- 1. test 3 (score: 1)
- Author: btufts@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
- Date: Tue, 19 May 92 13:22:42 EDT
- If I finally get through this time, please ignore! something is broke with mail. -Bob T.
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00362.html (6,098 bytes)
- 2. test (score: 1)
- Author: btufts@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
- Date: Thu, 14 May 92 23:16:55 EDT
- please ignore this, just a sanity check! (mail problems) -Bob T.
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00484.html (6,082 bytes)
- 3. re:Shirt Order (score: 1)
- Author: btufts@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
- Date: Thu, 28 May 92 16:21:28 EDT
- Scott sez: Such a decal could be stuck to magnetic material and affixed to the autocross cars (British and imitation British) of various SOLs. Even though I don't rallye or autoX, other owners of "pl
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00598.html (6,892 bytes)
- 4. Smith's Guages (Lotus) (score: 1)
- Author: btufts@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
- Date: Fri, 3 Apr 92 13:04:05 EST
- I'll repeat my $.02 of info that I've sent to this group before about guages, that may or may not be relevant here. My only experience is with an Esprit and not a Europa, so "your milage may vary". T
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00068.html (7,826 bytes)
- 5. Re: Weird radio problem (score: 1)
- Author: btufts@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
- Date: Fri, 3 Apr 92 18:15:25 EST
- I can see an arcing brake switch generating noise, and maybe the other radio had better immunity (power line filtering). Replacing the arcing brake switch or installing a line filter should fix it. (
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00079.html (7,172 bytes)
- 6. Smith's guages(Lotus) (score: 1)
- Author: btufts@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
- Date: Sat, 4 Apr 92 16:16:52 EST
- Yes all my 2" guages in the Esprit ar as you described (needle points down). The Voltmeter has a "468" sticker on it. The Lotus part is A079N6025F For your info here are the other guages, while I'm
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00090.html (7,702 bytes)
- 7. Marque (score: 1)
- Author: btufts@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 92 09:31:26 EDT
- from mjb: *: How do you pronounce "marque"? I say mark, but I have heard some folks folks pronounce it as if it were part of a theater. I hope people who pronounce it "like the theatre" have the good
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00489.html (6,524 bytes)
- 8. mailbounce (score: 1)
- Author: btufts@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
- Date: Sun, 26 Apr 92 16:07:00 EDT
- It seems that local mail routing is broke here. Sorry for any bounces. I'll have to talk to my local system admin, and in the mean time I've killed a .forward file to stop the bouncing. -Bob T.
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00616.html (6,241 bytes)
- 9. re:History of Lotus Cars 1947-1982 (score: 1)
- Author: btufts@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
- Date: Wed, 29 Apr 92 09:37:07 EDT
- Type 79 Black beauty, the John Player Special Mark IV in which Andretti and Pete rson beat all comers in 1978. There is a later, more detailed version of this list that points out a "TYPE 79" roadca
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00676.html (6,913 bytes)
- 10. Re: Restoring Gas tanks and frames. (score: 1)
- Author: btufts@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
- Date: Wed, 18 Mar 92 15:29:35 EST
- I know you can get new galvanized frames for New Elites and all Eclats and Esprits. I was at Lotus '89 in the UK and saw that Spyder also makes an Eclat/ Elite tube frame. They had a Rover 3.5L engin
- /html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00355.html (7,477 bytes)
- 11. re: Walk softly (score: 1)
- Author: btufts@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
- Date: Mon, 2 Dec 91 16:34:41 EST
- What happened? Well, the weight of the engine, and a 70 degree day let the small 3 inch diameter wheels of the stand sink into the blacktop. So when I moved the engine, a wheel caught one of the fres
- /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00013.html (6,849 bytes)
- 12. Elan (was Performance parts...) (score: 1)
- Author: btufts@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 91 17:41:12 EST
- Miq Millman sez: I hate to burst your bubble (not really), but your Lotus is really just a badge engineered Geo Storm/Isuzu Impulse. There are a lot of other choices out there for $38,000. Just think
- /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00334.html (7,402 bytes)
- 13. British car prices (score: 1)
- Author: btufts@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
- Date: Thu, 19 Dec 91 16:31:05 EST
- Salil sez: Lotus: Esprit $79,000 More like $90,000 you may have been thinking about the non SE which they don't import any more. Elan $39,000 Closer to $40,000 metallic paint is additional. I say: It
- /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00466.html (7,428 bytes)
- 14. RE: Haulin' machine (score: 1)
- Author: btufts@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
- Date: Fri, 20 Dec 91 12:48:42 EST
- I second Glen Austin's recomendation about the Nissan. About 3 years ago I bought a used 86.5 V6 Kingcab 4X4 (I go skiing in VT). It had about 50K miles on it and I'm pushin 100K now. Previously I ha
- /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00494.html (7,258 bytes)
- 15. $250 for XMAS (score: 1)
- Author: btufts@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
- Date: Tue, 31 Dec 91 16:54:20 EST
- Don't spend that money yet! You may be visited by Murphy too! Having an unexpected $100. come my way I too was contemplating what to spend it on. That was until Sunday morning, returning from a weeke
- /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00572.html (7,214 bytes)
- 16. Re:Spark Plugs (score: 1)
- Author: btufts@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 91 16:03:53 EDT
- rodb states: I don't know the specifics, but I do know that NGK and Champion numbering systems run opposite each other. -Bob T.
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00020.html (6,693 bytes)
- 17. RE: Mufflers (score: 1)
- Author: btufts@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
- Date: Thu, 3 Oct 91 10:52:08 EDT
- bill comments: I append to the last sentence ",by creating obnoxious sulphur fumes!" :-)
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00057.html (6,787 bytes)
- 18. RE:BMIHT traces (score: 1)
- Author: btufts@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
- Date: Tue, 8 Oct 91 11:35:15 EDT
- Kent sez: Phil asked me if they do Lotus, and I thought not; my guess was that they only handled marques that have gone out of business under the There is an Organization called the Historic Lotus Re
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00119.html (6,621 bytes)
- 19. RE:BMIHT vehicle traces (score: 1)
- Author: btufts@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 91 13:38:17 EDT
- Phil asked: The following info I got from the LOTUS '89 (event in the U.K. ) Program Guide Historic Lotus Register: Mike Marsden, "Orchard House", Wotton Road, Rangeworthy, Bristol BS17 5NA As the na
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00147.html (7,548 bytes)
- 20. RE: Hot Coil (score: 1)
- Author: btufts@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts)
- Date: Mon, 14 Oct 91 10:10:02 EDT
- Scott sez: Yes, the coil, being an inductor, would saturate. All of the current flowing into it would get dissipated in the resistance of the primary. Try this experiment: Turn the ignition on, after
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00234.html (7,393 bytes)
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