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Number: 1033
From: tasmaniac1
Date: Mon Jul 15, 2002  2:56 am
Subject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] TO KEN & MARQ

Body:
Well I was able to install, open, and print the four pages.
Unfortunately I haven't a clue as to what I am looking at. However
this will be very useful when I have an electrician interpret it.

-Nick :)
#1345

--- In ascmclaren@y..., "Ken Hughes" <kdhughes@a...> wrote:
>
> Hi Sandy,
>
> The drawings are in AutoCAD R14 or Release 14, and one will have
to have
> that software to open them, period. I will try to get this bloody
scanner I
> have operating and scan them in and give that a try.
>
> The probem is my scanner was operating under Win98, and when I
upgraded my
> system to XP Pro, the scanner was no longer recognized. However,
I have
> told XP to run the scanner in Win98, but have not as yet tried it
to see if
> it will run now. I have just been too busy, and I suppose I
needed an
> excuse. I design and build my own computers, but at times the
software is a
> pain. You see, I am from the old school, and I was a hardware man
when the
> software and hardware guys basically didn't talk to each other any
more than
> necessary.
>
> I started working with digital equipment all the way back in 1965
when they
> still had vcuum tubes for some operations. Yep, I'm telling on
myself, my
> first electronics school was in 1960 and there were damn few
transistors
> anywhere then, and the IC was a generation away. Sorry for the
hassle with
> the AutoCAD, but I will tackle the scanner this coming weekend, I
have a
> busy week ahead of me.
>
> Thanks for the compliment. My '85 is still in the garage
undergoing a
> massive cosmetic re-do and serious bump-up of the 5.0 and
everything else in
> fact. But when I am finished, it will be impossible to tell it
from
> original from the outside. It was neglected by the 16 year old
girl for
> whom it was bought here in Fort Lauderdale for her birthday, and
the
> interior was ragged out. It had also been repainted with Enron,
and allllll
> that crap has to come off, so it is not a simple project. I am not
> concerned about resale value as it will be passed to my son who is
34 at the
> present time, but that is as far down the road as I can possible
make it. I
> will be taking it with me to Texas when we move in the spring most
likely.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ken
>
>
> > Ken, excellent explanation....better than I could have done.
Marq
> > take heed. Ken, I tried every which way & then enlisted the
help of
> > my son, waaaaaaaaay more knowledgable than I with things
computer.
> > Neither of us could find a program able to open the files you
posted.
> > Could you do it another way? Has anyone out there been able to
view
> > Ken's info? If so, please tell how.
> >
> > Marq, I am not real familiar with the 84/85/86 Mercury Capri
> > Converts. I do know that they are differentin operation than the
> > 87/88/89/90 Mustang versions, especially in the switching from
> > a "hook" to a auger-screw to secure the top to the tommeasu
cover.
> > Never owning a Capri version, I have never actually seen one work
> > close up. I do know tat in BOTH versions this operation is/was
> > problematical! To muddy the waters further, the 1990s are
different
> > that the 89/88 & 87s!
> >
> > We owner's were never supplied any such technical info such as
> > drawings or ever written info.
> >
> > Obviously, asc/McLaren thought they were 100% fail-proof !
> >
> > Good Luck, & Ken, can you post them somehow?
> >
> > S A N D Y
> >
> >
> >
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