- 61. Re: You know You're in deep when.... (score: 1)
- Author: tjhiggin@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 94 11:18:45 CDT
- Here's a pathetic story that I'm somewhat ashamed to relate, but wotthehell... Last October I took a week vacation. The SOL mail piled up. And piled up. And piled up. I've not gotten caught up since
- /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00867.html (7,557 bytes)
- 62. Re: Tiger coupes (score: 1)
- Author: tjhiggin@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
- Date: Wed, 29 Jun 94 12:56:55 CDT
- They are related. The first coupes were Harrington Alpines, and these ran at LeMans in the early '60s. After the Tiger became a reality, Harrington, along with Lister, built some (3?) racing Tiger c
- /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00895.html (7,505 bytes)
- 63. Harrington Alpine GIF (score: 1)
- Author: tjhiggin@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
- Date: Thu, 30 Jun 94 6:17:18 CDT
- A composite GIF of 4 photos of the recently overdiscussed Harrington Alpine is available at the SOL ftp site triumph.cs.utah.edu as /pub/sol/Images/Harrington_Alpine4.gif. Sorry about the greyscale,
- /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00917.html (7,555 bytes)
- 64. Re: British Car Trivia (score: 1)
- Author: tjhiggin@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
- Date: Mon, 16 May 94 8:00:09 CDT
- Attached below. Have fun... -- T.J. Higgins | tjhiggin@ingr.com | (205) 730-7922 Intergraph Corp. | Mapping Sciences Division | Huntsville, AL, USA British auto term American term -- -- 1. actuator
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00399.html (10,414 bytes)
- 65. Re: British Car Trivia (score: 1)
- Author: tjhiggin@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
- Date: Mon, 16 May 94 8:58:11 CDT
- Some of you may remember that a while back I organized the trivia list from everyone's postings, and then posted the organized list to SOL, stating that anyone was welcome to use it in their newslet
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00403.html (7,542 bytes)
- 66. Re: British Marque (score: 1)
- Author: tjhiggin@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
- Date: Thu, 19 May 94 8:33:11 CDT
- Thanks for your kind words. No problem, it's no crime to give the subscription address to anyone. After all, the logo on the SOL regalia has the address on it. Have we met, maybe in some past life?
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00507.html (7,445 bytes)
- 67. Re: The Car-nations (score: 1)
- Author: tjhiggin@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
- Date: Fri, 27 May 94 8:57:58 CDT
- It might surprise you to know that Andy Rooney is one of us, i.e. an SOL! Several years ago he wrote an editorial about the Sunbeam Tiger that he has owned from new. I think I have it at home somewhe
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00794.html (7,116 bytes)
- 68. Prince of Darkness kills 7 (score: 1)
- Author: tjhiggin@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 94 12:51:20 CST
- This was forwarded to me from a friend; I don't know the original source. It is NOT an April Fool's joke. The original message was written 2 days ago. -- T.J. Higgins | tjhiggin@ingr.com | (205) 730-
- /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00011.html (10,457 bytes)
- 69. Re: English? (score: 1)
- Author: tjhiggin@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
- Date: Mon, 4 Apr 94 14:08:36 CDT
- The more common English term for station wagon is "estate." An estate doesn't become a shooting brake until it eclipses some ungodly price, like 80,000 pounds or so. (If memory serves, Aston-Martin
- /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00051.html (8,097 bytes)
- 70. Re: timing advance (score: 1)
- Author: tjhiggin@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
- Date: Wed, 6 Apr 94 10:37:09 CDT
- I don't know diddly about the A-series, except what I've read on this list. However, we had a local expert speak on timing issues at our club meeting last night. He mentioned that max advance is gene
- /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00101.html (6,867 bytes)
- 71. LBC trophies needed (score: 1)
- Author: tjhiggin@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
- Date: Wed, 6 Apr 94 14:11:07 CDT
- Each Father's Day my car club puts on a Britcar show at a local mall. This year for the first time we are going to have voting for "People's Choice" and "Most Potential" awards. We want to have moder
- /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00126.html (7,166 bytes)
- 72. Another really ugly pic (score: 1)
- Author: tjhiggin@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
- Date: Thu, 14 Apr 94 18:33:07 CDT
- A composite GIF of 2 pictures of my 1967 Alpine V, 'Eddie the Eagle', is available at the ftp site as tjh_alpine.gif. The top photo was taken in summer 1991. Sharp-eyed viewers will note the unlatche
- /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00342.html (7,119 bytes)
- 73. Re: Safety and Colours (score: 1)
- Author: tjhiggin@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
- Date: Tue, 19 Apr 94 12:25:32 CDT
- Interesting. Did the article mention if these figures were based on 10,000 licensed cars of the given color, or just 10,000 overall? If the latter, then the figures are less useful, because for exam
- /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00459.html (8,717 bytes)
- 74. Re: Sunbeam & Chrysler (score: 1)
- Author: tjhiggin@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
- Date: Fri, 22 Apr 94 12:51:22 CDT
- All this is pretty much correct. It wasn't just Sunbeam, though; the entire Rootes Group (Sunbeam, Singer, Hillman, Humber) was bought. Tiger/Alpine production continued for a short time after the b
- /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00629.html (7,820 bytes)
- 75. Re: GIF2BMP program (score: 1)
- Author: tjhiggin@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
- Date: Mon, 25 Apr 94 11:50:04 CDT
- In addition to the ftp sites, GIF2BMP.ZIP can be obtained by sending a mail message to server@ingr.com. The subject of the message is irrelevant, and the body of the message should be: /send ./pub2/
- /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00677.html (6,855 bytes)
- 76. Re: overwhelming mail load (score: 1)
- Author: tjhiggin@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
- Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 16:02:48 CDT
- One solution to the overwhelming mail load has already been suggested by mjb: abandon the individual messages and make it a digest-only format. There are 90 addresses aliased to british-cars@autox.te
- /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00796.html (8,715 bytes)
- 77. Re: TR? (score: 1)
- Author: tjhiggin@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
- Date: Wed, 2 Mar 94 7:50:11 CST
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Exactly right. Source: "TR for Triumph" by Chris Harvey. -- T.J. Higgins | tjhiggin@ingr.com | (205) 730-7922 Intergraph Corp. | Mapping Sciences Division | Huntsville, AL, USA
- /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00034.html (6,659 bytes)
- 78. Re: duct tape (score: 1)
- Author: tjhiggin@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 94 13:40:14 CST
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That's for damn sure! Several years ago I made the mistake of using duct tape instead of getting new rubber strips for my wire wheels. I'm paying the price now in trying
- /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00398.html (6,811 bytes)
- 79. Rare flower spotted (score: 1)
- Author: tjhiggin@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
- Date: Thu, 24 Mar 94 7:31:45 CST
- Saw a Lotus Eclat on the morning commute! Tried to follow it, in hopes of persuading the owner to display it in my club's annual Father's Day Britcar show, but it turned onto a restricted government
- /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00557.html (6,585 bytes)
- 80. Beam me up, Scotty... (score: 1)
- Author: tjhiggin@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 94 14:34:28 CST
- Watch it. I recently learned that Sunbeams are "Beamers" and the Teutonic Driving Machines are correctly referred to as "Bimmers." Of course, I learned this from a fellow Sunbeam owner... -- T.J. Hi
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00052.html (7,277 bytes)
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