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181. Re: 100,000 miles (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 12:50:34 +0100; My speedo reads just over 16,000 - i.e., just over 116,000. Of course, my engine is a replacement, but the numbers kept going up on the MOT certificates, so the rest of the car has done this, althoug; /html/spitfires/2002-08/msg00426.html (7,739 bytes)
182. Re: Back on the road again... (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 08:09:05 +0100; I'd bet that the connector at the back of the speedo has fallen off. Put your hand up behind the gauge and see whether you have a good solid connection, or whether the connector is flapping in the br; /html/spitfires/2002-07/msg00000.html (7,366 bytes)
183. Re: Travel kit (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 10:48:00 +0100; Assuming that you maintain the car correctly, and replace things like fan belts at appropriate intervals, the only things that are likely to go wrong are (a) minor things like light bulbs, and (b) ma; /html/spitfires/2002-06/msg00028.html (8,581 bytes)
184. Re: list down (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 20:01:41 +0100; <chant> Wu-un-nil, one-nil, one-nil, one-nil! </chant> A famous Triumph for Sven's Men... ATB -- Mike Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea" http://www.greenhillbooks.com/book; /html/spitfires/2002-06/msg00119.html (7,251 bytes)
185. Re: list down (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2002 08:52:49 +0100; Tell me about it. My nails are bitten down as far as my wrists! If we keep playing like that, we could actually go all the way. But, of course, this is England we are talking about. On previous form,; /html/spitfires/2002-06/msg00127.html (7,368 bytes)
186. Re: A picture...... x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 20:03:49 +0100; Louis Theroux owns a Spitfire? <g> ATB -- Mike Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea" http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html /// spitfires@auto; /html/spitfires/2002-06/msg00230.html (7,349 bytes)
187. Re: NEW TOPIC - Why did you buy your Spit? (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 20:21:11 +0100; Excellent question -and hopefully the start of a fascinating thread. My Story ^^^^^^^^ My story starts in about 1977. A friend of mine at school was absolutely fanatically obsessed with Spitfires. Me; /html/spitfires/2002-06/msg00232.html (10,832 bytes)
188. Re: mk3 shacks @ 55mph (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 18:15:19 +0100; I had exactly the same problem last year. Got my wheels re-balanced and the problem went away. ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV Carly - 1977 Inca Yellow Spitfire 150; /html/spitfires/2002-06/msg00306.html (7,563 bytes)
189. Re: Steering wheel - front end question (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 18:34:04 +0100; Yes. The latter. 20 degrees is so extreme as to be unlikely to be a symptom of anything else. When you have a *slight* angle, it's time to get your wheel alignment checked. No. You can drive like tha; /html/spitfires/2002-06/msg00352.html (8,725 bytes)
190. Re: Female LBC owners, was: RE: Hello from a new list member! (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 18:06:39 +0100; And another welcome from me! I can think of two regular posters (Laura and her Spitty Nigel, and Suzie and Baby Blue), and I think I've seen two or three other women's names cropping up fairly freque; /html/spitfires/2002-06/msg00403.html (12,930 bytes)
191. Re: And now for something completely different! (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 18:09:05 +0100; Not with a Sonnet, but I do have a Saab: a 1989 9000S. I wish I didn't. Surely that should be "Shakespeare the Sonnet"? ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV Carly - 1977; /html/spitfires/2002-06/msg00404.html (8,307 bytes)
192. Re: BAD habits (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 16:58:35 +0100; I have a bad habit of shifting the Saab up from 2nd into 5th after I've been driving nothing but the Herald... ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV Carly - 1977 Inca Yel; /html/spitfires/2002-06/msg00413.html (7,745 bytes)
193. Re: BAD habits + ggggrrrrr door handle!! (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 18:10:45 +0100; I used to know the woman who must have been the source of all the jokes about women drivers. She *never* used fifth gear, on the basis that "when I'm going fast enough to need it, I am too frightened; /html/spitfires/2002-06/msg00415.html (9,579 bytes)
194. Re: BAD habits + ggggrrrrr door handle!! - now the outside (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 10:47:44 +0100; Yes, been there, done that. John has already given you the most likely answer to your problem. A less likely (and more irritating) answer is that the door handle internals have broken. This happened; /html/spitfires/2002-06/msg00421.html (9,211 bytes)
195. Re: Mr Magic Hands (door handle fixed) (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 17:43:10 +0100; Well done! I have never failed to get waves from TR drivers, but occasional Stag drivers ignore my Spit. Possibly they can't see it over their stuck-up noses... <g> Talking of such things, I got a wa; /html/spitfires/2002-06/msg00425.html (8,195 bytes)
196. Re: The Etiquette of Waving (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 20:55:35 +0100; <g> I'll bet there are Stag drivers that don't wave at you when you're driving your Stag. To wave or not to wave is a tricky question. Assume you are in a 1970s Spitfire. Do you wave at the following; /html/spitfires/2002-06/msg00431.html (10,095 bytes)
197. Re: The Etiquette of Waving (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 10:52:14 +0100; Glad you liked it. The following is based on your Personal Profile, as defined by your answers to the questionnaire. Please print this out and keep it within easy reach. Are you in your car? Y - see; /html/spitfires/2002-06/msg00450.html (9,630 bytes)
198. Re: MOT Results & New Boots... x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 18:28:08 +0100; I must admit to a soupcon of interest. Excellent - congratulations! Worked, then, didn't it? <g> I'm not sure that it is a requirement of the MOT that your door-handle should work. And if they are th; /html/spitfires/2002-06/msg00452.html (10,264 bytes)
199. Lucas Catalogue (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 07:33:29 +0100; Dear All, I have just taken delivery of a Lucas "Quality Equipment and Spare Parts" catalogue for Standard and Triumph Cars and Commercial Vehicles (September 1961 issue). If anyone needs a look-up,; /html/spitfires/2002-06/msg00479.html (6,703 bytes)
200. Re: Wheel colour - Spitfire 4 (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 17:33:12 +0100; According to John Thomason, they should be white. with Herald hub-caps. I can *thoroughly* recommend the "Guide to Originality" - it makes an excellent crib-sheet! ATB -- Mike Michael Hargreave Mawso; /html/spitfires/2002-05/msg00056.html (8,263 bytes)

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