- 1. RE: Griffith 200 front brakes???? (score: 1)
- Author: "Hancock, Ashley P" <aph9484@GlaxoWellcome.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 09:35:35 +0100
- Didn't some of the early TRs (TR2 and early TR3) use a Lockheed system - could this be the one you have? I'm sure there are kits available to convert to the later Girling set-up. By the way, accordin
- /html/tvr/2000-10/msg00009.html (10,042 bytes)
- 2. RE: Total Griffs? (score: 1)
- Author: "Hancock, Ashley P" <aph9484@GlaxoWellcome.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 16:45:40 +0100
- Just out of interest - what is the relative value of a Griffith and a Grantura in the US? In the UK, a Griffith (in good condition) will cost you around £25,000 ( ~$40,000), but a Grantura will onl
- /html/tvr/2000-10/msg00012.html (9,263 bytes)
- 3. RE: Alternator replacement (score: 1)
- Author: "Hancock, Ashley P" <aph9484@GlaxoWellcome.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 14:41:05 +0100
- I am about to do a dynamo/alternator swap on my 1968 Vixen S1. I have taken a Bosch K1/55amp unit from a Mk11 Ford Escort. This seems to be very compact but then I don't have the same problem with t
- /html/tvr/2000-09/msg00005.html (8,957 bytes)
- 4. RE: 200 clutch slave (score: 1)
- Author: "Hancock, Ashley P" <aph9484@GlaxoWellcome.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 10:02:33 +0100
- Is the clutch slave cylinder not from a Ford Mustang? Ash Ashley Hancock Discovery Chemistry 3 Glaxo Wellcome R&D Ltd Stevenage 782-3639
- /html/tvr/2000-08/msg00029.html (7,517 bytes)
- 5. RE: Tire Sizes (score: 1)
- Author: "Hancock, Ashley P" <aph9484@GlaxoWellcome.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 11:45:56 +0100
- For what its worth here's my understanding of John's comments - wide grippy tyres put a greater stress on the suspension especially in low speed manoeuvring situations - we all know about the fragili
- /html/tvr/2000-07/msg00031.html (8,788 bytes)
- 6. RE: TVR M Series Hatchback Conversion? (score: 1)
- Author: "Hancock, Ashley P" <aph9484@GlaxoWellcome.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 12:44:37 +0100
- There is a very well known and respected company in the UK called Aldon Automotive who specialise in the sort of thing you are after. They are able to offer Lucas distributors to suit any state of tu
- /html/tvr/2000-07/msg00042.html (12,202 bytes)
- 7. RE: Hillclimbing Vixen/Front Uprights (score: 1)
- Author: "Hancock, Ashley P" <aph9484@GlaxoWellcome.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 13:31:12 +0100
- For Triumph parts I usually use Rimmer Bros. at http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/. If they can't help you I don't know who can! Cheers.. Ash Ashley Hancock Discovery Chemistry 4 Glaxo Wellcome R&D Ltd St
- /html/tvr/2000-06/msg00047.html (10,149 bytes)
- 8. RE: TVR alloy rims (score: 1)
- Author: "Hancock, Ashley P" <aph9484@GlaxoWellcome.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 08:59:35 +0100
- Although TVR and TR6 wheels are interchangable in theory, I'm pretty sure they have a different offset. Ash '68 TVR Vixen Ashley Hancock Discovery Chemistry 4 Glaxo Wellcome R&D Ltd Stevenage 782-363
- /html/tvr/2000-06/msg00049.html (8,140 bytes)
- 9. RE: Car of the Week (score: 1)
- Author: "Hancock, Ashley P" <aph9484@GlaxoWellcome.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:14:11 +0100
- I forwarded your e-mail to the main UK list and asked for 'reinforcements'. The response has been errr......enthusiastic! At the last count we had overtaken the TR. Ash ('68 Vixen S1) Ashley Hancock
- /html/tvr/2000-03/msg00012.html (7,834 bytes)
- 10. RE: Vixen rear deck wood? (score: 1)
- Author: "Hancock, Ashley P" <aph9484@GlaxoWellcome.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 09:04:11 -0000
- You are perfectly correct about the function of the wooden strip. There isn't any other form of support for the rear deck - it just sort of wedges against the back of the car! If you cover the top o
- /html/tvr/1999-12/msg00001.html (8,410 bytes)
- 11. RE: 2500M shocks/springs on Vixen? (score: 1)
- Author: "Hancock, Ashley P" <aph9484@GlaxoWellcome.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 09:00:20 +0100
- The spring poundages might differ slightly but I think the shocks are identical. The Spax database lists them as Front/Rear Vixen/M. Ash ('68 Vixen S1)
- /html/tvr/1999-08/msg00012.html (7,469 bytes)
- 12. RE: 2500M shocks/springs on Vixen? (score: 1)
- Author: "Hancock, Ashley P" <aph9484@GlaxoWellcome.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 10:05:24 +0100
- When I quoted from the Spax database I was refering to the shocks only. They don't quote a shock/spring combination as, of course the poundages will vary with the weight distribution of each car in t
- /html/tvr/1999-08/msg00014.html (9,151 bytes)
- 13. RE: window stripping (score: 1)
- Author: "Hancock, Ashley P" <aph9484@GlaxoWellcome.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 10:29:28 -0000
- I recently obtained one of these myself. I got it via mail order from a classic car restoration company called 'Frost Auto Restoration Techniques Ltd'. Although they are UK based they have customers
- /html/tvr/1998-11/msg00015.html (7,859 bytes)
- 14. RE: Vixen parts needed (score: 1)
- Author: "Hancock, Ashley P" <aph9484@GlaxoWellcome.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 09:16:44 -0000
- According to John Upham's Vixen parts list the pins themselves are TVR specials although it also states that the bonnet catches/strikers are from a Ford Anglia 105E. John's list is at http://www.rdg
- /html/tvr/1998-10/msg00015.html (7,720 bytes)
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