- 201. Re: [TR] Vibration (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:11:27 -0000
- Yes, it certainly can! This is a typical Triumph 'bete noire' A hitherto non-vibrating shaft can suddenly go out of balance with the spot-welded weight flying off because of rust, weak weld or whatev
- /html/triumphs/2007-12/msg00155.html (8,191 bytes)
- 202. Re: [TR] Genealogy request (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:55:22 -0000
- Many thanks to those who contacted me off list following my recent request for help for Nick Black. I had an email from Nick today. In it, he informs me that contrary to his long-held belief that his
- /html/triumphs/2007-12/msg00181.html (7,291 bytes)
- 203. Re: [TR] eBay Histeria (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:05:40 -0000
- A fool and his/her money are soon parted. Jonmac _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html This list supported in part by the Vintage Triumph Re
- /html/triumphs/2007-12/msg00187.html (7,064 bytes)
- 204. Re: [TR] [6pack] Glenn Merrell & Hemmings (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:09:22 -0000
- --==1248593384== Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="windows-1250"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 'Sright, Bob! And if you keep your eyes peeled to Hemmings (and a
- /html/triumphs/2007-12/msg00214.html (9,776 bytes)
- 205. Re: [TR] Cool Triumph video (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:44:22 -0000
- Hey, that's nice - and I'd missed it too. Only one *criticism.* Did anyone manage to get out of second gear? In one of the shots you could see the speedo and it looked like they were only doing about
- /html/triumphs/2007-12/msg00274.html (8,322 bytes)
- 206. Re: [TR] Cool Triumph video (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:40:47 -0000
- Bob - reminds me of an incident I saw this last summer that had me laughing so much I had to stop the car. I was following an ancient but immaculate Bentley tourer in which reposed a bride with her D
- /html/triumphs/2007-12/msg00318.html (8,776 bytes)
- 207. [TR] Greetings All (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:55:31 -0000
- I'd just like to take this opportunity in wishing all members of these lists, wherever they may live, a very Happy Christmas and New Year. In lurk mode at the moment and unsure whether the lists have
- /html/triumphs/2007-12/msg00385.html (7,177 bytes)
- 208. Re: [TR] Who else got car parts for Christmas? (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:35:34 -0000
- Chip, if you send me your snail address, I'll get you a genuine one from the UK and send it to you. They're minimal cost anyway. You feel off the white protective cover, insert the disc into the pock
- /html/triumphs/2007-12/msg00446.html (9,770 bytes)
- 209. [TR] You and your car - are one year older (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 15:10:21 -0000
- For all listers A very Happy New Year to all. You were designed to last a long time, rust will never affect you though wear in critical joints of your driveline might raise its ugly head - with the p
- /html/triumphs/2008-01/msg00000.html (6,855 bytes)
- 210. Re: [TR] Carefully Cleaning a TR3 Engine Block (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:39 -0000
- If you know a good forger, I'd take a photograph of the original - with measurements, and then get a lump of chinagraph pencil or chalk and get the 'forger' to replicate. Jonmac ____________________
- /html/triumphs/2008-01/msg00170.html (9,962 bytes)
- 211. Re: [TR] reCarefully Cleaning a TR3 Engine Block (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:37:17 -0000
- Just spoke to one of my old engine machine shop friends on this issue. His recollections are now (like mine) getting a bit dim but he does remember vehicle model types being painted on cylinder block
- /html/triumphs/2008-01/msg00190.html (10,535 bytes)
- 212. Re: [TR] Off topic, pressure washers (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:08:10 -0000
- I bought mine six years ago from Woolworths in the UK for about US$70 equivalent. It's electric. So far, it's blasted the muck off the underside of my 4x4 on countless occasions, cleaned patios, wash
- /html/triumphs/2008-01/msg00193.html (11,475 bytes)
- 213. Re: [TR] TR3A low mounted 3rd brake light?? (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:05:37 -0000
- John, a friend here in the UK has been shunted twice in his Spitfire and has come up with a neat solution, though I'm not totally sure it's fully legal. It definitely works! As we often drive top-up
- /html/triumphs/2008-01/msg00294.html (9,367 bytes)
- 214. [TR] Updates to website for Triumph Trans-AmeriCa Charity Drive 2009 (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:56:15 -0000
- The website has expanded again: 1. There is now an opportunity for readers to send in queries. 2. A more detailed map of the overall route showing current stops has been provided. This is a .pdf file
- /html/triumphs/2008-01/msg00352.html (7,704 bytes)
- 215. [TR] Door measurements (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:58:16 -0000
- Help required please. I'm having two magnetic display panels made for the Macartney Charity's 1978 1500 Spitfire that I have yet to collect from its exceedingly generous donor. These panels will onl
- /html/triumphs/2008-01/msg00397.html (7,854 bytes)
- 216. Re: [TR] Universal Joints: What is the Reason for Replacing (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:33:45 -0000
- IMHO if you're doing a complete ground-up rebuild on almost any Triumph, a professional balancing and re-jointing exercise on the propellor (drive) shaft will be money well spent. Propshaft vibration
- /html/triumphs/2008-01/msg00400.html (8,519 bytes)
- 217. Re: [TR] Authentic choke cable, TR4 (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:59:19 -0000
- Brian, if you are unsuccessful in locating the correct cable type, revert to the approved Standard-Triumph service tool. Instead of a croc clip, use a wooden clothes peg (clothes pin) with a short pi
- /html/triumphs/2008-01/msg00409.html (8,137 bytes)
- 218. Re: [TR] Hertz --- Rent a TR4A (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 02:57:33 -0000
- Darrell, casting my mind back to my Export Sales days in London, I can confirm Mike Cook's statement. I'd go one step further in saying the majority of aspiring owners from your side of the pond were
- /html/triumphs/2008-01/msg00456.html (7,981 bytes)
- 219. Re: [TR] [Spits] Hemmings Article (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 00:10:49 -0000
- *Could* get serious????? I've been serious about this event for the better part of two years in terms of planning it :::))) For the record Darrell, the original plan was to raffle the Spitfire in Cal
- /html/triumphs/2008-02/msg00118.html (7,884 bytes)
- 220. Re: [TR] [6pack] Hemmings Article (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 13:43:16 -0000
- Look at the website! Jonmac _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html This list supported in part by the Vintage Triumph Register http://www.vtr
- /html/triumphs/2008-02/msg00127.html (7,776 bytes)
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