- 141. Spitfire Disk Brakes (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 14:47:46 -0500
- Hi Everybody! Yesterday I had the opportunity to strip the front disk setup from a Mk 2 Spitfire in a local yard. I am intending to replace my standard front drums with the factory installed type dis
- /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00655.html (9,135 bytes)
- 142. Re: Spitfire v. Midget power (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 12:00:54 -0500
- The tune in my engine is Puttputt-puttputt--Putt-Putt! (With a song in my heart, no- really- they put a transistor radio in instead of the pacemaker, by mistake!) Scott 64 Herald 1200 Convertible fit
- /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00675.html (8,781 bytes)
- 143. Re: brakes (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 12:34:49 -0500
- What's your point, Mike? Scott ;)
- /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00716.html (7,468 bytes)
- 144. Re: 1500 Venting (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>
- Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 04:03:12 -0500
- Trevor, et al I can usually do better than the manuals. Just cause I'm ornery and intelligent enough to do so on my own. I taught myself to work on cars and reasoned out the theories which control th
- /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00818.html (11,803 bytes)
- 145. Re: 1500 Venting (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>
- Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 11:30:30 -0500
- Trevor, et al I can usually do better than the manuals. Just cause I'm ornery and intelligent enough to do so on my own. I taught myself to work on cars and reasoned out the theories which control th
- /html/spitfires/2001-03/msg00834.html (8,786 bytes)
- 146. Re: Manual for general knowledge. (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 23:32:03 -0500
- By all means- get the FACTORY issued manual! All the others are compilation guides, and while most will pertain to your vehicle(when you get one) only the factory produced one was specifically made
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00027.html (10,017 bytes)
- 147. Re: Manual for general knowledge. (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 00:45:19 -0500
- I hate to disagree, but I found Haynes to be downright confounding at times. I had one for my 85 Impala, and there was very little of use to me in there. Sure, it told a lot, but none of it was rele
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00031.html (10,255 bytes)
- 148. Re: Manual for general knowledge. (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 15:12:43 -0500
- KenI consider myself the "average owner" :) I do everything required except that which requires a line boring machine, or heavy machine work(levelling heads, reboring). I have most of the required t
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00052.html (10,952 bytes)
- 149. Re: How to? Seized Bolts! (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 18:17:39 -0500
- See if you can find a can of "PB BLASTER" I am not sure who makes it, and the can label is very 1950's garage mechanic. It makes some great claims. And the stuff actually works great! It will usuall
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00076.html (9,688 bytes)
- 150. Little Help? (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 00:41:01 -0500
- Hi- Any listers in South Jersey (Burlington County is where I am) who know HS-2s well? I am looking for someone who might be interested in stopping by and lending an experienced hand to tuning up my
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00112.html (6,937 bytes)
- 151. Re: Where to get SU parts (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 12:06:56 -0500
- When I took my SU's apart, I found the fitting I believe you refer to, to be simply a rubber compression ferrule, as opposed to a brass one. It was simply the internally reinforced plastic tube pass
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00204.html (7,985 bytes)
- 152. Re: Steering wheel leather (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>
- Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 12:10:16 -0500
- About a week or so ago another lister(maybe on Triumph list- don't recall) asked a similar question I actually went to the steering wheel section of the local Pep Boys and found a great replacement
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00248.html (9,673 bytes)
- 153. Re: Interior panels & upholstery (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>
- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 11:16:04 -0500
- Restoration Specialties & Supply Inc, PO Box 328 Windber, Pa, 15963 814 467 9842 They have exactly the board you are looking for. They carry the proper stuff for door panels, and a different type for
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00275.html (8,846 bytes)
- 154. Re: Ebay policy question (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>
- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 19:04:10 -0500
- Bidding at the last minute is allowed of course- I have been annoyed when slammed in the last sixty(sometimes thirty) seconds of an auction. However, as it is legal, and well within the spirit of th
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00366.html (8,580 bytes)
- 155. Re: Spitfire 1500 (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 03:09:37 -0500
- The usual itemsflares, gasoline, matches (to ignite the gasoline if the flares don't work, and you can't torch the thing while still seeking vengeance against it for breaking down), fire extinguisher
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00564.html (9,448 bytes)
- 156. Re: Re:What does the "drive resistor" do? (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>
- Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 02:12:46 -0500
- I don't have a drive resistor at the moment. And whence upon my vehicle completion, I do find myself with a drive resistor, said resistor will become a bipedular free agent, at which point a valid dr
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00622.html (9,343 bytes)
- 157. Re: Drive resister, drive enabler, and waking Rip Van Spitfire. (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>
- Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 17:56:15 -0500
- First- Congrats on the enabler. I am looking for a similar one- they ARE out there- my best friend married one.... Second- What the hell- Replace the head gasket as well... Many good reasons to, not
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00643.html (10,046 bytes)
- 158. Re: Drive resister, drive enabler, and waking Rip Van Spitfire. (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>
- Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 19:04:07 -0500
- Where are you again Laura? Scott friends
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00648.html (8,390 bytes)
- 159. Smiths Heater Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>
- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 20:38:10 -0500
- Thanks, Scott
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00666.html (6,656 bytes)
- 160. Re: Classic Car Restoration factory in China (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 09:53:35 -0500
- Personally, and this is MHO, I see no reason to find cars over here and ship them out of the country, thus decreasing the supply, and driving up the prices among collectors/enthusiasts here. It is th
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00675.html (10,915 bytes)
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