- 61. Re: Bond Back in AM (score: 1)
- Author: ARoman4047@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 17:02:12 EDT
- << I seem to remember an scene in Goldfinger where Q is introducing Bond to his new piece of kit, the AM DB5(?). Anyway, Bond asks about the Bentley, and Q advises that "the old girl has had its day"
- /html/british-cars/2001-09/msg00027.html (8,138 bytes)
- 62. Re: Bond Back in AM (score: 1)
- Author: ARoman4047@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 17:44:59 EDT
- << I always assumed it was a rental. He flew in to Jamaica(?). What was he suppose to do? Walk? Phil Ethier Hey, c'mon, this is Bond we're talkin' about. He either knows where the stones are or he wa
- /html/british-cars/2001-09/msg00030.html (8,085 bytes)
- 63. Re: Bond Back in AM (score: 1)
- Author: ARoman4047@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 19:15:37 EDT
- << In Goldfinger, he had the Aston Martin in the USA. My girl friend was an usherette at a theater where "Goldfinger" was playing when it first came out. When I came by to give her a ride home after
- /html/british-cars/2001-09/msg00035.html (8,641 bytes)
- 64. Re: rental comp...cars in the truck bed (score: 1)
- Author: ARoman4047@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 01:23:12 EDT
- << I was just curious as to why rental companies don't want you to haul a car in their trucks. Fred www.96trees.com Could also be that they don't want to make the ten o'clock news, showing their truc
- /html/british-cars/2001-09/msg00043.html (8,273 bytes)
- 65. Re: No Subject (score: 1)
- Author: ARoman4047@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 18:26:04 EDT
- << Bond, to be played by Pierce Brosnan, will drive the new V12 Vanquish, which will be the fourth Aston Martin driven by the superspy character. The first was the legendary Aston Martin DB5, which S
- /html/british-cars/2001-08/msg00069.html (7,059 bytes)
- 66. Re: Bond Back in AM (score: 1)
- Author: ARoman4047@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 16:29:16 EDT
- << I think you're right. Commander Bond did drive a Bentley in many (if not all) of Ian Fleming's books. I seem to recall that he also drove one in the first Gardner book ("License Renewed") but it's
- /html/british-cars/2001-08/msg00076.html (7,300 bytes)
- 67. Dan Danley ? (score: 1)
- Author: ARoman4047@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 07:02:35 EDT
- Anyone out there know the e-mail of Dan Danley of Woodland Park, Colorado? He built a repro of a '35 Squire, and I'm curious where he got the specs... TIA Tony in NJ W.A.S.T.E.
- /html/british-cars/2001-07/msg00025.html (6,255 bytes)
- 68. Re: Beware of Pete Groh's British car keys (score: 1)
- Author: ARoman4047@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 08:47:42 EDT
- << I've recently had some real problems dealing with Pete Groh, the guy in Maryland who sells and cuts old British car keys, and I'm wondering if anybody else has run into a similar problem. I've onl
- /html/british-cars/2001-07/msg00032.html (7,247 bytes)
- 69. Re: POR-15 (score: 1)
- Author: ARoman4047@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 05:01:37 EDT
- POR-15 is a moisture-cured coating, unlike paint that dries by solvent evaporation, POR-15 "dries" by bonding with the moisture in the air and the surface it's on. I suspect it's a pigmented urethane
- /html/british-cars/2001-06/msg00000.html (6,570 bytes)
- 70. LBC's (score: 1)
- Author: ARoman4047@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 06:49:10 EST
- This came up on another list. In Santa Clara, CA, on Lafayette, near and on the same side as the Home Depot was a "lot" of project cars apparently donated and for sale...The writer thought he recogn
- /html/british-cars/2001-03/msg00000.html (6,153 bytes)
- 71. Re: TR7 BFH#56 -- Why are LBC carbs so complicated? (score: 1)
- Author: ARoman4047@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 03:44:56 EST
- "Bloody primitive..." perhaps, but it's getting harder and harder to find a member of the Skinner's Union to do the fine tuning. Tony in NJ W.A.S.T.E.
- /html/british-cars/2001-02/msg00073.html (7,515 bytes)
- 72. spare suits... (score: 1)
- Author: ARoman4047@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 09:32:42 EST
- A member on another list recalled a big-bucks lawsuit in the marine salvage trade about ten years ago...Seems a deck winch (itself decades old) was purchased from a salvage yard and improperly insta
- /html/british-cars/2001-01/msg00001.html (6,568 bytes)
- 73. TR 3 windscreen assembly (score: 1)
- Author: ARoman4047@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 14:25:58 EST
- A buddy of mine is clearing out his dad's house prior to selling it and came across his old TR 3 windscreen assembly (or so he thinks he remembers it to be). Any numbers that would identify it (and
- /html/british-cars/2001-01/msg00010.html (6,577 bytes)
- 74. Re: Rotary Bugeye on eBay (score: 1)
- Author: ARoman4047@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 17:59:58 EST
- A designer friend of mine explained it rather nicely: Suppose the rotary engine was the norm and some wild-eyed inventor came up to you with this crazy idea about an engine that first went up and do
- /html/british-cars/2001-01/msg00013.html (6,708 bytes)
- 75. Re: Rolls-Royce Resto (score: 1)
- Author: ARoman4047@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 05:39:35 EST
- I checked and there are plenty of R-R's for sale on the VintageVW list. There's also a neat article on adding type 2 (that's the microbus...) sliding side doors to shooting brakes to facilitate cargo
- /html/british-cars/2001-01/msg00034.html (7,117 bytes)
- 76. manhattan minis? (score: 1)
- Author: ARoman4047@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 08:30:39 EST
- ...Came across a reference to "Manhattan Minis" in NJ(of course, so are the Giants), but no other info. Exist? Web site? DK/NJ...;-) TIA Tony in NJ W.A.S.T.E.
- /html/british-cars/2001-01/msg00086.html (6,322 bytes)
- 77. Re: TR7 BFH#35 (score: 1)
- Author: ARoman4047@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 22:31:18 EST
- The latest from Matt Drudge has revealed the truth! This ongoing tale of woe and misfortune is a clever plot to keep the populace from thinking about those all important chads...The true identity of
- /html/british-cars/2000-12/msg00008.html (6,647 bytes)
- 78. Re: TR7 BFH#37y (score: 1)
- Author: ARoman4047@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 07:41:53 EST
- ...Dig out your old copy of John Muir's "How to Keep Your VW Alive" for making a cheap static timing light...VW/Bosch distributers have a built-in retard for the #3 cylinder (at least for the uprigh
- /html/british-cars/2000-12/msg00062.html (7,044 bytes)
- 79. SUV's ? (score: 1)
- Author: ARoman4047@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 10:49:03 EST
- ...So far I haven't seen any SUV's cruising my street (one foot of snow so far in my neck of NJ), but a local DJ on the radio explained that, " ...they bought SUV's 'cause they're bigger than pinkie
- /html/british-cars/2000-12/msg00141.html (6,278 bytes)
- 80. insignia i.d. (score: 1)
- Author: ARoman4047@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 21:10:52 EST
- Anybody know what marque would have a winged "M" ? Not script...looks like capital Roman from the hazy photo. Might be motorcycle? Matchless? TIA Tony in NJ W.A.S.T.E.
- /html/british-cars/2000-11/msg00008.html (6,354 bytes)
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