I've just cast my vote in the Usenet UK elections.  I suggest others do the
same.  There are 7 candidates standing for election including four members
of the militant cycling party.  Do you really want anti-car activists to
have any control over UK usenet?

Clark Plasma King 50 plasma cutter.
I bought it to restore a 50's van to make the work a little easier so
it's been used very little. Can cut through 10mm steel!
See the spec and current prices here:

i've got a flowtech mini inlet manifold never been fitted. for a single carb
su maybe. anyone any idea what its worth i don't need it and thought about
putting it on ebay. also got a set of triple webers for a 6 cylinder triumph
with steel manifolds but no linkages. any idea on what ...

Just about ready to fit the MegaSquirt. Taking my time as I want a nice
neat reliable installation. Made up a complete new wiring loom for the SD1
injection - in all the right colours.
But decided a wideband O2 sensor was the way forward - allows the MS to

Finally got the MegaSquirt fitted to the SD1. Once I'd finally got it to
idle, the rest of the tuning to get it to run well was easy. Fine tuning
for max power and economy will, I'm sure, take longer. What is immediately
noticeable is how much more poke it has at low to middling ...

I could do with a favour...
I could _really_ do with exterior width & floor-to-roof height
measurements at the B-pillar and at the body rear.
A car cover vendor is claiming that the best cover for the (long, tall)

Post rebuild I'm having a bit of trouble with the ignition timing on my 1966
E-Type.  Book says 10 btdc, but that was for 5* fuel;  pre-rebuild it ran OK
at 8 btdc on Shell V-Power.  Now it pinks at the top end of the rev range,
which is something I've never come across before.  ...

Went to the SD1 club spares day at Gaydon yesterday, and there were other
clubs there too. Classic taxis was one - and another sort of general one.
Which had a Rover P5 motorhome among the more usual cars. Looked not too
bad. No worse than any other similar conversion on a truck ...

Capri 2L Laser. Yes, another one.
Two owners, last owner 20 years. Full ford service history to 1993 then
independant Ford specialist since then. Last service was a major one 6
weeks ago - been serviced every 6000 miles since new. 3" thick service

Hi - I promised to report on this.. For them what don't know it's on a 1966
E-Type, 9:1 pistons (Brit, not European or American spec).  For them what
knows me of old I apologise for being boring.
First impression - absolutely excellent.  Pulls strongly from 700rpm to