- 241. Tie (non-Tiger related) (score: 1)
- Author: lrw@aop.com (LARRY WRIGHT)
- Date: Tue, 7 May 96 07:41 EDT
- I just posted this to the British car list, and thought my Tiger friends might also be interested... I just got one of those mail order gift catalogs in the mail. This one's called Wireless (800-669-
- /html/tigers/1996-05/msg00036.html (7,441 bytes)
- 242. Re: Tie (well , not really) (score: 1)
- Author: lrw@aop.com (LARRY WRIGHT)
- Date: Tue, 7 May 96 14:30 EDT
- Jeff, if you can spin this Tiger-lug-nut vs Car Necktie thing into an Isadora Duncan-vs-wheel spinner kind of thread, you're more clever than I am! Oh, yeah. Discovered my brake prob, I think. The m
- /html/tigers/1996-05/msg00043.html (6,893 bytes)
- 243. Ego booster (score: 1)
- Author: lrw@aop.com (LARRY WRIGHT)
- Date: Mon, 13 May 96 08:30 EDT
- When one has a car like a Tiger, you have to get used to all of the attention. You guys know that; I've seen pictures of your gorgeous cars on the www (been "on" the web almost a week now). Saturday
- /html/tigers/1996-05/msg00068.html (7,175 bytes)
- 244. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: lrw@aop.com (LARRY WRIGHT)
- Date: Tue, 14 May 96 13:54 EDT
- I find the 185/70-13 size particularly useful for those applications where one just parks the car and looks at it (yeah, yeah, just like I usually do). Gotta find some funds in the budget to upgrade
- /html/tigers/1996-05/msg00091.html (7,669 bytes)
- 245. Urban Legend? (score: 1)
- Author: lrw@aop.com (LARRY WRIGHT)
- Date: Wed, 22 May 96 15:07 EDT
- Like that maybe the whole helicopter-dumping-water thing was actually one of Stu's overheating-Tiger experiments, and if the chopper pilot hadn't missed, Stu, would've gotten one big scuba-diver-shap
- /html/tigers/1996-05/msg00162.html (7,169 bytes)
- 246. Ugly, uglier, ugliest (score: 1)
- Author: lrw@aop.com (LARRY WRIGHT)
- Date: Fri, 24 May 96 07:57 EDT
- (a) a while back the British car list chose the Daimlier SP250, limiting it to British cars. Flawed styling, but I'm not sure I agree to 'ugly'. (b) how about '61 & '62 Plymouths and Dodges? There ai
- /html/tigers/1996-05/msg00191.html (8,526 bytes)
- 247. Precision tools #2 (score: 1)
- Author: lrw@aop.com (LARRY WRIGHT)
- Date: Fri, 24 May 96 09:47 EDT
- BATTERY CHARGER: for releasing the smoke from the electrical systems of British cars like, say, Tigers. All electrical tools can do this, but not quite so effectively. OIL FILTER WRENCH: used to remo
- /html/tigers/1996-05/msg00194.html (7,381 bytes)
- 248. Precision Tools #3 (score: 1)
- Author: lrw@aop.com (LARRY WRIGHT)
- Date: Fri, 24 May 96 12:47 EDT
- PARTS CLEANER: a handy storage area for one's wife's colander, basting brush, etc. BUMPER JACK: for testing how advanced rust has become in the bumper supports and the surrounding areas. DIAGONAL CUT
- /html/tigers/1996-05/msg00205.html (6,591 bytes)
- 249. Re: My Lucky Day! (score: 1)
- Author: lrw@aop.com (LARRY WRIGHT)
- Date: Fri, 24 May 96 14:50 EDT
- We know how you operate, Roland. If you do get one, can _we_ come over and beat the cr*p out of it with your knock-off hammer? BTW, this Alpine turnsignal on a Tiger bit is interesting. This can't t
- /html/tigers/1996-05/msg00210.html (7,688 bytes)
- 250. the inside. (score: 1)
- Author: lrw@aop.com (LARRY WRIGHT)
- Date: Tue, 28 May 96 15:40 EDT
- Anybody refurbish a Tiger interior in a color other than black? I need to ditch the interior of the Garage Queen ( a Mk I) and want it red. It's red now, but not a good job; also not original, as the
- /html/tigers/1996-05/msg00271.html (7,508 bytes)
- 251. inside, and oil (score: 1)
- Author: lrw@aop.com (LARRY WRIGHT)
- Date: Thu, 30 May 96 10:43 EDT
- A) Thanks! Got replies from 6 of you, and would welcome more, about non-black interiors. Most of you suggest Martha Wheat's products,regardless of where I get them from. I hope to semi-finish the car
- /html/tigers/1996-05/msg00289.html (7,169 bytes)
- 252. LMA (score: 1)
- Author: lrw@aop.com (LARRY WRIGHT)
- Date: Fri, 31 May 96 15:52 EDT
- Leaks Messily, Always Larry Wright, Maryland "I can't get no-- Satis-traction" 1964 Sunbeam Tiger Mk 1 (302/285, T-5) 1996 Nissan 200SX SE-R ($TB, 17d BTDC) 1992 Toyota pick-up (Bilstein, Yoko AVS)
- /html/tigers/1996-05/msg00308.html (6,404 bytes)
- 253. waxing humorous (score: 1)
- Author: lrw@aop.com (LARRY WRIGHT)
- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 96 06:59 EDT
- (SNIP) Stu: I guess the Sunbeam-shaped candle has two wicks, one in the vicinity of each fuel tank? (actually, I'd buy such a thing) Seriously, it sounds like fun, but too far. Have a good time! Lar
- /html/tigers/1996-04/msg00003.html (6,753 bytes)
- 254. throwin' frisbees at my car? (score: 1)
- Author: lrw@aop.com (LARRY WRIGHT)
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 96 07:33 EDT
- I went out for a short drive Friday night ( yes, I actually drive my Tiger once in a while). A few miles from home I "opened her up", which, for me, is about half-throttle. At 80mph, it was time for
- /html/tigers/1996-04/msg00066.html (7,500 bytes)
- 255. frisbees , #2 (score: 1)
- Author: lrw@aop.com (LARRY WRIGHT)
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 96 13:35 EDT
- Thanks, everyone who responded to my post on headlight rings. I guess I shouldn't feel too bad, things could have been worse. Yesterday, I was on the highway when, coming the other way, I saw what lo
- /html/tigers/1996-04/msg00094.html (6,750 bytes)
- 256. Re: HEADLIGHT RIMS (score: 1)
- Author: lrw@aop.com (LARRY WRIGHT)
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 96 09:02 EDT
- O.K., Norm: what are the options? Assuming that Rootes knew what it was doing when they designed the clip-on ring ( c'mon, everybody, work with me on this), then where is the shortcoming? I don't re
- /html/tigers/1996-04/msg00096.html (8,090 bytes)
- 257. Re: Air Cleaner Question (score: 1)
- Author: lrw@aop.com (LARRY WRIGHT)
- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 96 07:00 EDT
- Not that one would be a common swap-meet find, but the LAT2 optional air cleaner had a chromed top half (top only); otherwise appearance is as above. I came close to painting mine over with the hamme
- /html/tigers/1996-04/msg00120.html (8,077 bytes)
- 258. CA DMV (score: 1)
- Author: lrw@aop.com (LARRY WRIGHT)
- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 96 16:22 EDT
- Would that mean that a '59 series I that didn't sell until, say 1968, need to meet '68 specs? Seatbelts, PCV valve, whatever? Not that I'm suggesting that DMV's have to be logical, or even consistan
- /html/tigers/1996-04/msg00125.html (7,124 bytes)
- 259. CA DMV, #2 (score: 1)
- Author: lrw@aop.com (LARRY WRIGHT)
- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 96 16:28 EDT
- I wrote about 30 seconds ago: Which of course was covered in Ole's 2nd paragraph. Oops. How did I miss an entire paragraph of the mssg? Larry
- /html/tigers/1996-04/msg00126.html (6,239 bytes)
- 260. Re: Mirrors (score: 1)
- Author: lrw@aop.com (LARRY WRIGHT)
- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 96 13:51 EDT
- Would it be impracticable to make a tool with a reverse-profile cutout, sorta like a router bit, that you could drag along the edge to "clean up" the bead afterwards? Don't know if spraying the tool
- /html/tigers/1996-04/msg00183.html (6,789 bytes)
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