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48215
Hi Iain, If you join the Westy Club in Bris they have "test & tune" days about 4 times a year at Morgan Park for about $25 for a half day. You will need them...
Rick Hargraves
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Apr 1, 2004
9:15 am
48216
This file contains the posting guidelines, or "house rules" for the Locost mailing list. It is auto-posted once a month to the list, and is sent to new...
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Apr 1, 2004
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48217
I used to know someone who had a Berkeley, if it is the same make of car you are on about. It was a 3 wheeler with the single wheel at the rear and it had a...
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Apr 1, 2004
8:15 pm
48218
Hi Rick , will keep that in mind when I get that far , best wishes Iain ... From: Rick Hargraves To: locost@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 7:20...
Iain Hall
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Apr 1, 2004
8:46 pm
48219
I don't suppose that Mr. Chapman was able to have Armstrong make up shocks to his specifications for a run of a few hundred cars, but Armstrong did make a line...
George Cushing
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Apr 1, 2004
9:21 pm
48220
I think it's the same company but the three wheelers were later models. The car that Kieth had was a four wheel car that looks a lot like a sprite but no where...
Wayne Evans
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Apr 1, 2004
11:43 pm
48221
wayne- i doubt seriously if anyone else was driving. when keith mcclure sold it to wayne eeley it had belonged to a real klutz who put the bars in the control...
Keith Williams
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Apr 2, 2004
3:28 am
48222
are you sure about the 3-wheeler? i think there was one but it sounds nore like a german victoria with a 250 sachs and 2-sets of points so you could start it...
Keith Williams
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Apr 2, 2004
3:38 am
48223
the 328cc berkeley weighed in @ 710lb. and 80% was on the front wheels. it carried 4 us gal, gasoline and 1-qt of oil. i used to dump it in and pick up the...
Keith Williams
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Apr 2, 2004
3:52 am
48224
Keith, So you're about 65 years old I'd guess as I'm 55. I don't know how many times I've told somebody about the little Berkekey and the girl with the blond...
Wayne Evans
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Apr 2, 2004
4:09 am
48225
Saw a Berkely with a 3 cylinder 2-stroke absolutely blitz the field at the Carnival of Flowers hill climb at Toowoomba in Queensland, Australia I was a...
John O'Reilly
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Apr 2, 2004
6:30 am
48226
Ello, Got a reasonable belt drive 3hp, 12CFM, 50litre thing in the shed now, and have had a play with the cheapo " 5 tools for £20 " 1.5mm spray gun.. Doesn't...
spag@...
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Apr 2, 2004
7:16 am
48227
It was definitely a Berkeley. It had a nice looking fibreglass body, not ugly, similar to a lotus 11 style in pale blue. The engine was also definitely a...
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Apr 2, 2004
11:57 am
48228
HVLP is supposed to be the bees' knees, I wish I did enough to justify the outlay. I use a gravity fed cup gun for small stuff as you can just mix a little...
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Apr 2, 2004
12:05 pm
48229
john- the achilles heel of the 3-cyl was the keyway connecting the cranks together. one fad that got started in tulsa was to fit an ariel square-4 in a...
Keith Williams
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Apr 2, 2004
11:03 pm
48230
dunno what country you are in, but if you don't mind importing, i suspect harbor freight tools has a bitchin' website catalog. i'm looking at an hvlp that is...
Keith Williams
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Apr 2, 2004
11:17 pm
48231
actually i'm 68 and still live on myers just 2 houses n. of tuxedo. that fiat abarth zagato you spoke of used to sorta turn me on. the other was a "boy...
Keith Williams
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Apr 2, 2004
11:50 pm
48232
The other night there was a TV show about collector cars and there was a guy who had gotten one of those "boy racers" before he could even drive. He had worked...
Wayne Evans
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Apr 3, 2004
4:51 am
48233
wayne-- one more bit of nostalgia about the berkeley--bartlesville auto club had a poker run one day and a friend of mine from the motorcycle club, a scrambles...
Keith Williams
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Apr 4, 2004
2:28 am
48234
john--- my wife bought a fiat bianchina like yours in a basket to learn to drive in. i proceeded to put it back together on the previous owner's assureance...
Keith Williams
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Apr 4, 2004
2:48 am
48235
Please, a little snipping of messages here would be helpful. ===== Geo. Cushing, Delanson, NY, US http://www.georgecushing.net...
George Cushing
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Apr 4, 2004
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48236
Don't know much about that racing Class.. have dealt with 924's tho (briefly :-) these machines have V Odd mechanical detail design.. IE: rear suspension taken...
bare2510
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Apr 4, 2004
5:50 pm
48237
i was always under the impression the 924 used the vw engine. if so, there ought to be all the gofaster bits you could ever need bare2510...
Keith Williams
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Apr 4, 2004
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48238
Here's a question to the ford experts out there.... Can the crown wheel and pinion of the Capri 2.8i LSD Atlas axle be swapped with normal Atlas crown wheel...
John Snowdon
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Apr 4, 2004
7:18 pm
48239
george-- guess this was aimed at me. sorry. guess i should have e-mailed wayne evans directly rather than bore the whole forum about the berkeley crap. tried...
Keith Williams
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Apr 4, 2004
7:36 pm
48240
I think that it was 2 liters or bigger meaning it came from VW trucks. Esko ... From: Keith Williams To: locost@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004...
eskoa
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Apr 4, 2004
9:54 pm
48241
... It used a 2 litre Audi boat-anchor (from the 80/Fox?), sadly not the 1.8 litre gem from the Golf GTI....
locost_bryan
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Apr 4, 2004
11:26 pm
48242
Keith; Have been reading your letters about the Berkley's. In the early 60s I got a ride in a Lotus 7, Now I am building a clone. In the late 60s I saw a...
David Loll
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Apr 5, 2004
4:45 am
48243
Already done the kart thing, which is why I am 'moving on up' to cars. Still trying to find a relatively inexpensive series to compete in, hence the question!!...
James Hughes
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Apr 5, 2004
7:57 am
48244
David, Andy Carter does a Berkeley T60 body shell. Take a look. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andy.carter/ Jeff ... From: "David Loll"...
Jeff Loughridge
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Apr 5, 2004
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