- 21. RE: Suggestions for a new hood (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 16:04:19 +0100
- Hmm - don't remember anything like that. I did get a steel hardtop with the car, which I believe to be original (but have no evidence...) so it's certainly possible. I'll try to remember to check the
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00208.html (9,597 bytes)
- 22. Re: 'Dead Man' pedal (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 10:07:41 +0100
- Welcome to the list, and congratulations on your new Spitfire! As for the 'dead man' pedal (I've never heard it called that before, but I think I know what your mean) - my car has one. It's a RHD, d
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00302.html (8,473 bytes)
- 23. Publicity (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 13:27:59 +0100
- Well, didn't see anyone else mention this, so I thought I'd mention it myself. I was reading the Courier this weekend - that's the magazine that gets sent to all TSSC members. Browsing through the te
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00478.html (6,740 bytes)
- 24. Re: Tech Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 13:37:39 +0100
- I have a similar problem on my car. Patrick and Graham both said that if you blip the throttle, it will close properly, and stay closed, and I've found this, too. Graham suggested it might be related
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00480.html (9,558 bytes)
- 25. Re: Clutch adjustment (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 11:48:25 +0100
- Frane, sounds like the clutch might need bleeding to me. Or failing that, rebuilding. But I'd try bleeding first. Dean -- Does anyone know if the height of the Spit clutch can be adjusted? how is it
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00535.html (7,198 bytes)
- 26. Re: period stereo (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:11:27 +0100
- Check out Jeff's excellent page at http://www.ohms.com/spitfire/radio.shtml In fact, the whole of his site is excellent. But the radio page describes exactly what you want to do. Dean -- I would lik
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00545.html (7,555 bytes)
- 27. Re: Radio mounting (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 17:20:42 +0100
- I have a CD player mounted in front of the gear stick, and I can just get CDs in and out in neutral, no problem in 2nd/4th. I was a little concerned about this when I bought the unit, but turned out
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00612.html (8,316 bytes)
- 28. Re: side marker lamps for 1500's & IV's (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 18:20:06 +0100
- Rob, can't help with a source for these gaskets, but (as someone else suggested) side marker lamps were only present on US cars as far as I know. My car, which is mostly UK spec, did have them when I
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00717.html (8,190 bytes)
- 29. Silver cars (was Re: Metal prep started -- reassurance?) (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 13:35:47 +0100
- Jeff, a friend of mine has just restored his Spitfire, and painted it metalic silver. Looks very good - and took me all the way to Le Mans and back earlier this year, too! When he took the car for it
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00882.html (9,252 bytes)
- 30. RE: Silver cars (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 18:00:16 +0100
- Yes, I remember the one! It was at Stafford last year, with a For Sale sign on it. (On show, not in the competition, because it had one Best of Show a few years before and cars that win that aren't a
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00911.html (7,763 bytes)
- 31. Re: Stafford Show (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 14:53:38 +0100
- Suzie, I'll be there, hopefully in my red 1500, RAW 571R. I'll look out for you and Bill, and any other listers who send their car details. I'll be going in convoy with the North London TSSC on Satur
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00322.html (8,143 bytes)
- 32. Spitfire Siting (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 14:58:05 +0100
- I have just returned from a conference in Amsterdam, and I'm pleased to report a Spitfire siting (although only one). On Wednesday evening, I left the conference centre and began walking back to the
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00325.html (7,976 bytes)
- 33. Re: Spitfire Siting (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 10:28:57 +0100
- Yeah, cool! The guys I was with when I spotted it couldn't believe that I'd actually found someone who knows the owner! But I'd better remember to be careful about expressing negative opinions in fut
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00389.html (8,467 bytes)
- 34. Re: Safety inspection? (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 10:56:51 +0100
- I don't think safety inspections are especially helpful to people like you (and I hope most of the listers) who check and look after their cars properly. They are designed for the reckless car owner
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00441.html (9,262 bytes)
- 35. Re: lbc electrical knowledge (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 10:27:15 +0100
- That is an absolute classic - I love it! :-) Dean -- SO YOU WILL NOW UNDER STAND WHAT THE ELECTRICAL STUFF IS ALL ABOUT.
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00711.html (6,792 bytes)
- 36. Re: O/D transmission install (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 10:26:30 +0100
- I've never done an O/D conversion (my car already had o/d) - but I really can't see how it could affect the speedo. The speedo is measuring the speed of the prop-shaft (or, at least, an internal part
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00714.html (8,153 bytes)
- 37. Re: Seat Foams (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 10:24:28 +0100
- Steve, the foams will disintegrate gradually, and, as with everything gradual, you will not notice (e.g. the way shock absorbers go gradually - you never notice until they start spewing fluid out). T
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00716.html (8,103 bytes)
- 38. Re: Flasher on the blink? (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 10:22:23 +0100
- Sounds interesting... I didn't see a reply to this, so instead I'm going to hypothesise - take everything I'm about to say with a (very large) pinch of salt. Let's say, hypothetically, that the wirin
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00717.html (8,277 bytes)
- 39. Re: O/D transmission install (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 09:37:31 +0100
- Hmm - never thought about that! Ok, anyone know why this mail, and at least two others, which I posted around 10 days ago, have only just made it to the list??? (Guess I should expect a reply to this
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00722.html (9,873 bytes)
- 40. Re: Slipping O/D (score: 1)
- Author: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 09:32:54 +0100
- Avi, overdrive is not supposed to be enabled in 2nd gear at all - not only is it not designed to take the high torque of lower gears, but I believe that there isn't enough oil pressure in the gearbox
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00987.html (8,766 bytes)
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