Re: [triumph_herald] Best looking car ever?

I thought I would send in Spitfire that should REALLY confuse them G Happy Spitting...John (in the United Kingdom) Spit Mk II (1966) in bits..or as some would say (in restoration) Spit Mk III donor car ( I am nearly a collector) Mk IV chassis with all running gear...(I

Reliable outlets for Classic cars

Hi, I remember someone saying that maybe we should have a list of reliable firms or garages that have given good service when they work on our cars, or when a firm helps in any way. Has this got off the ground yet ? The reason I ask is that I would like to add Astrali to that list. I have a 3

Boss

Hi all, I wonder if anyone knows the answer to this one.I have a boss with a spline diameter of 17mm, what car does thit fit ? I know that the Triumph boss is 15mm. Picture of wheel on http://members.tripod.com/johnzissler/pics/index.htm /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list ///

Canley Autojumble in December

Here's a question for list members across the pond Would anyone on the British side of the Atlantic, who is planning to attend Canley's Dec. 14 Auto Jumble/Giveaway be interested in doing me a favor? As I am in the US, I am quite unable to attend, and wondered if someone might get a few things

U/K Listers

Are any of our listers living across the pond planning on attending the T/R show on February 2 at Stoneleigh ?? If I can get her you loosen-up the purse strings I would sure like to make this trip, I'm planning on it anyway. FT /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to

FW: Badging blues

This thread reminded me of an episode of This Old House or some such thing where they visited a factory in San Francisco that specialized in reproduction hardware -- door knobs, hinges, etc. They also went through the steps and even included comments about the shrinkage and how they compensated

Re: Continuing electrical woes - solved!

I wrote: I now have no turn signals or hazard warning flashers. I traced current with a test light right up to where the wire goes into the turn signal switch Thanks to all that responded. Scott Roberts nailed it when he suggested that the flasher unit had failed. Unfortuneatly I spent several

horn connections

Thanks all, The car now makes good noises at both ends. I put a FIAMM on and have sprayed the LUCAS ones, still hoping to get at least one working (perpetually optomistic). Anyway, it would pass an inspection now if it needed to and might even prevent a careless driver from bumping into it

Re: Continuing electrical woes - solved!

I wrote: I now have no turn signals or hazard warning flashers. I traced current with a test light right up to where the wire goes into the turn signal switch Thanks to all that responded. Scott Roberts nailed it when he suggested that the flasher unit had failed. Unfortuneatly I spent several

Re: Continuing electrical woes - solved!

. The moral of this story should be pretty obvious and includes me being an IDIOT... Greg- Don't sweat it- how do you think WE figured out these answers? Scott :) /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try

second thoughts

I put my '73 motor in the machine shop for a rebuild and it ran OK . It will probably need .010 bore and minimal crank work, mains etc. Now that I think about it, I should have had the '77 motor, that I don't know anything about rebuilt and saved the good motor for a spare. Bore the cylinders out