- 41. The VTR issue - last few days (long) (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 13:44:29 +0100
- Having been out of cyber-circulation for the last few days, I was surprised to read the range of feelings about VTR's apparent restriction to its site. To be honest, I haven't even clicked on it to s
- /html/triumphs/2005-05/msg00780.html (10,225 bytes)
- 42. Garage clearance (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 20:45:56 +0100
- I'm putting some Triumph stuff on Ebay. A housemove means both cars will soon be up for grabs (2000 & 2.5PI), there's an 'almost' complete injection engine (MG54535E from a 2.5PI saloon) with most i
- /html/triumphs/2005-04/msg00163.html (7,521 bytes)
- 43. Re: Car club rant (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 17:50:42 +0100
- Yes, I know - this thread appeared at least a week ago and has probably died a natural death? I too, find that certain individuals in Clubs can indeed be a pain and this is probably a global problem?
- /html/triumphs/2005-04/msg00630.html (8,055 bytes)
- 44. Re: TR250...150HP? (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 22:50:43 -0000
- has it then and Not quite legend, Randall - FACT. He was ordering them in England, giving a French address, then driving them on the ferry to France and doing the separations there. He did six cars t
- /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00057.html (7,371 bytes)
- 45. Re: TR250...150HP? (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 12:21:09 -0000
- Absolutely no apology needed. Wish we could have done more, so just a few of you would later be able to experience the difference between a TR250 and a TR5PI :) Jonmac legend reassembling giving a
- /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00094.html (8,267 bytes)
- 46. Re: TR6 LHD to RHD Conversion (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 15:31:42 -0000
- Alex - I'd be inclined to leave it as it is. Your post doesn't say whether you're a returning Brit or not but FWIW, there are plenty of LHD cars operating over here and while we drive *on the wrong s
- /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00098.html (7,173 bytes)
- 47. Re: Synthetic Oil (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:13:33 -0000
- I take the view that as many of the engines leaked anyway - even when new, synthetic or dinosaur juice makes little difference. With the high cost of synthetic in the UK, my Triumphs get the old type
- /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00336.html (7,225 bytes)
- 48. Re: Carrying Passengers in TR (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:08:23 -0000
- Strange how we all have thoughts verging on 'paranoia' about riding safely in these cars. I well remember riding in Ken Richardson's TR2 development car at the age of about 8 or 9. I guess it was MVC
- /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00337.html (9,407 bytes)
- 49. Daylight running lights (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 08:43:32 -0000
- To briefly re-visit this thread. I agree that a car with lights switched on in daylight is more visible to others - but last Saturday was an exception to the rule. I was halted in a short line of tra
- /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00622.html (7,481 bytes)
- 50. Re: TR3A Body Queries (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 08:12:07 -0000
- What a splendid term! It's gone in my 'little black book.' Jonmac
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00029.html (6,826 bytes)
- 51. Re: RE: wide/narrow belt (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 17:42:54 -0000
- Been off list for a coupla days, so eventually caught up with this thread. Had to employ it twice in the late swingin' sixties with two mini-skirted girlfriends who insisted on the shelter of a hedge
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00104.html (8,238 bytes)
- 52. Re: RE: wide/narrow belt (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 17:32:34 -0000
- Been off list for a coupla days, so eventually caught up with this thread. Had to employ it twice in the late swingin' sixties with two mini-skirted girlfriends who insisted on the shelter of a hedge
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00105.html (8,103 bytes)
- 53. Re: auto museum, no LBC (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 08:18:50 -0000
- Randall replied: I bought one in the late sixties as a part exchange against a new Herald. This was a three-wheeler. Fun, fairly slow - and terrifying in London rush hour traffic. Sold it within the
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00213.html (7,695 bytes)
- 54. Re: TR futures (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:54:41 -0000
- of LBC's in particular and classic cars in general. I myself am a degreed Environmental Biologist. Congratulations - though it wasn't TeriAnn who criticised the "Greens", but me. While I can't commen
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00302.html (9,331 bytes)
- 55. Parts clearance (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 08:43:39 -0000
- Fellow listers, I'm moving house in mid-March and need to relieve my barn of surplus Triumph bits for a 2000/2.5PI that came as 'part of the deal' when I acquired my PI in 1999. The principal items f
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00405.html (6,894 bytes)
- 56. Re: Birthdays (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 08:07:53 -0000
- I hit the big Six Oh last August - and life hasn't looked better. The only problem is I can't remember when I last saw my toes when standing up straight. Jonmac
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00459.html (7,633 bytes)
- 57. TR5 and 'Fire Extinguishers" - tenuous LBC (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:59:18 -0000
- This is a perfectly true story, though I won't say that the punchline is something "that could only happen in England" but it made me laugh. I hope it does for you too. Yesterday, I went into my near
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00530.html (9,126 bytes)
- 58. Re: birthdays (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 08:48:32 -0000
- I'll second that!! With all the posts that have been streaming in, has anyone saved all of them in a folder with a view to putting them on a website? That would be a *pointless fun* exercise, especia
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00590.html (8,630 bytes)
- 59. Re: Plates (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 14:40:32 -0000
- As Graham Stretch explained, here in the UK the car retains its original number for life. There are those who "feel the need to make a statement about themselves" by having personalised plates - but
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00859.html (7,303 bytes)
- 60. Re: TR3A Choke won't set (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 10:16:35 -0000
- Randall replied: so I'm No LBC with a sloppy cold start cable is complete without a clothes peg dangling from the knob by a piece of string. I've used mine for years like that and its guaranteed to
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00880.html (8,195 bytes)
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