Mail Archive Search: <+from:gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>

Results:

References: [ +from:gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu: 467 ]

Total 467 documents matching your query.

241. TR3 Firewall info (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 7 Jun 1994 14:58:13 -0400 (EDT); Dear TeriAnn, Some time ago, you and other TR3 owners agonized over what went through which hole on TR3 firewalls. In the June British Marque Club News, one Jim Meltzer of the Vintage Triumph Registe; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00256.html (7,105 bytes)
242. Re: Austin Healey Paint (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 8 Jun 1994 11:03:43 -0400 (EDT); Dear Olin, My local Honda/BMW/Mercedes/Rover/Lexus/Nexus dealer is owned by a man who loves expensive toys. The minions in his shop suck up to him regularly by dreaming up ever more elaborate toys to; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00299.html (8,005 bytes)
243. Re: naming cars... (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 8 Jun 1994 14:51:46 -0400 (EDT); Dear List, T.S. Eliot poems quoted? Swan Lake inspirations? Now Celtic mythology suggesting car names? What an erudite group! Actually, my lime-green frogeye Sprite is, as best I can remember, only t; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00320.html (7,009 bytes)
244. Re: Brake tech question (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 9 Jun 1994 10:37:33 -0400 (EDT); The actual travel of the pushrod from min to max brake application is probably very small once shoes and pads make contact, so the valve would have to vary brake proportioning over an extremely narro; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00347.html (8,647 bytes)
245. Flowers and Pfaffs (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 9 Jun 1994 15:29:07 -0400 (EDT); We got it the first time: you have been having a pfling with the guy next door, and trying to distract your wife with a Pfaff. Now you think you are going to pull the wool over *our* eyes. Ha. Pfat; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00371.html (6,509 bytes)
246. Hildene/Mt. Equinox (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 11:15:02 -0400 (EDT); Warning: long report of a first road trip which tickled the writer but which was probably shorter than many California commutes. Kermit the frogeye was pretty much finished in Oct. 1992, and driven a; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00466.html (11,505 bytes)
247. Re: MGB nuts (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 16:18:14 -0400 (EDT); I was hoping someone who knows more about this than I do would respond to this, but they haven't and I think more needs to be said. I will chance adding to it, and if I screw up (heh, heh) at least s; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00479.html (11,428 bytes)
248. Next obsession... (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 17:28:14 -0400 (EDT); I've been thinking an MGB would be a good companion for Kermit. On my way out of Hildene, I spotted a friend who has one each 70 and 74 MGB roadsters for sale. He was showing the 74, and I sat in it.; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00480.html (8,120 bytes)
249. Re: Spit won't start... (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 10:44:25 -0400 (EDT); There are systematic ways to diagnose this, but they take too long to type. See almost any repair manual. However, if I were you I would attempt to leapfrog all the systematic stuff, by cleaning and; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00501.html (7,467 bytes)
250. Re: Next obsession... (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 13:16:55 -0400 (EDT); And Scott Fisher replied: I hate to admit this, but it often rains here, and I wimp out and want the top up... I didn't used to, but I am pretty old and arthritic now, and sitting in cold puddles has; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00509.html (10,922 bytes)
251. Re: Next obsession... (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 09:51:42 -0400 (EDT); Dear Scott, Thanks for the thoughtful suggestions re: an MGB GT as an all-purpose car. Roland suggested, quite reasonably, that I consider a trailer. No insurance, minimal other costs. I am going to; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00541.html (8,486 bytes)
252. Re: car sighting... (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 15:15:26 -0400 (EDT); You must be young. Auburn is a classic American company. The car you described was the Auburn boat-tailed speedster, ca. 1935 (I'm working from memory), powered by a supercharged Lycoming engine. At; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00556.html (8,985 bytes)
253. Re: end play (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 16:21:06 -0400 (EDT); I could not say, but I understand that falling asleep immediately is very bad form. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT gibbons; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00558.html (6,601 bytes)
254. Re: Spitfire Overheating (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1994 13:23:18 -0400 (EDT); [That fuel was vaporizing in his Spitfire after idling in traffic.] I have the same problem with my frogeye, and would appreciate suggestions. It begins to stumble, the idle speed drops, and I have t; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00589.html (7,063 bytes)
255. Re: starting motor after x years (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1994 14:52:43 -0400 (EDT); Dear Marcus, I assume you realize that the starter draws something like 100 amps, so the wire to the starter will have to be very large if it is not to melt in your hand. It would be best to use auto; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00593.html (7,240 bytes)
256. Re: how to install the chrome thingy (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1994 15:37:59 -0400 (EDT); I don't know how this is designed, but there is an old trick that may have some application. Even if it won't do anything in this particular application, it is useful to know. Many older cars use a r; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00597.html (9,113 bytes)
257. Re: triumph trident (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 10:41:08 -0400 (EDT); A Motorcycle, I think. Best leave it alone, Marcus, you've enough trouble. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT gibbons@northpol; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00701.html (6,847 bytes)
258. Re: another dread disease (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 16:09:01 -0400 (EDT); Dear List, Most or all of us are convinced of the "restorer's central truth," which is, always start with the best car you can afford. Making use of this bit of wisdom may be what is tough. One can v; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00717.html (9,075 bytes)
259. Collector's fever... (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 16:55:19 -0400 (EDT); Possible lead to an article I expect to see soon... Armed with a search warrent, authorities broke into the home and garage of X, where they found British cars were piled three deep, wall to wall. A; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00718.html (7,254 bytes)
260. Re: My Midget Leaks! (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1994 11:08:50 -0400 (EDT); got it, as it is too short anyway, and groping around down there to get it tube is also a problem, especially in the dark. But all those problems I leak. Spots everywhere. What an embarassment! a fie; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00740.html (7,511 bytes)

Current List: 241 - 260
Page: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]