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41. criminals (score: 1)
Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 94 10:00:45 PDT
It was suggested that tigerizing a Sunbeam is criminal, however I think it's not too much of a crime compared to selling the cars originally with an engine that was weak and unreliable enough that mo
/html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00749.html (6,543 bytes)

42. cost of racing (score: 1)
Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 94 11:24:04 PDT
Scott's explanation of minimum racing costs is excellent, ...... But no writen explanation can give you the feel for it that crewing for a season on a racing team can. Any of us that race are always
/html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00757.html (6,855 bytes)

43. GT6 wheel studs (score: 1)
Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 94 9:58:04 PDT
Michel had asked about replacing his GT6 wheel studs whith bolts: Michel, the wheelstuds are at least grade 8. They have a nurled shoulder that presses into the hub to retain them and to prevent them
/html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00823.html (7,202 bytes)

44. Re: GT6 wheel studs (score: 1)
Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 94 15:21:08 PDT
In resonse to the posting about uprated wheel studs for GT6, LESNYD? points out: //////////////////////////////| With a little fiddling you can even do it without disassembly even with the larger stu
/html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00840.html (6,921 bytes)

45. aux oilerTR4 aux oiler (score: 1)
Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 94 11:45:59 PDT
Re Aux Oilers for rockers: At the moment I have a couple of street TR3s and a TR4. In the past I have had others. For at least 10 years One of these cars has an aux oil line to the head. That line ha
/html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00897.html (7,236 bytes)

46. Re: British Cars Digest #1202 Fri May 6 01:15:01 MDT 1994 (score: 1)
Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
Date: Fri, 6 May 94 11:55:28 PDT
re: wonder car a car that people might ask about at the historics, hmm.. You might consider the first car that Rochelle and I bought as practical young married folk: a 1953 Jowett Jupiter. Though it
/html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00172.html (7,229 bytes)

47. Fuel line and Radio (score: 1)
Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
Date: Mon, 9 May 94 9:25:21 PDT
Fuel lines: Blocked fuel lines are a common problem in cars that have, at some point, sat for a longish period and accuculated rust in the tank. Gasohol makes the problem worse. A couple of tricks I
/html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00211.html (7,522 bytes)

48. Re: British Cars Digest #1204 Sun May 8 01:15:00 MDT 1994 (score: 1)
Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
Date: Mon, 9 May 94 9:33:14 PDT
Sorry but Not so. I've seen a lot of TR4s and owned at least a few original ones. I have never found speaker holes in any of the glove box doors. /Dick
/html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00212.html (6,943 bytes)

49. Re: Fuel line and Radio (score: 1)
Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
Date: Mon, 9 May 94 15:01:34 PDT
I'm afraid I got into the end of this dialog, but are you sure there is a reason to change the lines. The source of the rust flakes is usually the tank not the lines themselves. The lines can usuall
/html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00230.html (7,481 bytes)

50. Old men and V8 MGs (score: 1)
Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
Date: Fri, 13 May 94 10:42:48 PDT
As a high school senior in the 50s my after school job was as a general dogs body at the local BMC dealership in Palo Alto. I cleaned floors at days end, parted out old britcars and chased parts. My
/html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00380.html (7,769 bytes)

51. Re: Old men and V8 MGs corrections (score: 1)
Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
Date: Mon, 16 May 94 10:49:50 PDT
I was talking this weekend to a bunch of vintage Ford folks and they claimed that while 2.5 liter was common in full racing trim, the stock engine was only about 100 cu in (1.7 liters). No wonder it
/html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00413.html (6,885 bytes)

52. MPH/ TRoverdrive overdrive (score: 1)
Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
Date: Wed, 18 May 94 9:17:07 PDT
My experiance with TR2,3,4,6 is that the speed for a car with a 3.7 rearend in overdrive is 2400rpm = about 60mph depending on tire size. In direct it is 3000 rpm = 60 mph. A 4.11 rear ratio will go
/html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00482.html (7,282 bytes)

53. Adhesive remover (score: 1)
Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
Date: Wed, 18 May 94 9:47:56 PDT
The right solvent to remove tape adhesive and many other adhesives without damage to paint or plastics is BESTINE. It is made by the BestTest rubber cement people and should be available at most art
/html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00484.html (6,499 bytes)

54. Alas I knew her well (score: 1)
Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 94 16:40:52 PDT
Alas I knew her well
/html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00136.html (8,618 bytes)

55. Triumph 7 (score: 1)
Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 94 9:49:00 PDT
Do you have an address, a price or a phone number for the Triumph 7 you mentioned?? I am kind of interested. BTW: You have probably already had answers to your question you asked but here goes anywa
/html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00292.html (7,359 bytes)

56. TR gearbox installation (score: 1)
Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 94 11:05:38 PDT
TR Gear box installation: (assuming you are doing it with the engine in the car) Remove the oilite pilot shaft bushing from the end of the crank and examine it. Try it on the transmission pilot shaft
/html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00364.html (8,946 bytes)

57. Re:pistons (score: 1)
Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 94 11:24:51 PDT
(who asked about piston source) aren't +.040 spitfire pistons the same as stock size GT6 or GT6+. If that's what you are looking for try TRF or Victoria British. You could even do domes if you want.
/html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00465.html (6,539 bytes)

58. Re: British Cars Digest #1179 Fri Apr 22 00:11:17 MDT 1994 (score: 1)
Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 94 9:48:31 PDT
Re: trafficator semiphors "didn't Morris use them too?" Yes most Brit cars in the early 40s and early 50s used them, including many sent to the USA. I had to replace one on my Triumph 1800 roadster a
/html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00625.html (7,509 bytes)

59. Re: British Cars Digest #1131 Fri Mar 11 01:15:01 MST 1994 (score: 1)
Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 94 11:57:01 PST
Isadora Duncan was killed several decades before there wer any big Healyes. She stoop up in the back seat of a touring car and said "Goodby my friends I go tho glory" (in french) As the car drove off
/html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00304.html (6,820 bytes)

60. Re: British Cars Digest #1109 Sun Feb 20 01:15:00 MST 1994 (score: 1)
Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.vid.hp.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 9:47:08 PST
On mine I think I put the thin non moving window outside the channel, between the channel and the frame, tward the outside of the car. DickN I have lots of info and manuals as well as experiance wit
/html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00560.html (8,188 bytes)


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