A quid is slang for a pound --an english pound. As in 'that bloody widgeet
cost me 5 quid!'
I think.
Laura G.(ee, I hope I got that right!)
-----Original Message-----
From: Bowen, Patrick A. RP2 <jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil>
To: John Weale <tyre@u.washington.edu>; Gregory W. Smith <gsmith@cvn.net>
Cc: Neil McAllister <neil.mcallister@fvrl.bc.ca>; spitfires@Autox.Team.Net
<spitfires@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 9:47 AM
Subject: RE: Mythical Hood pin donuts
>Alright I give up! What is a QUID??????
>
>Patrick Bowen
>'79 Spit
>
>At 10:16 PM 9/8/98 -0700, John Weale wrote:
>> Just to help avoid misplacing blame on the DPO (although he/she/it
>>surely derserves some -- mine never undid a single snap when putting the
>>top down "you just have to give it a good shove like this (wince) and it
>>goes right down..."), I have the same donut things on my 1980 Spitfire.
>>However, on mine it's the pins (that everyone stocks :) that are missing.
>>Just got her last week, and the bonnet rattles horribly! This is job #1
>>for me (err, right after that brake fluid fountain in the left rear wheel
>>-- she stops a bit long on only one circuit...).
>>
>> Just to add a totally unrelated question to the topic, anyone have
>>any info on
>>
>> Anglian Triumph Services
>> Crossways Garage, Loddon Road
>> Ditchingham
>> Norfolk NR35 2QY
>> Telephone: 01986 895387 or Fax 01986 896860
>> www.angserv.demon.co.uk?
>>
>> I ask because they have a great price on tonneaus (45 quid, I'm
>>hoping to get one for about $100USD shipped - much lower than I've seen
>>elsewhere). Good enough to make me hesitate just a min. Any
>>experiences?
>> Oh, and rebuiding the brake wheel cylinders for the rear drum
>>brakes is easy, right? (I was going to do it next month anyhow, but I was
>>kinda hoping that it'd be a pre-emptive strike -- my speedbleeders haven't
>>even been ordered yet @#$@!$!).
>>
>> John Weale
>> 1980 "British Racing Orange" Spitfire
>>
>>========= jweale@writeme.com
===============================================
>>"The world does revolve around engineers...they pick the coordinate
system."
>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
>>
>>On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, Gregory W. Smith wrote:
>>
>>> My 1980 Spit also has at least one "donut" where the pin rests. Maybe
>>> something done at the dealer to even up hood clearances quickly?
>>>
>>> Gregory W. Smith http://www.cvn.net/~gsmith
>>> Member, Central Pennsylvania Triumph Club
>>> 1980 Spitfire 1500 "for the wife" :)
>>> 1980 TR7 Spider v8 (in progress)
>>> 1980 TR7 30th Anniversary Edition (deceased)
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 11:27 PM
>>> Subject: Mythical Hood pin donuts
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks to all who replied re:my mythical hood pin donuts. The consensus
is
>>> that
>>> they are the figment of a previous owner who was likely trying to stop a
>>> rattle.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Neil
>>>
>>>
>>
>>---======================== John Weale(jweale@u.washington.edu)
>>
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