- 61. Fw: Memories of transmission vibration (Very high-tech!!) (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2000 14:47:08 +0100
- Hi Jack The jubilee clip cure was actually written in a supplement to the factory Herald service and repair manual when I was an apprentice at the main Triumph distributor in Coventry. Later, circa t
- /html/fot/2000-04/msg00038.html (11,955 bytes)
- 62. Fw: Memories of transmission vibration (Very high-tech!!) (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2000 10:27:38 +0100
- Jack Wheeler asked to of that Hi Jack The TR4A damper you are talking about, which had a rubber insert, was bolted to the gear box tail shaft, to reduce resonant 'hum' on production cars. These were
- /html/fot/2000-04/msg00062.html (8,290 bytes)
- 63. TR4 Vibration damper (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2000 10:06:59 +0100
- Hi Gang Since Jack Wheeler asked about the TR4 vibration damper I decided to look up when this was fitted in production. Quoting from an original Standard Triumph Service sheet ref 2/53 May 1963 from
- /html/fot/2000-04/msg00064.html (7,752 bytes)
- 64. Fw: Waterloo Technical Society-Jack Drews, Speaker (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2000 06:22:29 +0100
- Hi Joe John Mac and I would love to come and listen to Jack's presentation. We can afford the $10.75 for the dinner but will the Technical Society pay for our plane tickets to get over?? -- BernardRo
- /html/fot/2000-04/msg00188.html (8,645 bytes)
- 65. Racing story (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 10:00:12 -0000
- Hi Gang I was talking to a pal of mine that worked on engine test at Coventry Climax. He said that the test cell he was working in was so small that he became worried about cell fires following engin
- /html/fot/2000-03/msg00000.html (7,210 bytes)
- 66. From Rover to Triumph (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2000 08:42:46 -0000
- Hi Gang It really is about time motor manufacturers realized that their problem -especially Rover - is one of style. They've got to get rid of this CAD programmed design nonsense and retrain themselv
- /html/fot/2000-03/msg00106.html (7,648 bytes)
- 67. More Triumph History (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2000 12:15:37 -0000
- Hi Guys and Galls Last summer I went to a pal's garden party about 50 miles north of my home. There were several racing guys there and whilst talking to the caterers one of the ladies said they'd rec
- /html/fot/2000-03/msg00123.html (8,041 bytes)
- 68. Morgan (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 09:43:49 -0000
- I saw a TV program about the Morgan Motor Company last night. It was a sequel to a program run on the company ten years ago called 'Troubleshooter' where Sir John Harvey Jones, a brilliant industrial
- /html/fot/2000-03/msg00131.html (7,625 bytes)
- 69. Robson Job Description (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 09:29:15 -0000
- Several people have asked for my comments on the recent statement in a club newsletter that, "Mr. Robson was Competitions Director for Triumph UK in the 60's, rebuilding the competition department a
- /html/fot/2000-03/msg00186.html (8,209 bytes)
- 70. Sad news (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2000 09:00:35 +0100
- I learned yesterday that Peter Cox ex Triumph competition mechanic and experimental engineer has passed away. 'Coxy' served his apprenticeship at the old company in the fifties and joined my father
- /html/fot/2000-03/msg00358.html (7,622 bytes)
- 71. Racing Mechanics (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2000 09:50:37 -0000
- Hi gang I've just come across an article I must have ripped out a motor magazine in which the author says, 'How glamorous the life of a racing mechanic is,' and how it carries 'perks' - like all 'exp
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00001.html (8,312 bytes)
- 72. Race mechanic's wages (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2000 09:00:44 -0000
- I've just looked up my wages on a contract in 1969. I was working for Ulf Norrinder who ran a Lola T70 Mk 111B and a T142 F5000 car. My wages were £35 per week (about $100) plus win bonus. We racem
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00014.html (8,255 bytes)
- 73. Fw: missing person (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2000 10:40:31 -0000
- Mid York one including
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00016.html (7,509 bytes)
- 74. Fred Opert's shop (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2000 13:42:49 -0000
- location, of the shop, I'd Jack Fred's business was called Fred Opert Racing, and his address was numbered on 'route' something, Paramus, NJ. He specialized in British F2, F3 cars and a few sports c
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00021.html (7,641 bytes)
- 75. Fred Opert's address (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2000 15:18:18 -0000
- Jack Brooks wanted Fred Opert's address. I've just been up in the attic Jack (sliding around on two planks so's not to fall through the roof). I found a very interesting box of papers INCLUDING FRED
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00029.html (8,116 bytes)
- 76. 'M80's' (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2000 21:49:56 -0000
- Looking through some of my 'memoirs' from the attic, I found a sticker from 'Pedros'. It was a remarkable store in a place called Dillon, South Carolina. If we drove straight down to Daytona without
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00036.html (8,553 bytes)
- 77. Fw: South of the Border...was Re: 'M80's' (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2000 07:49:14 -0000
- from not, announced got called South of the Border. It has that name because it is within a couple hundred feet of the North Carolina/South Carolina state border < Yes! that's the place Bill 'South o
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00040.html (9,941 bytes)
- 78. Armed police (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2000 17:37:57 -0000
- Scott Barr asked if we are ever challenged in England by policemen with guns. The answer is a definite NO - unless police are certain they are faced by armed criminals. There are several 'Special pol
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00048.html (8,661 bytes)
- 79. Kas' slingshot (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2000 17:46:03 -0000
- load LOB the It's not so much fun if you hit your thumb with the M80 with the elastic at full stretch!!! When I was a kid, three years ago, we country boys had to make our own catapults with a small
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00065.html (7,854 bytes)
- 80. my e-mail date (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 18:07:05 -0000
- Bill Sohl and Mike Cook e-mailed me to let me know my e-mail date keeps showing up 2094 etc. I noticed this on Jan 1st when checking my system. I corrected the date but it keeps changing back to 2094
- /html/fot/2000-02/msg00067.html (6,793 bytes)
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