- 161. My Book (score: 1)
- Author: "jonmac" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 20:06:15 -0000
- To those hundreds of you who trusted me (and me, through VTR) by ordering my book - this is to let you know it's now on its way. My absence for two weeks in France at the end of November enabled the
- /html/spitfires/1998-12/msg00519.html (7,039 bytes)
- 162. Speedvision and old triumph films (score: 1)
- Author: "jonmac" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 19:59:02 -0000
- Listen guys I've got no financiual interest in this at all but I'll be happy to act as an order carrier for you if there's a demand. At Gaydon, we have a number of videos from the film archive availa
- /html/spitfires/1998-12/msg00549.html (7,589 bytes)
- 163. Old Triumph films (VERY long - but necessary) (score: 1)
- Author: "jonmac" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 02:35:16 -0000
- I should have been in my 'beddy-bys' a long time back - but I got delayed by books and envelopes and stamps and customs forms and....... And then I remembered I'd done nothing about the films issue
- /html/spitfires/1998-12/msg00571.html (12,293 bytes)
- 164. Old Triumph films on video - repeat message (score: 1)
- Author: "jonmac" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 08:00:56 -0000
- The films I've listed are copies of originals formerly housed in the Standard Triumph Film Library in Coventry and most, if not all of that original footage was shot by a man called Frank Callaby. Y
- /html/spitfires/1998-12/msg00584.html (11,698 bytes)
- 165. Triumph videos - rentransmission (score: 1)
- Author: "jonmac" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 21:22:55 -0000
- (Latest status is we have 10 'orders' of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd preferences on videos HMF 1017 and 1027. All the others are just twos and threes, so it looks like the above are the most popular. C'mon, w
- /html/spitfires/1998-12/msg00588.html (11,884 bytes)
- 166. The Book is on its way (score: 1)
- Author: "jonmac" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 01:48:05 -0000
- I've been following the threads on how to be rid of skunk and racoon - can anyone tell me how I can get the taste of postage stamp glue off my tongue. Booze is the first option and highly topical at
- /html/spitfires/1998-12/msg00598.html (7,513 bytes)
- 167. Books despatched in a baptism of Whisky fumes (score: 1)
- Author: "jonmac" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 12:56:46 -0000
- I've just spent an entertaining half hour in our local mail sorting office. With a trailer and a car groaning under the weight of hundreds of envelopes containing books and essential service tools, t
- /html/spitfires/1998-12/msg00605.html (7,578 bytes)
- 168. Happy Christmas from the ghosts of the past (score: 1)
- Author: "jonmac" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 10:53:41 -0000
- I was doing a high speed Santa bit today and came past the old factory site on my way back for lunch. Along the railings of the former factory site bordering Fletchampstead Highway, I noticed ghostly
- /html/spitfires/1998-12/msg00616.html (7,201 bytes)
- 169. My computer (score: 1)
- Author: "jonmac" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 00:41:21 -0000
- Many thanks to those many kind people who came to my rescue with suggestions and 'patches' to fix the problem. At the moment, I'm inclined to think this damned machine had some "be nice to the user a
- /html/spitfires/1998-12/msg00621.html (7,075 bytes)
- 170. Re: The Day After Xmas [was: Merry X-mas and Happy New Year} (score: 1)
- Author: "jonmac" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 15:42:16 -0000
- Boxing Day we Here in the UK on Boxing Day, we're heading for a mega storm - rain and wind coming in from the Atlantic. Popular opinion is it's North American flatulence from having overeaten yester
- /html/spitfires/1998-12/msg00625.html (7,707 bytes)
- 171. Re: Towing a Spitfire questions (score: 1)
- Author: "jonmac" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 10:17:49 -0000
- Maybe water and paint car, a I prefer the old-fashioned way myself. A clean jar full of gasoline, freshly piped out of a float chamber and either my pipe or a nicely glowing cigarette to keep me com
- /html/spitfires/1998-12/msg00650.html (7,151 bytes)
- 172. Head removal (score: 1)
- Author: "jonmac" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 21:52:39 -0000
- Bob and listers about to remove stubborn heads, My recommendation for what its worth is this. Try to avoid using vise-grips - especially if the stud shows signs of being stubborn and not wanting to c
- /html/spitfires/1998-12/msg00669.html (8,404 bytes)
- 173. Re: Do I need help?! Another Spitfire Prospect!! (score: 1)
- Author: "jonmac" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 09:39:37 -0000
- If the car is truly a rust is optional Hi, Leon How are the Wombles? These two snipped threads are of some amazement to me. They border on the fact that these guys probably don't know they are born
- /html/spitfires/1998-12/msg00680.html (8,838 bytes)
- 174. Re: A Ready Reference thingy? (score: 1)
- Author: "jonmac" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 09:00:47 -0000
- That's very kind of you to say so but I can't remember when I had the last one or what it was !!!! Well, I'd thought of that too but ...... ability because of the above, I'm straying into entirely u
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00000.html (7,582 bytes)
- 175. Triumphs peculiar to the North American market (score: 1)
- Author: "jonmac" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 18:31:26 -0000
- My $0.02's worth Carb were all unique in themselves. For those of us who were not legally obliged to buy the federal versions, there was an unrestricted advantage across that car range - summarised a
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00006.html (6,661 bytes)
- 176. Triumph Panelwork (score: 1)
- Author: "jonmac" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 21:12:24 -0000
- I have just spent two days surrounded by four replacement bodies - Spridget, MBG, Mk4 Mini and a TR6. As many of you will know, these are available as complete units through BMH and their agents or
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00153.html (7,153 bytes)
- 177. Re: Triumph Panelwork (score: 1)
- Author: "jonmac" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 08:40:49 -0000
- No, Jack! My query to the list was purely conjecture. I just wanted to try and gauge whether the panelwork market is being better supported for 'B' and Spridget than it is for general Triumph - apar
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00166.html (8,290 bytes)
- 178. Re: Painting a spitfire question (score: 1)
- Author: "jonmac" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 23:03:46 -0000
- metal? If it's a total respray with the objective of an 'as new' or as close as you can get to that level of finish, IMHO high pressure blasting with a powdered abrasive is the only resort. No amoun
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00200.html (8,779 bytes)
- 179. Re: Gunmetal Grey on Triumphs (score: 1)
- Author: "jonmac" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 00:28:06 -0000
- remember can Andy, GT6's. That said, it was later restricted to Triumph Saloons and Estate cars of all types. I think it was withdrawn in about 1968 and replaced with Slate Grey. It's worth mentioni
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00282.html (8,295 bytes)
- 180. On TV (score: 1)
- Author: "jonmac" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 00:56:25 -0000
- I don't know how many of you have satellite TV - but note this if you have or are interested. BBC 1 in the UK has been running a programme since heaven knows when called The Antiques Roadshow. For t
- /html/spitfires/1998-11/msg00283.html (8,000 bytes)
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