Mark
Unfortunately not :-)
Chris de Wet
South Africa
One '56 TR 3 with o/d , two Heralds and four early Spitfires without o/d .
'65 TR 4 A IRS ( hopefully soon )
'28 Model A Ford Roadster ( hopefully soon )
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Gardner [mailto:mrgrdnr@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 4:07 AM
To: Laura Gharazeddine
Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Subliminalism: was: Gas guage alignment?
This reminds me - The '63 Herald convertible (named Harold-what else) I
had had a very small fuel tank (6.3 gallons?). But it had a reseerve
lever. Of course, I had to get out of the car, open the trunk, and
throw the lever to activate the reserve, but I thought it was another
cool little thing about a cool little car. Did the early spitfires have
a reserve on the gas tank?
Laura Gharazeddine wrote:
>
> Hahaha! I love this story! It reminds me of the only time I ran out of gas
in my first spit-Arthur, King of the Britons. I had been driving an Alfa
Guilia Nuova Super which had a little light alongside the gas needle. When
the light went on, it meant that you were on your reserves and you had
enough gas to get to the gas station.
>
> So, I had this beautiful little pagent blue Spitfire and was out driving
in the first days I had it. THe needle went down. Ok. But, out of habit I
kept waiting for the light to go on. Until the car choke and came to a stop
and I realized I wasn't in the Alfa anymore-the Spit didn't have the light!
Ever since then, I am so careful when driving a Spit to watch the needle and
not run out of gas-though I have come very close.
>
> Laura G.
> >
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