- 1. GT6 Mk II - what are stock wheels? (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Fischer <pfischer@rmi.net>
- Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 10:47:40 -0500
- We've acquired for restoration a 1968 GT6 with non-stock wheels. We've been looking for photos of the stock ones, but haven't found a clear, straight-on photo. They appear to be painted (white?) and
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- 2. Brit Car Week success in IL (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Fischer <pfischer@rmi.net>
- Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 08:59:54 -0500
- We drove the 250 from Kansas City across Missouri to St. Louis, then north along the Great River Road. Our nine-day trip included staying in a cabin in beautiful Pere Marquette State Park with hiking
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- 3. Tool you need for Christmas (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Fischer <pfischer@rmi.net>
- Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 19:13:29 -0600
- Last year I bought my Triumph-loving husband a creeper for Christmas. With his recommendation, I am suggesting that anyone who works on their own car think about adding this to your "Santa Wish List.
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- 4. Re: Tool you need for Christmas (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Fischer <pfischer@rmi.net>
- Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 20:54:59 -0600
- We should make clear that this is a seat - not an under-car creeper. The seat is 13-1/2 inches high. Yeah, Spitfire roof-level. ;-) Pat & Roger == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph R
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- 5. Re: TR250 Drive Shaft - thanks everyone! (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Fischer <pfischer@rmi.net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 21:02:42 -0500
- Thanks to you all for your assistance to my husband and the 250. The car is going in for professional repair tomorrow - and by "professional" I mean someone who does it for a living. Someone who does
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- 6. Re: Show of hands (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Fischer <pfischer@rmi.net>
- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:49:50 -0500
- We're off work today, and I think Roger has rolled the Spit out of the garage to work on the GT6. Pulling the engine as he begins restoration. Does that count for anything? It's beautiful in Kansas t
- /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00457.html (8,332 bytes)
- 7. Racing TR4 for sale (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Fischer <pfischer@rmi.net>
- Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 20:44:57 -0500
- Hello, all. I have no financial interest in this car. Another customer of the restoration shop I use wants to sell the car. Brian, the shop owner, knows a lot about racing and British cars, so he sho
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- 8. Re: TR250 Questions (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Fischer <pfischer@rmi.net>
- Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 09:47:53 -0500
- The hood-bumper pins on my 250 are replacements, with a longer bolt that stock, I think. The bottom of that left-hand bolt is less than 1/4" from the top of my wiper motor. I had intermittent wipers
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00058.html (7,383 bytes)
- 9. Kansas City All British (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Fischer <pfischer@rmi.net>
- Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 09:53:18 -0500
- Our show Saturday afternoon/evening and Sunday is ready to go. Featuring Wrenching by John Twist, Diamond in the Rough class with cash prizes. We've had great interest for pre-registration, up 50% fr
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- 10. Re: TR250 Questions (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Fischer <pfischer@rmi.net>
- Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 10:02:49 -0500
- I've had it go the other way, too. The hood vibrates the bumper and the bolt down, so the bolt is touching the wiper motor. The two nuts on that bolt need to be snugged together well or the chain rea
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00061.html (7,671 bytes)
- 11. Re: Powder Coating at Home (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Fischer <pfischer@rmi.net>
- Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 14:59:31 -0500
- As the wife involved in the powder-coating gift below, I'll add a few comments. I don't believe the fumes or the chemicals left in your oven are appropriate for your general health (you want to live
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00225.html (8,897 bytes)
- 12. Re: Powder Coating at Home (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Fischer <pfischer@rmi.net>
- Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 20:53:48 -0500
- Aaron, from the tenor of the other comments on this list about cleaning, I thought sure you were going to say you cleaned your dishes with the bench grinder. Pat Fischer
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- 13. Re: Bonnet alignment - needs help! (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Fischer <pfischer@rmi.net>
- Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 18:19:53 -0500
- I hope someone can help you here who has more experience with hood alignment than I do. What small things I attempted, it always seemed that the movement was counter-intuitive. Raising something up d
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00582.html (7,481 bytes)
- 14. Re: 'improvements' to a Triumph? (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Fischer <pfischer@rmi.net>
- Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 13:17:13 -0500
- My favorites for my 250: spin-on oil filter adapter, foil heat-reflecting insulation over the inside of the firewall and transmission tunnel. You don't say where you are, but it gets darn hot in Kans
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00746.html (8,721 bytes)
- 15. Re: Help getting me ready! (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Fischer <pfischer@rmi.net>
- Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 14:05:46 -0500
- Hi gang. Well, I'm a week away from looking at and probably buying a Welcome! You don't say what condition this TR250 is in. Restored? What's been replaced? Been driven regularly? Everything working
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00747.html (7,862 bytes)
- 16. Tach cable problem on 250 (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Fischer <pfischer@rmi.net>
- Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 12:37:03 -0500
- While driving my TR to work a couple weeks ago, the tach was operating normally - then it wasn't. I saw a brief bob of the needle, and then it dropped to 0. We have a new cable we're trying to instal
- /html/triumphs/2005-07/msg00041.html (6,963 bytes)
- 17. Re: [TR] TR250 Silver Stripe Paint Code (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Fischer <pfischer@rmi.net>
- Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 22:24:47 -0500
- Had a 250 back in 1970 or so. The stripe was definitely painted. And it was on top of the body paint, so, yes you could feel the edge. It was a sort of flat silver, such that if you carelessly got wa
- /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00605.html (8,837 bytes)
- 18. Re: [TR] Car Insurance (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Fischer <pfischer@rmi.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:58:11 -0500
- I have used State Farm with an agreed value policy, and it paid well for my car fire. For other reasons, I have an agreed value policy with Farmers. They have a good endorsement restricting use: "Use
- /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00721.html (8,877 bytes)
- 19. [TR] Triumph 2000 - last chance to save it (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Fischer <pfischer@rmi.net>
- Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 11:15:51 -0500
- <>A friend has sent me this information from Craigslist. NFI. <>On Craigslist in Sacramento, California, I happened across this ad for a Triumph 2000 that is on its way to the crusher unless someone
- /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00758.html (6,874 bytes)
- 20. Re: [TR] insurance (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Fischer <pfischer@rmi.net>
- Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 11:39:56 -0500
- Fred is on the right track here, but I would recommend more. In my earlier post I recommended some documentation for the value of your car. The purpose of doing this is not only to insure your car pr
- /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00760.html (7,987 bytes)
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