- 1. Hoping to come back from the dead.. (score: 1)
- Author: "Winnie" <who@sover.net>
- Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 08:51:45 -0400
- Since I was driven off the road by an SUV in...'2000 I think, I have been without a spit. My spit was a '79. The body is totaled, the engine is fine. What year spit bodies will accept my '79 engine.
- /html/spitfires/2003-08/msg00132.html (7,097 bytes)
- 2. CRASH!-'79 Spit parts car for sale (score: 1)
- Author: "Winnie Olmer" <who@sover.net>
- Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 11:04:10 -0500
- 1979 Spit. Drive train was running strong. Body has some rust here and there. Interior - poor to fair. Brand new wide tires all around. Recently rebuilt carb. Top and top frame in good shape as the t
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00589.html (9,075 bytes)
- 3. RE: CRASH!-'79 Spit parts car for sale (score: 1)
- Author: "Winnie Olmer" <who@sover.net>
- Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 13:44:04 -0500
- Thanks for the sentiments. Hopefully someone picks up whats left of the Spit and can give it a second life in another car. It's a strange feeling to not really bum out about losing the Spit. While I
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00602.html (8,815 bytes)
- 4. CRASH! - parts update (score: 1)
- Author: "Winnie Olmer" <who@sover.net>
- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 18:47:15 -0500
- I have saved the requests for individual parts and will go that route if needed. I just dont have the time to do the car "piecemeal" unless necessary. Thanks for all the best wishes!!! This list is f
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg00700.html (7,626 bytes)
- 5. CRASH!-Pictures (score: 1)
- Author: "Winnie Olmer" <who@sover.net>
- Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 20:34:04 -0500
- I have posted pictures of my 1979 Spitfire that was in an accident. It was a daily driver. I dont want to sell parts... just the car as a whole. I'm asking $1000. It's in Southern Vermont. Winnie - n
- /html/spitfires/2000-03/msg01319.html (6,640 bytes)
- 6. "Sputtering" after prolonged low speeds (score: 1)
- Author: "Winnie Olmer" <who@sover.net>
- Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 20:56:17 -0400
- I live down 5 miles of dirt road. I take it slow whenever I'm on a gravel road. The car runs fine until I get to the pavement and accelerate. It then sputters and "bucks". After a quarter mile or so
- /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00040.html (7,934 bytes)
- 7. RE: "Sputtering" after prolonged low speeds (score: 1)
- Author: "Winnie Olmer" <who@sover.net>
- Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 07:36:49 -0400
- The difference between your problem and mine is that I have superb performance and acceleration at all times EXCEPT after a prolonged idle or 2nd gear drive down gravel roads. Really strange!! Winnie
- /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00044.html (9,430 bytes)
- 8. RE: advertising signs (score: 1)
- Author: "Winnie Olmer" <who@sover.net>
- Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 08:22:25 -0400
- try e-bay. there are usually quite a lot of old posters for sale. do a search for triumph. or send email to Skip Montanaro [mailto:skip@dolphin.mojam.com]. he kindly gathers triumph related items on
- /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00049.html (6,918 bytes)
- 9. RE: "Sputtering" after prolonged low speeds (score: 1)
- Author: "Winnie Olmer" <who@sover.net>
- Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 12:15:21 -0400
- Thanks Peter But part of the symptoms were that I'd get the same effect when at prolonged low RPM on paved roads. i.e. long traffic light or waiting in a Dunkin Donuts line. Probably a sign to not ea
- /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00059.html (11,392 bytes)
- 10. Westminster VT Columbus Day Weekend (score: 1)
- Author: "Winnie Olmer" <who@sover.net>
- Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 15:27:43 -0400
- Who's going? The foliage is just turning here in Southern VT. It ought to be peak by the weekend. Not as brilliant as last year. But if the weather is nice, the show at the MG museum should be a nice
- /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00070.html (6,483 bytes)
- 11. RE: test - delete (score: 1)
- Author: "Winnie Olmer" <who@sover.net>
- Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 21:29:51 -0400
- ditto.. must be server errors. I got a bunch of bounced messages and many of the messages I've been getting today are out of sequence. I'll three from 7PM on then a few from 6PM 15 minutes later. Ser
- /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00137.html (6,825 bytes)
- 12. RE: vendors (score: 1)
- Author: "Winnie Olmer" <who@sover.net>
- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 19:22:55 -0400
- It would be interesting to go to the web sites of UPS, FedEx, USPostal.. etc. and check out what they say a shipment of that weight should cost. I know UPS has a form that calculates domestic shipme
- /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00267.html (6,633 bytes)
- 13. RE: Happy Spit (score: 1)
- Author: "Winnie Olmer" <who@sover.net>
- Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 16:10:42 -0400
- How much prep do you need to do before bringing your car into a place like "Uh Oh... better get Maaco" (Maaco are the guys up here in New England)? Have you ever used them before? Do they take enough
- /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00306.html (6,811 bytes)
- 14. Westminster VT show (score: 1)
- Author: "Winnie Olmer" <who@sover.net>
- Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 09:46:44 -0400
- Hi Bob, The weather sucks up here. I'll probably leave here for the Westminster VT show in a while since it's only 45 minutes away. But I expect a pretty poor turnout considering theres an 80% chance
- /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00320.html (7,507 bytes)
- 15. Westminster VT show (score: 1)
- Author: "Winnie Olmer" <who@sover.net>
- Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 13:24:02 -0400
- Just got back from the show. There were very few Triumphs this year. I saw Keith Ehrlich's TR6 with his team-dot-net sticker. Didn't meet Keith though. Beautiful looking 6 Keith! There was only a sma
- /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00329.html (7,573 bytes)
- 16. RE: Westminster VT show (score: 1)
- Author: "Winnie Olmer" <who@sover.net>
- Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 06:32:29 -0400
- Just to share a non-LBC story that you might find funny. Our family was on a trip to Maine and we stopped at the huge tourist welcome center on the main highway into the state. My wife was looking a
- /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00350.html (7,749 bytes)
- 17. RE: Best Solution for Rusted Frame Rail on 76 Spitfire? (score: 1)
- Author: "Winnie Olmer" <who@sover.net>
- Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 17:48:33 -0400
- Hi Jim, One of the most popular "Triumph Home Mechanic" books is the Practical Classics book on rebuilding a TR6. The car they started with had quite a bit of frame rot and they did as your mechanic
- /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00453.html (7,475 bytes)
- 18. WWS (score: 1)
- Author: "Winnie Olmer" <who@sover.net>
- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 18:47:08 -0400
- I wondered what I had!! I've been suffering from WWS all this week. Getting ready to put the Spit away I've been going through severe withdrawal. I got into the SAAB today for the first time in a few
- /html/spitfires/1999-10/msg00681.html (7,973 bytes)
- 19. RE: Spit Won't Start! (score: 1)
- Author: "Winnie Olmer" <who@sover.net>
- Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 06:53:48 -0400
- My auto mechanic, who only occasionally sees my LBC's, describes British cars as... "Every drive is a test drive". Hello Spit-kateers, Jumped into Mr. Spit this morning, and all I got was a single cl
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00136.html (7,892 bytes)
- 20. RE: 70 spit tyres (score: 1)
- Author: "Winnie Olmer" <who@sover.net>
- Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 07:04:01 -0400
- You might want to go back about a month and read the archives. Do a search for "widest tires" for a spit. There was quite a bit of mail. I went with the recommendation of the 205/60/13. Nice and wid
- /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00137.html (6,875 bytes)
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