- 241. Re: Tiger History (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jun 96 12:42:12 PDT
- I'm a little confused here. Miles was a Shelby American employee and worked on development for Shelby. Does this mean that Shelby had two Tiger development teams? Shelby wasn't that much of a nuts a
- /html/tigers/1996-06/msg00096.html (8,194 bytes)
- 242. Re: Re: Tiger History (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jun 96 15:20:15 PDT
- Hmm, this must be the Bill Carroll who wrote "Ford Cobra Guide". Roland
- /html/tigers/1996-06/msg00101.html (7,078 bytes)
- 243. Re: American Racing Wheels (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jun 96 13:03:45 PDT
- You could even get center lock American Mags for a Cobra. There's a picture of John and Paul Nygaards Cobra with a set on the SOL archives. csx2577.gif. This picture was taken in 1964. I had to brig
- /html/tigers/1996-06/msg00124.html (6,922 bytes)
- 244. Re: Grasping for a thread/Upper grill finisher (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jun 96 15:39:54 PDT
- A couple of years ago I had a conversion with a guy who had restored an E-Type Jag. He told me about several OEM trim pieces he had bought that wouldn't fit the body until he had bent them a bit. Wh
- /html/tigers/1996-06/msg00129.html (7,550 bytes)
- 245. SAAC's "Tiger History" (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 16:43:05 -0700
- Garrad convinced Lord Rootes' son Brian to quietly put up the $10k for his Tiger project without Brian's father's knowledge. Garrad contracted Miles to do a feasibility study, basically consisting of
- /html/tigers/1996-06/msg00130.html (7,407 bytes)
- 246. Re: Tiger History (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Sat, 15 Jun 96 13:02:15 PDT
- According to the latest ACOC newsletter, this is no longer the case. Guess all the cars are done. Roland
- /html/tigers/1996-06/msg00140.html (7,045 bytes)
- 247. Re: Electric Water Pumps, and radiators (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jun 96 12:13:50 PDT
- A few months back there was an extended discussion on the british-cars list about whether or not is was possible for coolant flow to be too high to allow sufficient time for it to be cooled in the r
- /html/tigers/1996-06/msg00152.html (8,938 bytes)
- 248. Re: Electric Water Pumps, and radiators (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jun 96 13:04:01 PDT
- I believe a similar comment was made on the the Brit car list, and the response was that the problem was cavitation, not rate of flow and that the restriction improved cooling by reducing cavitation
- /html/tigers/1996-06/msg00157.html (9,419 bytes)
- 249. Re: Electric Water Pumps, and radiators (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 96 8:17:14 PDT
- Yup, some of the Brit car discussion got kinda nasty if I recall. Roland
- /html/tigers/1996-06/msg00172.html (7,837 bytes)
- 250. Re: A new thread ?? (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 96 9:34:10 PDT
- I agree, excellent book. Brownell also suggests using trisodium phosphate in place of lye. I've tried both solution, heated over a camp stove. Both do a good job of cleaning oil/grease and stripping
- /html/tigers/1996-06/msg00174.html (7,923 bytes)
- 251. Re: ...no subject... (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jun 96 8:49:25 PDT
- Absolutely agree with you Tom. I wouldn't use it on copper or brass either. Peronally I prefer TSP to NaOH anyway, for the reasons you state regarding handling. I've used "mag" wheel cleaner on alum
- /html/tigers/1996-06/msg00182.html (7,271 bytes)
- 252. Re: Wood Dash Boards (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 96 8:22:38 PDT
- I thinks so. Years ago I made a new dash out of solid hard wood for an MG-TD. It looked really great for about three months until it started warping and cracking. Marine plywood and veneer is a bett
- /html/tigers/1996-06/msg00218.html (8,103 bytes)
- 253. Re: Re[2]: Wood Dash Boards (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 96 14:56:09 PDT
- I was thinking bamboo. It's really tough, stands up well to the weather (all the nurseries around here use bamboo poles as planter stakes) and you would have the added benefit of built hand holds. R
- /html/tigers/1996-06/msg00230.html (8,132 bytes)
- 254. Re: BOP / Really , Really Small (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jun 96 9:23:26 PDT
- V-16? Wasn't that an H-16? or did BRM also make a V-16? Roland
- /html/tigers/1996-06/msg00237.html (7,211 bytes)
- 255. RE: The 215 thread/ Super 'Crosser (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jun 96 9:20:35 PDT
- Perhaps I'm misunderstanding something here. Initially Shelby approached GM about supplying engines for the Cobra. Shelby race prepared Porsche 914-6s in the late '60s Shelby had an arrangement with
- /html/tigers/1996-06/msg00249.html (7,790 bytes)
- 256. Re: Re[2]: The 215 thread/ Super 'Crosser (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jun 96 9:24:38 PDT
- No idea what those chevy dudes were up to in those days. I've heard of the Grand Sport, re: Cobras, of course. It was supposedly one of the motivation for the development of the 427 Cobra. But like
- /html/tigers/1996-06/msg00268.html (8,408 bytes)
- 257. Re: Re[2]: Wood Dash Boards (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jun 96 8:31:02 PDT
- As a matter of fact, cherry was the very wood I used for the solid TD dash I made that did crack and warp. Exposure to the hot So Cal sun was all it took. Roland
- /html/tigers/1996-06/msg00269.html (7,856 bytes)
- 258. RE: Re[2]: New Thread (was REALLY, REALLY SMALL...) (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jun 96 8:24:07 PDT
- The HiPo 289 had a 7000 RPM redline right out of the box. Roland
- /html/tigers/1996-06/msg00271.html (8,224 bytes)
- 259. Re: Yawn ?? (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jun 96 13:06:36 PDT
- Gosh Steve, that's near enough to redo one of my seats. Was it red by any chance? Roland
- /html/tigers/1996-06/msg00284.html (7,204 bytes)
- 260. Re: Girling grease? (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 May 96 9:15:11 PDT
- Girling Grease is available, but probably a bit expensive for this use. I found some at a local speed shop that sells Girling master and slave cylinders. A very small tube of the stuff cost $11. Gue
- /html/tigers/1996-05/msg00005.html (8,231 bytes)
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