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161. Re: [TR] Interesting cooling system web page (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:29:53 +0100; Well, I had a good look at that page - and none of it answers my questions. In the winter, I enjoy a good bracing walk in the hills near my home. Around lunchtime I usually fancy a can of hot soup -; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00634.html (9,641 bytes)
162. Re: [TR] Interesting cooling system web page (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:19:27 +0100; I had an interesting chat today on the 'phone with one of my old S-T chums who worked in engineering to see if there was any math involved in calculating cooling properties in our cars, bearing in mi; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00648.html (10,834 bytes)
163. Re: [TR] Emailing: triumph (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:00:03 +0100; Just as post-war Triumphs were really Standards - i.e. cars designed and built by the Standard Motor Company. I take some pride in the fact that my own *Triumph* isn't a Triumph and never was. It's; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00240.html (9,855 bytes)
164. Re: [TR] TR6 Color Question (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:44:56 +0100; I'd agree, too. Satin is the best description of all. It will polish up nicely yet still not look glossy or half gloss. Jonmac _______________________________________________ This list supported in; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00319.html (7,297 bytes)
165. [TR] Triumph Trans-America Charity Drive 2009 - Announcement at (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:04:23 +0100; and Jack Mc replied Well, Jack - and others, here we go on the second attempt:) I wrote an obviously rather too long treatise on this forthcoming event earlier today. I say *too long* because no copy; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00325.html (7,975 bytes)
166. Re: [TR] TR-3 Engine Stand (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 15:27:58 +0100; Can anyone (Everyone?) please tell me why the wet liner 4 pot is so frequently referred to as a tractor engine? Jonmac _______________________________________________ This list supported in part by; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00392.html (7,067 bytes)
167. Re: [TR] TR-3 Engine Stand (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:11:54 +0100; I do so like American terminologies sometimes. I'll have to put this in my 'little black book.... Yes, yes, yes er, not quite begged out - but fired (read terminated manufacturing contract) by Harry; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00399.html (9,250 bytes)
168. Re: [TR] TR-3 Engine Stand (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:44:58 +0100; Au contraire, David. There's a raft of information still to cover........ :) Jonmac _______________________________________________ This list supported in part by the Vintage Triumph Register http://; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00404.html (7,570 bytes)
169. Re: [TR] An *oops* day, and a question about Aprons. (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:12:02 +0100; Dave, presumably you have a Heritage Certificate to confirm the build date? The fact your car was built in Sept 1957 is entirely possible and I'd guess it was built as a widemouth as well. Why so ear; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00445.html (9,048 bytes)
170. Re: [TR] Push or pull (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:58:22 +0100; I take the view that the standard fan was only reasonably good at engine speeds up to about 2000rpm. After that it became more of a 'drag' and just absorbs useful power I'd prefer goes to the wheels.; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00474.html (8,973 bytes)
171. Re: [TR] Push or pull (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:17:07 +0100; Which is entirely how I construed the discussion to be. My comment was only that the OEM fan being fixed pitch, would only work fully at a fairly low engine speed. As we all know, it operates across; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00505.html (11,044 bytes)
172. Re: [TR] Push or pull (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:05:06 +0100; Nolan replied The absence of smileys and/or emoticons in the last line leaves me feeling rather puzzled. If this is a majority feeling of the list, I'm quite willing to unsubscribe - or would someon; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00511.html (9,544 bytes)
173. Re: [TR] To Push or To Pull (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:36:04 +0100; My dear Friends Your many kind and generous messages requesting I do not absent myself from these sepulchered portals of oily machines have arrived over the last 24 hours. Thank you to all who spoke; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00559.html (6,648 bytes)
174. Re: [TR] Hemmings & $225K Healey (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:41:00 +0100; Let us not be too harsh on the old lady. She manifests the confusion that was sadly so prevalent within British Leyland either just before or just after the closure of the BL Competitions Dept at Ab; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00589.html (9,561 bytes)
175. Re: [TR] Hemmings & $225K Healey (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:22:40 +0100; --==2039028223== Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="windows-1250"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bob All Electric Garages is the name of the current/former sole s; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00595.html (12,061 bytes)
176. Re: [TR] build date of TR3A (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:30:42 +0100; I've been reading the few recent posts about vehicle dating and the queries arising from why a car was built in 1743 and not shipped until 1805. There's a very good reason for why and how this happen; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00616.html (8,518 bytes)
177. Re: [TR] build date of TR3A (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:40:14 +0100; Well Joe, perhaps 1743 wasn't the best date to pick at random. Further study from my diary for that year reveal a certain Mr Thomas Jefferson was born. That was the good news. The bad news is there w; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00630.html (10,284 bytes)
178. Re: [TR] TR4 Surrey Top (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:44:19 +0100; Factory option. I vaguely recall the US dealer network also offered a variety of other soft tops. One I did see was a fringed version - no doubt for the girlies and after the song from 'Oklahoma'? C; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00634.html (8,011 bytes)
179. [TR] Genuineness-ness-ness? (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:07:08 -0000; I don't want to be seen as a killjoy but knowing how attentive many are to originality, there's a real howler on the VTR website. It's in the top LH corner of the home page where various Triumph pix; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00650.html (8,319 bytes)
180. Re: [TR] Genuineness-ness-ness? (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:43:21 -0000; I'm having a rest from my domestic labours; I'm exhausted; I'm looking for a cage to rattle!!!! Of course I can see its an LH drive car and yes, I'm sure the plate is for decorative purposes too - bu; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00655.html (8,856 bytes)

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