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141. Bodges and Dreaded Previous Owners (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 14:14:18 -0400 (EDT); Dear group, I have read with interest complaints about how dreaded previous owners (DPO) have done completely dreadful things to our wonderful cars, and now the entries to the "My Worst Bodge" thread; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00459.html (6,773 bytes)
142. Mud beneath my wings... (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 30 Aug 1994 10:27:39 -0400 (EDT); Dear group, It is a spectacular day here, about 70 with a brilliant blue sky and little fluffy white clouds, so I dug Kermit from his sleeping place at the end of the garage. He is basking in the sun; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00471.html (6,951 bytes)
143. Re: RE sand blasting etc. (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 09:42:02 -0400 (EDT); This worried me when I did the interior and bottom of my car. It seemed a bad idea to let the bare metal sit and rust until I was ready for final paint, and I worried the finish paint would not stick; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00551.html (9,085 bytes)
144. Re: Why buy overseas? (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 10:56:40 -0400 (EDT); When items were small enough for delivery by mail, customs has been moderate. In fact, about half the time the post office has not bothered to collect. True; it has to be worth the risk either becaus; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00558.html (9,453 bytes)
145. Re: Stereotypes (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 16:16:50 -0400 (EDT); You are lucky. In many british cars, having a hairy butt is the only way to stay warm. (Or did you mean this hair originates from your head?) Ray Gibbons; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00585.html (8,131 bytes)
146. Stereotypical old men and lbc's (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 10:14:00 -0400 (EDT); Re: Stereotypes and thumbnail sketches-- Me, 55 going on 56. WASP Male. English/scottish/french, and who knows what else ancestry. Recently single, otherwise not detectably macho. I try to be a moder; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00615.html (10,415 bytes)
147. Re: DuPont DP-40 scare (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 12:27:38 -0400 (EDT); Having contributed to the DP40 discussion, I should answer to the extent I can. Dupont Vari-Prime and DP40 are not the same paint. Vari-Prime is, I believe, what is called an "etch" primer. I am not; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00624.html (8,866 bytes)
148. Re: Midget questions (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 10:51:29 -0400 (EDT); You should be able to find an auto upholstery/top shop that will sew in new windows if the rest of the top is sound, but it may not be worth it--a top is not very expensive if you install it yourself; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00679.html (9,718 bytes)
149. Re: Stereotypes (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 11:13:58 -0400 (EDT); The z's and periods at the end of this message were typed with my keyboard on the floor. They wouldn't be there if I couldn't touch my toes. And with my 56th birthday looming ahead, yet. You are in C; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00682.html (8,152 bytes)
150. Re: DP40. (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 11:20:15 -0400 (EDT); PPG recommend DP40 as a substrate for polyester fillers (bondo). It's been over 2 years now, and no problems. For the record, bondo will not stick to Vari-Prime, so don't try that. It peels right off; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00684.html (7,330 bytes)
151. Re: Rocker welding; a Typing Stereo. (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 11:42:07 -0400 (EDT); Excuse me? I'd say anyone in the Lab. for Molecular Structure and Bonding should be able to mig weld on a patch. It should be easier than brazing. Make sure the hole has removed all rusty metal, so w; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00687.html (8,790 bytes)
152. Re: Another one (Volvo) bites the dust! (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 14:59:16 -0400 (EDT); Somehow, Volvos keep figuring in our discussions. I have watched Volvos from afar, and developed some observations about this marque: 1) Many of the people who buy Volvos because they are safer than; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00702.html (8,584 bytes)
153. Oh, dear, I've done it again... (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 10:13:24 -0400 (EDT); Dear Jen and all others who are now sitting down to fry me... I'm sorry, really sorry. I was jesting. Can't anyone tell without smileys or winkies? (I hate smileys and winkies almost worse than Volvo; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00729.html (6,649 bytes)
154. Re: Volvos on lbc list? (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 11:18:03 -0400 (EDT); Hmmmmmmm....that *does* sound sensible. Let's see if I understand. The 4 series was followed by the 5 series, which was followed by the 1, 2, and 7 serieses. The 3 and 6 series never existed, or neve; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00738.html (9,289 bytes)
155. Re: Arrghh Problems, Problems, Problems... (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 10:20:59 -0400 (EDT); [a tale of multiple woes that I have truncated] How about Lorena? Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT gibbons@northpole.med.uvm; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00768.html (7,546 bytes)
156. Re: Spridget Front Suspension Query (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 10:45:49 -0400 (EDT); Dear Ernest, I assume you are trying to get the pins out while the lower a-arms are still attached to the car. That is pretty tough. The question is whether it is necessary to remove them at all. I a; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00771.html (8,264 bytes)
157. Re: today's quiz (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 11:12:19 -0400 (EDT); I will guess it had to do with the engine rocking on its mounts one way when going forward, and the reverse when backing up. I would inspect the coil primary wire and the engine ground wire first. R; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00805.html (7,492 bytes)
158. TR4 Headlight Rims (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 10:45:42 -0400 (EDT); Regarding Charles Farwell's problems attaching TR4 headlamp rims. If these are new reproduction rims, the problem might be that they are too small. I bought new rims for my bugeye at an outrageous pr; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00840.html (7,151 bytes)
159. Jaguar foibles (I know the word)... (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 16:53:49 -0400 (EDT); Dear group, Lots of Jaguar puzzles lately, it seems. One won't start after a long hard run if the owner stops for a slurpy. Not sure what a slurpy is, but if it is cold, I'd get two, and pour one on; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00859.html (7,474 bytes)
160. Re: Stereotype/restoration quandry (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 10:06:19 -0400 (EDT); Dear Bob, You can certainly learn to do it, unless you are one of those all thumbs people. I took a high school adult ed course in welding, long ago, during which I concentrated on gas welding. Mig w; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00929.html (9,438 bytes)

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