- 1. Re: Vinyl (or other) Upholstery (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Yates <eyates@earth.nwu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 10:39:02 -0600 (CST)
- Count me in as well. My covers and foams are shot, and I wanted to re-do them this winter... but then I realized what it was going to cost. If the price is right, I'm in. Eric. -- Eric Yates '78 Spit
- /html/spitfires/1998-12/msg00279.html (8,854 bytes)
- 2. Windscreen scratches (score: 1)
- Author: "Eric A. Yates" <eyates@earth.nwu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 09:28:25 -0500
- Greetings all, When the sunlight hits my Spitfire's windscreen glass just right, I can see that is is quite badly scratched. The circular motion with which these scratches were inflicted seems to ind
- /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00076.html (6,750 bytes)
- 3. Gearbox goofiness (score: 1)
- Author: "Eric A. Yates" <eyates@earth.nwu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 15:31:41 -0500
- Hello folks, After wedging a new starter motor into my Spitfire and giving it a thorough tune-up, I'm back on the road just in time for Autumn. However, my gearbox acts up from time to time. Maybe yo
- /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00249.html (8,022 bytes)
- 4. Funny story and rear end sag questions (score: 1)
- Author: "Eric A. Yates" <eyates@earth.nwu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 10:33:25 -0500
- Hi folks: I have a funny story that relates to the "Settling into Autumn" thread. Also some questions on the issue. I was driving along in my Spitfire the other day, and everything was great. It was
- /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00352.html (9,259 bytes)
- 5. Engine conversions (score: 1)
- Author: "Eric A. Yates" <eyates@earth.nwu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 10:55:11 -0500
- Hi folks, I have a question about engine conversions: why do people do it? I am curious as to why folks make changes to something as fundamental to a car's character as its engine. I am not a person
- /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00354.html (8,827 bytes)
- 6. Update: Gearbox goofiness (score: 1)
- Author: "Eric A. Yates" <eyates@earth.nwu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 11:07:50 -0500
- Hello and thanks to all who had ideas for me about my misbehaving gearbox. Here's an update: Everything is fine. The two isolated incidents of getting "stuck" (once in 2nd, once in neutral) have not
- /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00358.html (7,558 bytes)
- 7. Re: my car stopped... (score: 1)
- Author: "Eric A. Yates" <eyates@earth.nwu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 11:09:12 -0500
- Now my two cents... :) My car, a 78 Spit, had been retrofitted to a mechanical points-type distributor by the PO. I think these troubles with the stock unit was the reason for the switch. I remember
- /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00359.html (8,788 bytes)
- 8. Re: Engine conversions (score: 1)
- Author: "Eric A. Yates" <eyates@earth.nwu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 10:14:42 -0500
- Thanks to all who replied to my original post on this subject and gave me some unique points of view to consider. This is definitely a community of diverse interests and the more talented people ther
- /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00433.html (11,763 bytes)
- 9. Re: Keys (score: 1)
- Author: "Eric A. Yates" <eyates@earth.nwu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 09:42:48 -0600
- key I had this problem too. I went to a specialty lock store, an Anderson Lock Company retail outfit, and showed them my keys. One of the guys there is truly an artist whose medium is key blanks. He
- /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00650.html (8,649 bytes)
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