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1. Project gridlock....Was: Re: Chuck it! (score: 1)
Author: "Keptin Komrade Dr. BobWrench III esq." <bownes@web9.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 15:42:54 -0500
Yeah, I'm faced with that at the moment. And there is a foot of snow outside my garage. And no place with solid footing to put ~6000lbs of machine tools, never mind the cars and parts...But it all ha
/html/fot/2004-02/msg00064.html (8,754 bytes)

2. Project gridlock....Was: Re: Chuck it! (score: 1)
Author: "Keptin Komrade Dr. BobWrench III esq." <bownes@web9.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 16:23:52 -0500
Yeah, I'm faced with that at the moment. And there is a foot of snow outside my garage. And no place with solid footing to put ~6000lbs of machine tools, never mind the cars and parts...But it all ha
/html/fot/2004-02/msg00065.html (8,813 bytes)

3. Project Gridlock.....Was: Chuck It! (score: 1)
Author: "Keptin Komrade Dr. BobWrench III esq." <bownes@web9.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 16:22:14 -0500
time Yeah, I'm faced with that at the moment. And there is a foot of snow outside my garage. And no place with solid footing to put ~6000lbs of machine tools, never mind the cars and parts...But it a
/html/fot/2004-02/msg00066.html (8,620 bytes)

4. Re: So you really want to go fast... (score: 1)
Author: "Keptin Komrade Dr. BobWrench III esq." <bownes@web9.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 14:19:41 -0500
I seem to fallen off the FOT list...Was it the Mini? Or was it putting the TR6 in the garage for the winter?
/html/fot/2004-01/msg00099.html (6,570 bytes)

5. Re: Gas No gas MIG (score: 1)
Author: "Keptin Komrade Dr. BobWrench III esq." <bownes@web9.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 09:55:12 -0500
I have one of the little, cheap Harbor Freight type 120V MIG welders and one of the HUGE Miller MIG 240 single phase welders. Like knives, each is different and has its place. The small one I can tos
/html/fot/2003-03/msg00199.html (9,599 bytes)

6. X-ray of parts (score: 1)
Author: "Keptin Komrade Dr. BobWrench III esq." <bownes@web9.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 12:59:53 -0500
Brings up a good question...How many of you have had parts x-rayed for crack/flaw testing? Where did you did someone to do it? Were they local or did you have to send the bits out? What was the exper
/html/fot/2003-01/msg00260.html (7,963 bytes)

7. Broken Stuff (score: 1)
Author: bob bownes <bownes@web9.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 23:47:46 -0700
Seems to be the season for broken stuff. I cracked a brake drum in practice on friday morning in the FV. I broke a front axle friday afternoon in qualifying. Joe Baruoch broke something nastily on th
/html/fot/2002-08/msg00086.html (6,917 bytes)

8. Re: Mirror, mirror, on the flip side of the wall (score: 1)
Author: bob bownes <bownes@web9.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 13:20:52 -0700
Use the lathe. Much more inertia ... I have the bruises on my trailer to prove that one! But for a free 13" South Bend, I wasn't going to argue! iii
/html/fot/2002-08/msg00193.html (11,141 bytes)

9. Re: Rear Wheel lift (score: 1)
Author: bob bownes <bownes@web9.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 14:00:44 -0800
The road racing corollary: Go in slow, come out fast. Go in fast, come out dead.
/html/fot/2002-02/msg00066.html (12,259 bytes)

10. Re: DOT windshield requirements (score: 1)
Author: bob bownes <bownes@web9.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 07:45:01 -0800
Yup. All depends on state regulations. One crazy dude, Oscar Kovaleski used to drive his McLaren Can-Am car to Watkins Glen, race it, and drive home.
/html/fot/2002-01/msg00060.html (9,100 bytes)

11. Re: Flexplate for TR 2.5 L? (score: 1)
Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@web9.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 15:10:15 -0800
The Rover 3500 had the 3.5L engine, same as the TR8 with an auto in it. Happen to have one in my driveway at the moment. I think an auto was an option in the 8 as well. iii
/html/fot/2001-12/msg00029.html (8,599 bytes)

12. Re: Flexplate for TR 2.5 L? (score: 1)
Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@web9.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 15:11:41 -0800
The triumph 2500 sedan is what you speak of now that I think on it. Don't know if it had an auto an an option though. The only one I ever saw has TR6 running gear, complete w tranny. iii
/html/fot/2001-12/msg00031.html (8,621 bytes)

13. Re: wheel studs & wheel stud hole diameters (score: 1)
Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@web9.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 14:19:40 -0800
Or make a shoulder 'washer' that fits the shoulder on one side and the taper on the other. An hour with a piece of steel rod and a lathe should make that solution. Two hours and you could crank them
/html/fot/2001-12/msg00108.html (10,252 bytes)

14. Re: wheel studs & wheel stud hole diameters (score: 1)
Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@web9.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 14:29:43 -0800
It is only a problem if the studs are not in the right place. In fact, the sides of the studs *shouldn't* make contact with the wheel. (think of it acting like a file under vibration...) My Panaspor
/html/fot/2001-12/msg00109.html (8,313 bytes)

15. Re: Fw: SCCA Production Car Specs (score: 1)
Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@web9.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 16:34:33 -0800
Ah, but the GT6 MK III is IT legal nowadays too. (but they have the wrong carb listing in the GCR) Now *that* would be fun. Bob
/html/fot/2001-11/msg00074.html (10,232 bytes)

16. Re: pickpockets, no LBC (score: 1)
Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@web9.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 16:50:08 -0800
Watching them work in the Rome subway was pretty amazing. I watched them go for the Designated Traveling Companion's (DTC) fannypack (which had nothing in it but tissues with this in mind). Thought I
/html/fot/2001-11/msg00119.html (7,882 bytes)

17. Re: Special (score: 1)
Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@web9.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 11:30:27 -0700
Speaking of which, does anyone know of the current location of the Donar special, a mid-late 60 sports racer built with the Rover/BOP V8? Last known location was Antioch college. Pictures would be he
/html/fot/2001-10/msg00210.html (6,421 bytes)

18. Re: Banner II (score: 1)
Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@web9.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 12:44:19 -0700
If someone is doing banners, I might be interested in one. And another of the LARGE decals now that I have a trailer to put 'em on. iii
/html/fot/2001-07/msg00085.html (6,780 bytes)

19. Flying the flag Was: Re: banner (score: 1)
Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@web9.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 08:42:14 -0700
I'd fly one if we made one. I might even wave it from a corner at winning FOT members! :-} But the flagpole is still reserved for the Ferrari flag on GP weekends!
/html/fot/2001-07/msg00118.html (6,365 bytes)

20. Re: aluminum hubs - last call (score: 1)
Author: Bob Bownes <bownes@web9.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 23:55:42 -0700
So, besides a heftier solution to the GT6 rear end, what would I like to see from a machine shop? You want the short list or the long one? Al hubs for the front of the Spit & GT6 Adapter plates, 6 cy
/html/fot/2001-07/msg00144.html (7,229 bytes)


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