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341. Re: Bodywork (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 07:38:21 +0000; You don't know how tempting that's beginning to look! <g> ATB -- Mike Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea" http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00291.html (9,226 bytes)
342. Re: Bodywork (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 07:49:51 +0000; Actually, I have a copy of this. I hadn't opened it for a year (it was vital for fitting my new soft-top, which came without instructions, but I haven't needed it for anything else). Having now had a; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00292.html (9,332 bytes)
343. Re: Bodywork (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 07:51:14 +0000; If only I wasn't such a stickler for originality. That looks very nice indeed, and Jigsaw are only a few miles up the road from here. Thanks for the link. ATB -- Mike Michael Hargreave Mawson, author; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00293.html (8,110 bytes)
344. Re: Bodywork (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 07:33:25 +0000; Thanks for the info. This site does seem keen on the product, but it appears only to be for sale in the US at the moment. Besides, after all the advice I've received here over the last few days, I'm; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00323.html (8,484 bytes)
345. Re: Wax oil? (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 07:36:58 +0000; I don't have any product information on Waxoil, but it is basically a waterproof gunk that stops things rusting. No doubt an expert will be along shortly to explain all. The book is "Practical Classi; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00324.html (7,319 bytes)
346. Car Insurance - final footnote (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 10:30:51 +0000; Dear All, As a final footnote to my recent investigation into classic car insurance in UK, I received the valuation for Carly from the TSSC this morning - GBP3,600. I am now almost tempted to add up; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00379.html (7,192 bytes)
347. Engines (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 08:58:44 +0000; Dear All, A week or two ago I sent my GBP5.00 cheque off to the DVLA, and this morning I received photocopies of every document they have on file relating to Carly. I learnt three things that surpris; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00464.html (7,247 bytes)
348. Re: how big (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 09:03:46 +0000; Well, I guess I count as "larger size" - 6' 0", 205lbs. Are you working on a theory of why Spitfires tend to lean over on the driver's side? ATB -- Mike Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitnes; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00465.html (8,488 bytes)
349. Selling Prices (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 11:35:28 +0000; Dear All, Does anyone have access to the on-the-road UK price for a new Spitfire 1500 with soft-top in 1977? ATB -- Mike Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea" http://www.gree; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00467.html (6,589 bytes)
350. Re: Cleaning the Hood x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 19:28:26 +0000; I bought myself a kit from Halfords last year - the "Soft Top Restoration Kit" which comes with everything you could possibly imagine needing, works very well, and is a fraction of the price of the A; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00521.html (9,355 bytes)
351. Re: how big - Jumping In - and the LBC Olympics (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 16:59:42 +0000; I've managed something far more idiotic than that. A very long time ago, I went to stay with my uncle, who owns a bit of land in West Virginia. One day, we were digging a new well for the horses, and; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00582.html (9,387 bytes)
352. Re: Going topless - but where do the windows go? (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 11:44:42 +0000; OK Bizarrely, yes. I've never really understood why Triumph didn't come up with a better solution for this. After all, the Spitfire may have been designed by an Italian (and it never rains in Italy,; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00648.html (9,455 bytes)
353. Re: Going topless - but where do the windows go? (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 15:15:36 +0000; You're not disagreeing - you're agreeing! Flaps on the inside, window on the outside. True - but there is a tiny gap at the very top corner of the window, where the corners of the door seal, soft-top; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00651.html (9,954 bytes)
354. Re: Going topless - but where do the windows go? (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 18:54:28 +0000; I had to fit all new seals to my hardtop, as it came without any at all. I haven't had a single leak all winter. I suspect BL intended you to use the hard-top when it rained. I have a copy of an adve; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00659.html (10,180 bytes)
355. Re: Going topless - but where do the windows (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 22:39:13 +0000; I am interested in any design of soft-top that seals effectively against the windows. Not sure about a glass back window, though - I don't think it would roll up neatly into the hood bag when the top; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00662.html (7,587 bytes)
356. Re: brake and clutch master cylinders (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 09:03:39 +0000; Richard, So do I. These plastic-reservoir brake master-cylinders were apparently only fitted to cars destined for continental Europe. Mine was fitted last year, as it was the only one I could find in; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00678.html (8,197 bytes)
357. Re: Going topless - or "Thats the spirit!" (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 16:41:24 +0000; Well, no. It was meant to be driven in blazing sunshine, with the top down, by a darkly-handsome muscle-man with blow-dried hair, long sideburns and a chunky gold chain-link bracelet. He'd have somet; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00688.html (10,673 bytes)
358. Re: Going topless - or "Thats the spirit!" (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 18:42:20 +0000; Those ten years make all the difference, you know. *'67* Spits were intended to be driven by pot-heads in tie-dye T-shirts and faded blue jeans. The AM radio would have been tuned to a station playin; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00691.html (9,484 bytes)
359. Re: Going topless - or "Thats the spirit!" (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 20:59:52 +0000; I have to admire a man with the sort of mind that even thinks of doing such a thing. :-) Nasty. :-( ATB -- Mike Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea" http://www.greenhillbook; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00703.html (10,188 bytes)
360. Re: Going topless - or "Thats the spirit!" (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 21:27:28 +0000; I think you have a problem here. A '65 Spitfire was designed to be driven (in America) by an ageing beatnik in a black polo-neck jumper and beret. The radio should be incapable of playing anything ot; /html/spitfires/2002-02/msg00704.html (10,834 bytes)

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