- 141. Re: At Last (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 20:34:56 +0100
- Congratulations! Welcome to the most exhilarating and frustrating form of LBC ownership. At least if you are a Graveyard customer, you've got a great resource to hand for spares... Are you sure this
- /html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00087.html (8,632 bytes)
- 142. Re: At Last (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 07:35:42 +0100
- Thanks, Bill - I hadn't realised that the vinyl-and-houndstooth-check-cloth seats weren't installed from the beginning of the 1500 model. When did they actually start to appear? ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1
- /html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00093.html (8,551 bytes)
- 143. Re: TSSC Duxford Photos & Photos Galore (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 19:12:52 +0100
- Hi James. Yes, I would be very grateful for a copy - I took loads of photos, but forget to take one of Ellie! Must get that front valance sorted out before I next take her to a show, though... ATB --
- /html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00113.html (8,202 bytes)
- 144. Re: At Last (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 19:16:12 +0100
- On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, at around 13:53:38 local time, gjdurham@juno.com Then this UK-spec 1975 1500 might just have ended up with the last of the old seats. Thanks for the information. ATB -- Mike Ellie
- /html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00114.html (8,803 bytes)
- 145. Re: At Last (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 19:16:50 +0100
- On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, at around 07:16:17 local time, ralemen@cableone.net Interesting. That sums up Triumph all right! ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV Connie - 1968 C
- /html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00115.html (9,017 bytes)
- 146. Re: At Last (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 19:17:27 +0100
- You obviously don't drive in shorts very often, Tim! ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV Connie - 1968 Conifer Herald 1200 Saloon GA237511 DL Carly - 1977 Inca Yellow S
- /html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00116.html (8,733 bytes)
- 147. Books for sale - lots of LBC, no Triumph (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 14:04:56 +0100
- Dear All, I've been having a clearout, and have found manufacturers' handbooks, manuals, parts lists, and catalogues for the following 1950s and 1960s cars which are surplus to my requirements. AUSTI
- /html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00138.html (8,324 bytes)
- 148. Re: At Last (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 18:08:00 +0100
- I would *much* rather a Scimitar than a Stag, purely on the basis of looks. The fact that the same company made the Reliant Robin and the Reliant Kitten wouldn't put me off at all... ATB -- Mike Elli
- /html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00145.html (8,432 bytes)
- 149. Re: Engine Swap Update No. 2 (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 23:58:50 +0100
- Sounds good, both in terms of the engine/gearbox, and the amount of progress you have made. Good luck - we're all rooting for you! ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV C
- /html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00183.html (8,059 bytes)
- 150. Re: [SPIT6CGT6] Re: [spitfire-enthusiast] RE: photos of the (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 19:55:06 +0100
- Nice one; this is hard to come by. It was fitted for a very short period of time to late '77 and early '78 cars. It took me the best part of a year to find one to replace the awful Mountney thing the
- /html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00227.html (7,700 bytes)
- 151. Re: Engine Swap Photos x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 19:59:16 +0100
- Don't engines look big and unwieldy, out of cars? Even little four-bangers such as they put in Spits. I have a similar transportation device to yours by the way, and it has carried many tons of awkwa
- /html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00228.html (7,477 bytes)
- 152. Re: A good chuckle (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 10:53:12 +0100
- Fabulous. Nice to see someone really making an effort to get his message across. ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV Connie - 1968 Conifer Herald 1200 Saloon GA237511 D
- /html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00255.html (7,493 bytes)
- 153. GT6 in Bedford (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 11:16:43 +0100
- Dear All, If the driver of the red GT6 Mark 3, registration number DTV 462L, is reading this, hi! You parked outside my house this morning. :-) ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible
- /html/spitfires/2002-10/msg00260.html (6,789 bytes)
- 154. Re: Resetting odometer question (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 17:37:49 +0100
- Yup. Take it to bits, and put the digits back with all the zeroes lined up. Tony Rhodes has written a truly excellent guide to Smiths speedo and odometer repair/recalibration which can be found at: h
- /html/spitfires/2002-09/msg00063.html (9,563 bytes)
- 155. Re: RANT- Problems with restoring (long) (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 17:48:25 +0100
- <snip> <snip> Andre, I think you've lost your mind totally. Buy a second Triumph - even if it is a tatty 13/60 or Spitfire for a few hundred bucks - and take the GT6 project nice and slow. As long as
- /html/spitfires/2002-09/msg00064.html (9,076 bytes)
- 156. Re: Resetting odometer question (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 20:01:29 +0100
- Interesting question for legal eagles amongst us - what should Jeff do (to comply with the law)? Damfino - particularly in the light of: All The Best, -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertib
- /html/spitfires/2002-09/msg00076.html (9,691 bytes)
- 157. Re: RANT- Problems with restoring (long) (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 20:07:29 +0100
- <snip> Terry, That deserves publication. Submit it somewhere - and you just might earn another 50 or 100 bucks towards your rebuild costs. ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125
- /html/spitfires/2002-09/msg00078.html (8,699 bytes)
- 158. Re: RANT- Problems with restoring (long) (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 20:11:45 +0100
- Hey, listers, anyone want to contribute a few bucks to the "Buy Andre a Second Triumph" Fund? I'm in for fifty bucks. Anyone else? A few dozen of us throwing in a similar amount, and he can have a Tr
- /html/spitfires/2002-09/msg00079.html (9,078 bytes)
- 159. Re: Resetting odometer question (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 21:01:27 +0100
- Yes. It isn't, and you do nothing. Your dealer has reset the new speedo to be as close to the true mileage as possible. That is the question here, of course. I don't know the answer for the UK, much
- /html/spitfires/2002-09/msg00084.html (9,964 bytes)
- 160. Re: RANT- Problems with restoring (long) (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 23:07:15 +0100
- That's a little disconcerting, considering the effort you're putting into a GT6 resto. They're no bigger, you know, and they have 94,000,000 miles less headroom... It does in UK too (although only to
- /html/spitfires/2002-09/msg00091.html (9,440 bytes)
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