- 21. English - yobs and core plugs (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Causer <mike@setanta.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 25 May 94 10:06:38 BST
- Chris Ball asked: It certainly is, also in the form yobbos. But my Oxford Concise gives the deriviation as "back-slang" from boy. and then Arthur Freeman wanted to know: Much more common is "core plu
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00680.html (7,650 bytes)
- 22. Re: Jim Clark (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Causer <mike@setanta.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 25 May 94 18:01:30 BST
- There is a jpeg picture of Jim Clark in the lotus-cars archive at ftp.netcom.com available for anonymous ftp retrieval. The directory is pub/lotus-cars/gifs Cheers, Mike Mike Causer Setanta Technolog
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00724.html (6,581 bytes)
- 23. Re: WILLIAMS FI FACTORY FAX NUMBER. (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Causer <mike@setanta.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 27 May 94 10:05:34 BST
- Williams Grand Prix Engineering Basil Hill Road Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 7HW England Phone +44 235 815161 Fax +44 235 816660 Cheers, Mike Mike Causer Setanta Technology mike@setanta.demon.co.uk Cambr
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00787.html (6,931 bytes)
- 24. Escort "twincam" engines (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Causer <mike@setanta.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 6 Apr 94 17:44:29 BST
- There have been three different d.o.h.c motors fitted to the rear-wheel-drive Escorts. The first was the Lotus "Twin-Cam", using a Ford 1500 block, Lotus head with 2 valves/cyl, size 1558cc. The car
- /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00114.html (8,095 bytes)
- 25. Re: 45DCOE Weber HELP! (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Causer <mike@setanta.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 94 10:26:06 BST
- Phil Ethier is trying to avoid conflagration: Serious possibility. Unlikely to cause liquid fuel to run out. Hmmm, make that very unlikely. Have you checked that the starting jet plungers are firmly
- /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00501.html (8,204 bytes)
- 26. Morse's Jag & British registration numbers (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Causer <mike@setanta.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 22 Apr 94 12:43:30 BST
- That vinyl top is surely non-original. The car is probably the combination of a front-end smash and a rear-end smash welded together -- a very common practice on Jags in the '60s. The vinyl covers th
- /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00609.html (9,533 bytes)
- 27. Re: Planning a trip to the UK (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Causer <mike@setanta.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 30 Apr 94 12:56:27 BST
- If the original request hadn't specified something like "south of Coventry" (sorry threw original away), I'd highly recommend Donington Museum -- there's no finer collection of F1 cars anywhere. Inte
- /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00861.html (8,232 bytes)
- 28. Re: Minilites (was Re: Midget Confusions) (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Causer <mike@setanta.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 5 Mar 94 13:08:43 GMT
- Magnesium burns really well when it gets going - but it's hard to set alight in the first place, unless it's fine swarf. I have a Minilite magnesium wheel (bent) from a Lola in use as a coffee table
- /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00124.html (7,844 bytes)
- 29. Re: TVR/Rover question... (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Causer <mike@setanta.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 10 Mar 94 11:18:21 GMT
- Kevin Burtch asked Lotus used the SD1 lights on Elite, Eclat, Excel & Esprit Guigiaro-shape and the current Lotus list price is GBP72.95 or about 110 bucks. Sorry, I don't have immediate access to a
- /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00246.html (7,045 bytes)
- 30. Re: BRITISH WORDS, interiors and steering wheels (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Causer <mike@setanta.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 10 Mar 94 11:34:36 GMT
- dan parslow suggested: Shufti would be appropriate for a look at _one_ thing, but not for a drawn-out series such as recce'ing a rally route. It's from Arabic `saffa' "try to see" (Oxford Concise). I
- /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00247.html (7,598 bytes)
- 31. Re: mags question, Hispanos & Nuvolari (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Causer <mike@setanta.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 12 Mar 94 14:53:17 GMT
- Hui Ben asked: There was a large range made by J. A. Pearce in the sixties, including Mini sizes, could these be the ones? I think you could get them in aluminium or magnesium, do you want me to find
- /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00316.html (8,848 bytes)
- 32. Re: pixie dust and dream cars (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Causer <mike@setanta.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 94 10:26:42 GMT
- Bob Tufts replied to Brian H. Wertz Absolutely! The more you "know" each other, the better it gets. Well my '83 Lotus is not that much younger and now has 192500. That mileage doesn't reduce its valu
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00428.html (8,387 bytes)
- 33. Re: Glass wanted; Webers available (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Causer <mike@setanta.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 31 Dec 93 12:00:32 GMT
- The current Lotus price list shows B054B0669Z GBP45.83 Qtr Glass Tinted X054B0668A GBP35.95 Tinted Side Glass X054B0668Z GBP40.65 Door Glass RH but it rather looks as if these are for the right side,
- /html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00590.html (7,245 bytes)
- 34. Re: Oil pump (Renault-Europa) (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Causer <mike@setanta.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 93 14:34:26 GMT
- Philip J Ethier's problem was: No -one has posted any ideas, so here's my two-penn'th: this seems a bit strange if the oil really could drain back wouldn't there be a non-return valve? _or_ wouldn't
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00579.html (8,313 bytes)
- 35. Re: Volage stabilizer, HELP! (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Causer <mike@setanta.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 93 16:35:57 BST
- Does the shop manual or parts book show where it is normally mounted? The hole in the tab is probably just the right size to sit on one of the mounting lugs for the instruments - which are grounded s
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00286.html (8,471 bytes)
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