Re: Wheel s and oil Pressure

[Glenn Merrell <gmerrel@domain.elided>]

Hello Ronald and All,
    I recall when I was working at a BL Dealership as a kid that the spare
always matched what was on the car, including wires.  That was part of the
dealer check, along with mounting the extra parts that may have been tossed
into the boot, like the antenna, fog lights, sometimes the radio, parcel
shelf.  Once a Stag arrived on the truck, the front and rear bumpers were
missing.  A check in the boot showed them in pieces, wrapped as individual
parts paper sealed from the factory.  Must have been a rush order!

Glenn Merrell

Ronald Brown wrote:

> Just an inquiry on Mag Wheels ?
>
> I purchased Christine II ( A red Flamenco Mk II Stag ) here in Australia
> after a few months looking.   From the Heritage Certificate I got from
> Blighty it states the fittings include alloy road wheels, though it doesn't
> say if that was 4 or 5 .
>
> Each Stag I looked at here in Oz had 4 of the normal Stag Alloy wheels and
> the spare was a steel rim !   Was this the norm for these cars I ask?   I
> would have thought the UK Transport authorities would have insisted that
> the Spare be of the same ilk as those put to the road in every day use and
> Countries like Oz may have been even more strict !!.
>
> My question is if that was the case where did all the Odd road wheels go?
> Are all my odd socks in the same place along with all the car keys??.
>
> The other question on a more serious note is the oil gauge fitted reads in
> Kpa.  I assume this to be an atmospheric / pressure type gauge.  it hovers
> on 2.0 or is it 20 but I am darned if I can relate to it in Lbs as I don't
> know if the pressure is good or bad!.  (The gauge was made in England by
> Smiths and was fitted by a previous owner, Sadly it doesn't match the rest
> of the dials as it is MK1 Black), I guess I will be in the market for a few
> dials soon.
>
>  Anyone a thought ?  If it is anything like diving I think one atmosphere
> is about 15Lbs per square inch.
>
> Ron Brown
> MK II 1977 Flamenco Red
> Gold Coast
> Australia
>
> ( Contrary to popular belief it is blooming cold here at present 10"c )
> P.S  Anybody know the whereabouts of my ex  Mk1 Pimento Red EBT 199L?  I am
> interested to know if she still looks as good as ever.