have no sense of humor, the Rover SD-1 was the BEST family car I have everdriven. the 5-speed version would go like hell, hold as much baggage as a station wagon and w
- /html/fot/2000-03/msg00105.html (8,097 bytes)
- 26. Re: HIGH Roller Rockers vs. Valve Cover clearance (score: 1)
- Author: "michael l. cook" <mlcooknj@bellatlantic.net>
- Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 22:02:21 -0500
- What gets me about all this is that I always thought all the High Rollers drove Jaguars. Or were they the cam(p) followers? Mike Cook
- /html/fot/2000-03/msg00127.html (7,199 bytes)
- 27. Re: NON-TECH was Re: Sebring 12 hour (score: 1)
- Author: "michael l. cook" <mlcooknj@bellatlantic.net>
- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 21:56:31 -0500
- Okay, as one of those "over-55" people somebody mentioned, I can confirm that Denise did compete in a TR3 but not on the race track. She drove one of the team cars in the American International Rall
- /html/fot/2000-03/msg00203.html (8,215 bytes)
- 28. Re: NT: BMW/Rover (score: 1)
- Author: "michael l. cook" <mlcooknj@bellatlantic.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 10:54:12 -0500
- To All Those Who Actually Remember the Name "Triumph" It will be very interesting to see what happens with the relationship between Gaydon and the new owners of Rover. There is another aspect of the
- /html/fot/2000-03/msg00258.html (9,556 bytes)
- 29. Re: How many are we? (score: 1)
- Author: "michael l. cook" <mlcooknj@bellatlantic.net>
- Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 22:54:28 -0500
- Jonmac and all - The British must be a nation of joiners. The Trumph club membership is matched by the Jaguar Clubs. There are three clubs in England, two with 15,000+ members each and the other with
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00138.html (9,879 bytes)
- 30. Re: How many are we? (score: 1)
- Author: "michael l. cook" <mlcooknj@bellatlantic.net>
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 21:00:29 -0500
- To everyone concerned with the sad state of club membership in the USA. I was at Triumph as Executive Secretary of the TSOA when it was in its heyday - 1958-1965 or so. Yes, when you bough the car yo
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00162.html (12,107 bytes)
- 31. Re: Replacement of Historical Driver's Suit (score: 1)
- Author: "michael l. cook" <mlcooknj@bellatlantic.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:09:40 -0500
- Get the best suit you can afford. Fire is not related to speed. Mike Cook
- /html/fot/2000-01/msg00342.html (9,181 bytes)
- 32. Re: enough , okay? (score: 1)
- Author: "michael l. cook" <mlcooknj@bellatlantic.net>
- Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 21:12:37 -0500
- Let's get real guys - when you pass 65 you may become "cute" but it's because the ladies in question think you aren't dangerous any more. Restoring old cars is easy - old guys are another matter. The
- /html/fot/1999-12/msg00088.html (7,851 bytes)
- 33. Re: A Sad Note (score: 1)
- Author: "michael l. cook" <mlcooknj@bellatlantic.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 16:49:26 -0500
- Hardy - Please send details of funerals arrangements if available. To FOT- Hardy said it so well that just about all all I can say is AMEN! As a fellow employee of Triumph and British Leyland Al was
- /html/fot/1999-12/msg00212.html (7,790 bytes)
- 34. Re: Assistance needed please/Missouri area (score: 1)
- Author: "michael l. cook" <mlcooknj@bellatlantic.net>
- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 13:28:47 -0500
- Research from the TSOA Newsletter. Denny Wilson did it two years in a row! At the SCCA run-offs in 1980 he qualified 6th on the grid for the D Production race. Lee Mueller in the Huffaker TR7 was 5th
- /html/fot/1999-11/msg00094.html (8,294 bytes)
- 35. Re: Let's Change the Topic to Herald Convertible (score: 1)
- Author: "michael l. cook" <mlcooknj@bellatlantic.net>
- Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 10:38:46 -0500
- To Bill and all - I was going to dignify this heresy/slander with a withering reply but I think the most effective thing is to simply - DELETE! Mike Cook
- /html/fot/1999-11/msg00156.html (8,568 bytes)
- 36. Re: The 'TWIN FLUX CYCLOTRON' (score: 1)
- Author: "michael l. cook" <mlcooknj@bellatlantic.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 17:06:26 -0400
- Let's see - in 1970 Triumphs and most British cars were only about ten years out of date. Since they didn't change much in the next ten years, we could say that in 1999 they are 39 years out of date.
- /html/fot/1999-09/msg00106.html (8,363 bytes)
- 37. Re: Roger Beasley's 'Tilt' (score: 1)
- Author: "michael l. cook" <mlcooknj@bellatlantic.net>
- Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 09:24:46 -0400
- At last, a possible solution! Paul mentions corned beef rolls with which I am unfamiliar. However, back in the 1960s, serious chassis alignment problems began occurring in new Triumphs coming off the
- /html/fot/1999-08/msg00064.html (9,387 bytes)
- 38. Nostalgia (score: 1)
- Author: "michael l. cook" <mlcooknj@bellatlantic.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 22:09:49 -0400
- Scott - I spent today working on a story about a TR-4A, driving a photographing Nick and Cheryl Hanges' red '66 and I remembered, several times, days like your day on California 1. Like New York to C
- /html/fot/1999-05/msg00136.html (7,116 bytes)
- 39. Sabrina Prototype (score: 1)
- Author: mlcooknj@bellatlantic.net
- Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 17:23:50 -0700
- RE Michael Moenstermann's inquiry re drawings of "Sabrina": This is quite probably the ZOOM prototype as pictured on page 214 of the latest edition of Robson and Langworth's TR history. Sorry can't a
- /html/fot/1999-04/msg00019.html (6,265 bytes)
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