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61. Re: Colorado listers meet/greet (score: 1)
Author: Bill Gunshannon <bill@cs.scranton.edu>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 14:06:05 -0500 (EST)
If any of you guys do crash this meeting, could I ask a favor?? See if there is someone there by the name of Bruce Schwartz. When last I saw him, he was driving a red Spit and had previously (in euro
/html/spitfires/2001-01/msg00121.html (7,670 bytes)

62. Re: Re: 79 spit starter meltdown..? (score: 1)
Author: Bill Gunshannon <bill@cs.scranton.edu>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 09:04:03 -0500 (EST)
The original starter on my '79 Spit quit more than a year ago. But I am certain it is only brushes and so I plan to eventually get it rebuilt and put ont he shelf as a spare. I bought a replacement b
/html/spitfires/2001-01/msg00402.html (9,135 bytes)

63. Re: Re: 79 spit starter meltdown..? (score: 1)
Author: Bill Gunshannon <bill@cs.scranton.edu>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 09:08:46 -0500 (EST)
To be honest, I don't even know if it is a reconditioned Lucas, but I got my reconditioned starter from Rimmer. It was cheaper than any I could find over here, even with the shipping. I ate the core
/html/spitfires/2001-01/msg00403.html (8,532 bytes)

64. Re: Interesting thought (score: 1)
Author: Bill Gunshannon <bill@cs.scranton.edu>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 16:43:00 -0500 (EST)
So what does that make an MGB Roadster if you take the rear seat from an MGB-GT and put it in?? Yes, I have actually done this back when I had a Roadster and my sister a GT. bill -- Bill Gunshannon |
/html/spitfires/2001-01/msg00617.html (7,217 bytes)

65. Re: parts catalog quality (score: 1)
Author: Bill Gunshannon <bill@cs.scranton.edu>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 16:46:28 -0500 (EST)
I guess I'm just lucky. I have received every part but one that I have ordered from Rimmer. (And that part turned out to be unavailable from anyone else as well. I ended out having my old ones rework
/html/spitfires/2001-01/msg00618.html (8,248 bytes)

66. Re: Spitfires on TV (score: 1)
Author: Bill Gunshannon <bill@cs.scranton.edu>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 10:57:09 -0500 (EST)
On what must have been a very early episode of Starsky & Hutch that played just this week on TNN two perps are sitting in a coffee chop planing to steal a car for their latest crime spree. Sitting in
/html/spitfires/2000-12/msg00321.html (6,945 bytes)

67. Re: Winter storage (score: 1)
Author: Bill Gunshannon <bill@cs.scranton.edu>
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 14:29:01 -0500 (EST)
Winter storage!!! You've got to be kidding. I was just outside seeing if the ski rack my wife bought me for Christmas a few years back (when I drove a VW Jetta, gaaack.) would fit on the Spit's hardt
/html/spitfires/2000-12/msg00380.html (7,789 bytes)

68. Re: Re: ALternator gone south (score: 1)
Author: Bill Gunshannon <bill@cs.scranton.edu>
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 10:08:46 -0500 (EST)
This comes up every once in a while and I always see people suggesting converting a Ford alternator to work on their Triumph. I offer again this note I received after an inquiry to Delco. Thank you f
/html/spitfires/2000-12/msg00439.html (9,196 bytes)

69. Radio mounting in a 1500 (score: 1)
Author: Bill Gunshannon <bill@cs.scranton.edu>
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 14:25:14 -0500 (EST)
Can anyone recommend a workable mounting kit for putting a DIN style radio in that big hole in the dashboard support where it's supposed to be?? I tried one of those universal kits but it doesn't see
/html/spitfires/2000-11/msg00083.html (6,800 bytes)

70. Re: 1500 Key Replacement (score: 1)
Author: Bill Gunshannon <bill@cs.scranton.edu>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 14:01:33 -0400 (EDT)
My '79 came without any trunk keys. I took the barrel to a local lock shop and they made keys from that. The proper blank was from a Jaguar. Might be a Jaguar blank matches the ignition as well. bill
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00144.html (7,651 bytes)

71. Clutch Slippage (score: 1)
Author: Bill Gunshannon <bill@cs.scranton.edu>
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 13:06:03 -0400 (EDT)
Went to go for a nice Fall ride in the Spit yesterday. Only got about 10 miles out when the clutch all of a sudden started slipping really bad. Any heavy pressure on the pedal and it slipped real bad
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00272.html (7,308 bytes)

72. Looks like I need a new clutch (score: 1)
Author: Bill Gunshannon <bill@cs.scranton.edu>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 21:38:09 -0400 (EDT)
The verdict seems to be that the clutch in my '79 Spit has packed it in. And so the question: Moss lists two different clutch kits for my car. Does any one have any experience with buying a clutch ki
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00428.html (7,441 bytes)

73. RE: $$$ for Diffs (score: 1)
Author: Bill Gunshannon <bill@cs.scranton.edu>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 08:58:08 -0400 (EDT)
Gee, if Spit diffs are so valuable, could I convince someone to trade me an OD trans and OD unit for the spare diff I have sitting in my spares?? bill -- Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra se
/html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00654.html (7,520 bytes)

74. Re: Fw: Men's Perspective (score: 1)
Author: Bill Gunshannon <bill@cs.scranton.edu>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 09:53:29 -0400 (EDT)
Perhaps people over here need to realize that not everyone in the world has cheap flat-rate INTERNET access. I too, find myself deleting a lot more messages than I read. But, unlike many non-USA resi
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00147.html (8,480 bytes)

75. Re: Alternate Rimmer Brother contact wanted (score: 1)
Author: Bill Gunshannon <bill@cs.scranton.edu>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 15:46:15 -0400 (EDT)
If you really used "sale" as opposed to "sales" then the answer is none of your Emails made it. I sent an Sunday, got a response this morning, responded to that and received yet another response shor
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00184.html (7,732 bytes)

76. Re: Spitfire parts at regular auto stores (score: 1)
Author: Bill Gunshannon <bill@cs.scranton.edu>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 12:24:27 -0400 (EDT)
I go to the local Advance Auto Parts here and the Triumph Spitfire is definitely in their computer. Only problem is the parts are usually "not in stock - 5 day delivery" and more expensive than guys
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00344.html (8,251 bytes)

77. Re: Incredible Touring Weather! (score: 1)
Author: Bill Gunshannon <bill@cs.scranton.edu>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 14:23:32 -0400 (EDT)
I had snow tires and chains for my 1972 MGB. In 1974, a mere week before we were to get married, my almost wife and I ended out staying at the apartment we had just started setting up in town. I coul
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00352.html (7,486 bytes)

78. Re: Spitfire parts at regular auto stores (score: 1)
Author: Bill Gunshannon <bill@cs.scranton.edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 15:24:05 -0400 (EDT)
Don't get me wrong, sometimes they come through. I went out one day to find gas pouring out through a hole that had magically appeared in the side of my fuel pump. I got the replacement in 24 hours a
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00449.html (8,568 bytes)

79. RE: Spitfire parts at regular auto stores (score: 1)
Author: Bill Gunshannon <bill@cs.scranton.edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 15:28:48 -0400 (EDT)
I always try the local parts places first, but most of the time I end out going to Moss or Rimmer. The east coast distributor for Monroe is a local company. They operate a retail outlet chain called
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00450.html (9,147 bytes)

80. All British Car Day 2000, Kingston, ON (score: 1)
Author: Bill Gunshannon <bill@cs.scranton.edu>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 17:50:13 -0400 (EDT)
For any who might be interested, I have put up a web page with my pictures from this years All British Car Day in Kingston, ON. All the best. bill -- Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n
/html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00551.html (7,172 bytes)


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