Re: Steve McQueen's GT6!

2002-11-21 Thread James Carruthers
Uh-oh, here we go again... Please listers, refrain from suggesting colours to Andre. :) ..for your own personal sanity.. :) James Andre Rousseau wrote: No way... I would love a yellow GT6. on 11/20/02 9:45 PM, Jon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yo! you dissin'

Re: Steve McQueen's GT6!

2002-11-21 Thread Andre Rousseau
Too Late! 1993 Porsche 911 Yellow. Damn now I have to go and redo the motor paint. I'm going to live my dream. I don9t care anymore heh. Besides in 10 yrs I can redo the car and paint something else. A. on 11/21/02 5:25 AM, James Carruthers at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uh-oh, here we go

RE: U-Joint Clips

2002-11-21 Thread Richard Gosling
Andre, To get out the circlips, you need a pair of circlip pliers. This is kind of like a pair of pliers, but at the end of them a pin sticks out sideways; these pins fit in the little holes in the circlips. Insert the pins in the holes, squeeze the handle, and the circlip should then compress

Non LBC - San Fransico Area

2002-11-21 Thread Bill Miller
My dad is looking to buy a handicapped van for my mother. He has found one on ebay that he is thinking about buying, however it is in SanFransico, CA. We are in Indiana. If there is a lister in San Fran that would look at it for me, I'd appreciate it. His idea is to fly to San Fran and drive it

RE: U-Joint Clips

2002-11-21 Thread Greg Rowe
From: Richard Gosling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Andre, To get out the circlips, you need a pair of circlip pliers. snip It also may help to tap the ujoint down a bit to relieve the pressure on the circlip. If it's tight against the circlip, the circlip will be much more difficult to remove. Since

Cat bathing/rescue, auto related.

2002-11-21 Thread Javier Vidaurre Ch.
Hello all, Have to chime in on this thread. One afternoon back in 1979 I was chemically stripping the two part paint gone bad off my 1971 Volvo 142E (great car, I wish I still had it). I had just finished applying the goo all over the roof when my big grey Russian Blue male cat landed on the

Re: Badging blues

2002-11-21 Thread Jeff McNeal
I just wanted to offer a public thanks for the excellent suggestion of the two-sided automotive adhesive tape. I ground off the pins from my broken badges this evening, pieced everything together on one side of the tape, then used an exacto knife to trim around the badges while I watched My Wife

Re: Badging blues

2002-11-21 Thread Jeff McNeal
I just wanted to offer a public thanks for the excellent suggestion of the two-sided automotive adhesive tape. I ground off the pins from my broken badges this evening, pieced everything together on one side of the tape, then used an exacto knife to trim around the badges while I watched My Wife

Re: Steve McQueen's GT6!

2002-11-21 Thread Livia Haasper
Here it goes againsorry, Forgot to remove the trialer again. will I ever learn. What a shocker, here I thought I had Andre's colour battle totally under control. For the last year I've been part of Andre's colour war. So has James. I'm losing my sanity over

She's got to go !

2002-11-21 Thread John Stacey
Hi list Well I've put it off for so long now but I need the room for a replica D Type Jaguar so she and the accumulated bits and pieces have got to go (I think):- SHE is a 1974 Triumph Spitfire 1300cc in beautiful condition (rebuilt with much help from the list over the past 4 years and not used

More humor, no LBC

2002-11-21 Thread Scott A. Roberts
Before you read this, I must tell you I like George W. Bush, the current President of the US. However, this is too good not to pass along. I'm sure there are apologies to Bud Lou somewhere for this... Scott Subject: Hu's On First HU'S ON FIRST By James Sherman (We

BL Badges

2002-11-21 Thread jonmac
Steve R. wrote: I just ordered part # 725525 from The Roadster Factory. Silver on blue British Leyland badges. I have seen a few beat up one around the shop and they are blue.these look black or a dark navy blue. They are real nice, I should say. Can anyone tell me, if they sent the wrong one.If I

Troubleshooting help

2002-11-21 Thread Jdgar0649
Listers; Paul, John, any others (and I am sure there are many others) I need some advice in pinpointing a problem. My Spit seems to do fairly well, it will drive around the block without too much problem, and things seem to be sorting themselves out fairly well--EXCEPT for --well, let