- 1. Frame Protection (score: 1)
- Author: "John & Judy Tones" <jtones@home.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:30:01 -0800
- Ok, so now I have a clean shiny sandblasted frame that I am planning on coating with POR-15 - question, what do you guys suggest as a way of protecting the INSIDE of the frame ? I know about WaxOil a
- /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00321.html (6,775 bytes)
- 2. Parts Vendors (score: 1)
- Author: "John & Judy Tones" <jtones@home.com>
- Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 08:53:23 -0800
- I agree with what everyone has been saying, now that BPNW has been mentioned - great to deal with and seem to know their stuff and eager to ship to Canada. However one great place no one has mentione
- /html/spitfires/2001-01/msg00615.html (7,463 bytes)
- 3. Re: building interior w/o a kit (score: 1)
- Author: "John & Judy Tones" <jtones@home.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 21:19:45 -0800
- The only problem I see with using "AL" would be it causing rattles and resonance's for all the noises our cars make. Masonite or similar would seem to be a better bet from a sound reducing basis. I h
- /html/spitfires/2001-01/msg00682.html (6,961 bytes)
- 4. Around the world rally (score: 1)
- Author: "John & Judy Tones" <jtones@home.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 18:53:31 -0700
- Another web site of interest is the one of Jim Walters and his partner Len McNeely who drove a restored 1938 Packard to win 1st place in the vintage class. FWIW, Jim is a local guy who has restored m
- /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00130.html (6,574 bytes)
- 5. Re: wheel studs (score: 1)
- Author: "John & Judy Tones" <jtones@home.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 19:49:57 -0700
- Hi Chip, '80 3/4. The position of the bearing on the axle is what is important. The flinger cup just needs to be tight against the hub to keep dirt out. The u-joints are very sensitive to the caps be
- /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00645.html (8,319 bytes)
- 6. Re: Making an ignition box (score: 1)
- Author: "John & Judy Tones" <jtones@home.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 21:17:59 -0800
- Folks - for what its worth we have a chap up here who has made a conversion kit up for using late model Japanese car ignition systems on our cars. I am not certain as to which car the parts came from
- /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00723.html (8,069 bytes)
- 7. Re: What size screw holds the auto choke on? (score: 1)
- Author: "John & Judy Tones" <jtones@home.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 22:11:27 -0700
- John and all - hope this helps you - the screws in my '78 ZS are 10X32 with two at 1 inch long and one at 5/8 inch long. I had the same problem with them comming loose or falling out so put a drop of
- /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00374.html (7,511 bytes)
- 8. Re: On MailList politics and knowing who's ones friends are... (score: 1)
- Author: "John & Judy Tones" <jtones@home.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 09:33:59 -0700
- OK you guys - enough is enough ! I know that there are probably some of you out there that think that your "red-neck macho" ideas are real cool but just sit back and take a good look at yourselves. Y
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00653.html (8,964 bytes)
- 9. Re: sealbelt warning light (score: 1)
- Author: "John & Judy Tones" <jtones@home.com>
- Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 22:05:41 -0700
- Fred - yes there are devices that would do just that. The common term is a "time delay relay" and they are generally a small relay with a built-in "solid state" delay circuit in them. They are quite
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00781.html (7,878 bytes)
- 10. Re: Spitfire/Hyundai Transmission (score: 1)
- Author: "John & Judy Tones" <jtones@home.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 10:18:37 -0700
- Well I'm not a real "fan" of Hyundai either BUT - the family has a 1986 Excel (from new) that now has just under 300,000 Kms on the clock, same engine. Has had to have the tranny and clutch replaced
- /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00799.html (8,820 bytes)
- 11. Re: Navigating the easy way (score: 1)
- Author: "John & Judy Tones" <jtones@home.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 16:12:57 -0700
- Suzie - your comments re navigating London reminds me of a chap from one of the southern states who was travelling north on the Alaska Highway some years back. Several cars and trucks had all been st
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00144.html (7,285 bytes)
- 12. GT-6 Rear Suspension (score: 1)
- Author: "John & Judy Tones" <jtones@home.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 13:16:52 -0700
- As some of you know, I am in the process of doing a frame up resto on a '71 MKIII GT-6 whose original frame was cracked and bent beyond repair. I have obtained a very good MKIII Spit chassis which is
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00201.html (7,690 bytes)
- 13. Loose Cars !! (score: 1)
- Author: "John & Judy Tones" <jtones@home.com>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 21:31:34 -0700
- A lot has to do with how tight all the random nuts and bolts are that comprise the sum total of our LBC's. I was very surprised at how many rattles we eliminated on my sons 1500 a while back by just
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00331.html (7,010 bytes)
- 14. Re: Rally results (score: 1)
- Author: "John & Judy Tones" <jtones@home.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 10:53:54 -0700
- According to our local newspaper (Saturday, Victoria Times Colonist) the rally is still alive and well although not without controversy. It appears that our Canadian team driving a 1938 Packard Super
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00384.html (8,997 bytes)
- 15. Re: Electrical Tune Up & Electronic Ignition (score: 1)
- Author: "John & Judy Tones" <jtones@home.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 09:50:04 -0700
- FWIW - a local chap has been digging through one of our "recycling yards" and collecting late series Japanese electronic ignition/distributors and playing with them on his Spitfire and a GT-6. He has
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00592.html (10,185 bytes)
- 16. Re: Electrical Tune Up & Electronic Ignition (score: 1)
- Author: "John & Judy Tones" <jtones@home.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 11:20:26 -0700
- I am not certain as to the performance increase aspect however, the fellows locally who have made this change report excellent results with a system the looks stock and is all recent manufacture. Fro
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00610.html (12,286 bytes)
- 17. Air Conditioning (score: 1)
- Author: "John & Judy Tones" <jtones@home.com>
- Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 17:40:58 -0700
- Just a thought for some of you who are complaining about the cockpit being too hot - I have found several LBC's (including some Spits) in the past where the hot water valve for the heater did not tur
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00949.html (7,613 bytes)
- 18. Trunnion Oiling (score: 1)
- Author: "John & Judy Tones" <jtones@home.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 00:15:17 -0700
- There is a tech note in the VTR Tech Pages that gives a great suggestion for doing this job. It is relatively inexpensive and should be available just about anywhere in N. America and probably many p
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg01119.html (6,564 bytes)
- 19. Air Compressors (score: 1)
- Author: "John & Judy Tones" <jtones@home.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 17:53:12 -0700
- Just an idea for you guys who have smaller capacity compressors. I have a Campbell Hausfeld 5 HP/20 gal version and like others found that it did note have enough capacity for some of my tools. I got
- /html/spitfires/2000-06/msg01225.html (7,246 bytes)
- 20. Re: GT6 Rotors (score: 1)
- Author: "John & Judy Tones" <jtones@home.com>
- Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 14:06:02 -0700
- Terry - the stock GT-6 disk diameter is quoted as 9.7 inches (24.64 cm) and all three sets of them that I have are that diameter. I guess it has been the policy over the years to "stretch" the diamet
- /html/spitfires/2000-05/msg00965.html (7,725 bytes)
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