- 41. Shipping a car to the UK... (score: 1)
- Author: lesnyd@bb1t.monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder lesnyd@monsanto.com 314-694-3626)
- Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 11:40:32 -0500
- Since my wife and I are going to drive around the UK next spring, I have been tossing about different ideas on how to do this. I have some questions for OFATP, or whoever might know: What is the valu
- /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00226.html (7,041 bytes)
- 42. heat shrink tubing (score: 1)
- Author: lesnyd@bb1t.monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder lesnyd@monsanto.com 314-694-3626)
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 11:21:31 -0500
- I've mentioned this before, but I'll do it again. A monokote heat gun, the kind used to shrink the plastic covering on model airplanes, works GREAT with heat shrink tubing. I've used one on all my sp
- /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00289.html (6,717 bytes)
- 43. I'm cheap (score: 1)
- Author: lesnyd@bb1t.monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder lesnyd@monsanto.com 314-694-3626)
- Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 16:22:40 -0500
- Last week on the way home from work the GT6+ began making vicious loud noises from the rear, and I finally pulled into a gas station some 30 miles from home. I looked down and could see that my RR ro
- /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00424.html (7,279 bytes)
- 44. Request: Please include name & email address on msgs! (score: 1)
- Author: lesnyd@bb1t.monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder lesnyd@monsanto.com 314-694-3626)
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 14:32:18 -0500
- Since all of the SOL mail is coming from british-cars-request, please, please, include your name and email address at the end of your messages (fancy .sig optional). There have been many lately with
- /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00521.html (6,883 bytes)
- 45. Good news, bad news (score: 1)
- Author: lesnyd@bb1t.monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder lesnyd@monsanto.com 314-694-3626)
- Date: Mon, 25 Apr 1994 12:04:42 -0500
- So first, the bad news. The GT6+, that constant source of joy and agony, decided it had had enough of its old, whining gearbox this morning. After a particularly bad crash into second, there was this
- /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00680.html (8,757 bytes)
- 46. Adventures In Resurrecting A Spitfire (score: 1)
- Author: lesnyd@bb1t.monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder lesnyd@monsanto.com 314-694-3626)
- Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 09:57:03 -0500
- I've got this 1970 Spitfire Mark III in my shed out on the farm, and now I need to revive it. It has run in several months, and it has apparently been sitting out in the elements for a long time. Las
- /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00696.html (8,198 bytes)
- 47. I meant NOT running (score: 1)
- Author: lesnyd@bb1t.monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder lesnyd@monsanto.com 314-694-3626)
- Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 15:30:22 -0500
- The Spit I'm messing with has NOT run in many months. Sorry, my fingers didn't know what my brain meant to say... Larry lesnyd@monsanto.com
- /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00714.html (6,426 bytes)
- 48. Stripping the Spitfire (score: 1)
- Author: lesnyd@bb1t.monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder lesnyd@monsanto.com 314-694-3626)
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 16:22:36 -0500
- I've developed a plan of action on my Spitfire that should save some money and still result in a decent finish. I'm going to take the bonnet, boot lid and doors in to be plastic bead blasted. They ar
- /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00750.html (7,248 bytes)
- 49. Re: Planning a trip to the UK (score: 1)
- Author: lesnyd@bb1t.monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder lesnyd@monsanto.com 314-694-3626)
- Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 09:45:39 -0500
- And don't forget Portmeirion (sp?) where The Prisoner was filmed. Be seeing you, Larry lesnyd@monsanto.com
- /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00828.html (7,053 bytes)
- 50. Re: Spit/GT6 Brakes, drivetrain, resto question (score: 1)
- Author: lesnyd@bb1t.monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder lesnyd@monsanto.com 314-694-3626)
- Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 09:51:54 -0500
- Sorry not to respond via email, Marcus, but I still don't get sender info on my mail from the list... You'll have trouble finding a '75 GT6 - they stopped making them in 1973. I would assume the best
- /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00829.html (8,091 bytes)
- 51. GT6 back in the body shop... (score: 1)
- Author: lesnyd@bb1t.monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder lesnyd@monsanto.com 314-694-3626)
- Date: Thu, 3 Mar 94 12:34:10 -0600
- I'm without the GT6+ until next week. *Sigh* I'm getting convinced that I don't want to make this car a frequent driver. It hurts too much when it breaks, and I always *have* to get it fixed immediat
- /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00071.html (7,779 bytes)
- 52. Spit mk III vs. GT6 mk.2 (score: 1)
- Author: lesnyd@bb1t.monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder lesnyd@monsanto.com 314-694-3626)
- Date: Fri, 4 Mar 94 08:56:07 -0600
- I'm going out tomorrow to look at a 1969 Spitfire Mk. III. Now, I own a 1969 GT6+, so I'm pretty familiar with the basic car (and REAL familiar with certain - uh - trouble spots). I'm searching for n
- /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00087.html (7,029 bytes)
- 53. Let's lay Isadora to rest... (score: 1)
- Author: lesnyd@bb1t.monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder lesnyd@monsanto.com 314-694-3626)
- Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 12:17:40 -0600
- Could we please end the Isadora Duncan stream of consciousness? I agree that it was a valid reference to the knockoff thread, but the point was made, those who didn't know who she was surely do by no
- /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00294.html (6,792 bytes)
- 54. Re: Vehicle Leasing (score: 1)
- Author: lesnyd@bb1t.monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder lesnyd@monsanto.com 314-694-3626)
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 09:35:02 -0600
- I'm afraid Dan Moore's posting borders on commercialism. I'll be honest, I couldn't tell if the post was from a guy who was really just trying to do us a favor, or if it was written by some ad copy w
- /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00384.html (7,086 bytes)
- 55. Re: Vehicle Leasing (score: 1)
- Author: lesnyd@bb1t.monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder lesnyd@monsanto.com 314-694-3626)
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 10:25:40 -0600
- Not to take this too far, but my major coplaints are: 1. He *does* work for the company he's plugging; 2. It was a long, commercial-sounding post. Had he posted "ATT has a great leasing deal - the nu
- /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00389.html (7,243 bytes)
- 56. RE: GT6 exhaust, mags (score: 1)
- Author: lesnyd@bb1t.monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder lesnyd@monsanto.com 314-694-3626)
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 12:41:59 -0600
- I had a GT6+ with a Monza exhaust many years ago. I can sum the experience in one word: LOUD! I was actually relieved when I went back to a standard exhaust. Some folks like it loud, so it's a matter
- /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00396.html (6,908 bytes)
- 57. GT6+ Returns and Spits, Spits, Spits! (score: 1)
- Author: lesnyd@bb1t.monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder lesnyd@monsanto.com 314-694-3626)
- Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 13:08:06 -0600
- Got my GT6+ back from the body shop. It didn't turn out as well as I'd have liked, but I guess it'll do for now. Since I'm driving it so much maybe I shouldn't try to make it Perfect. It looks like I
- /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00496.html (7,089 bytes)
- 58. Stuff needed... (score: 1)
- Author: lesnyd@bb1t.monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder lesnyd@monsanto.com 314-694-3626)
- Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 12:47:01 -0600
- I just purchased three Spitfires - a '64 Mk.I, a '67 Mk.II and a '70 Mk.III. I also got a bunch of extra parts with them. I should be getting them the end of April. On a more somber note, my house an
- /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00642.html (6,922 bytes)
- 59. Spit stuff, more fire info (score: 1)
- Author: lesnyd@bb1t.monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder lesnyd@monsanto.com 314-694-3626)
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 1994 09:11:37 -0600
- Some folks have pointed out to me that I really didn't much go into the details of my house fire last week. No one was at home, and we don't know for sure how it started. The entire house (2 full sto
- /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00678.html (8,248 bytes)
- 60. My head's been fixed! (score: 1)
- Author: lesnyd@bb1t.monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder lesnyd@monsanto.com 314-694-3626)
- Date: Tue, 1 Feb 94 09:58:02 -0600
- Thank goodness! I just got a call - the head for my GT6+ has been rebuilt and I'm ready to go. I'll get to spend Saturday putting it back together. I'm so sick of driving my big old Pickemup to work
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00009.html (7,079 bytes)
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