- 1. Harrington (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@speedy.att.com
- Date: Mon, 2 Mar 92 10:48 EST
- A Sunbeam Harrington LeMans; If it the one that I am thinking of, this is a fastback body built on the Sunbeam Alpine body. It look from the side like an Aston Martin DB6 (if you squint real hard !!!
- /html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00010.html (6,747 bytes)
- 2. Bounce, KLUNK, Bounce (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@speedy.att.com
- Date: Tue, 3 Dec 91 14:10 EST
- What a shame, the Jersey Bounce is over for another year. For those that do not know, The Jersey Bounce is very brisk, 300 mile tsd rally run on forest fire trails in NJ. For the 3rd year, I decided
- /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00052.html (11,379 bytes)
- 3. Carpets (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@speedy.att.com
- Date: Wed, 4 Dec 91 09:32 EST
- I had the same problem when I needed to re-carpet my Scimitar, I could not find anybnody who made a carpet set for the car. So I removed the old carpets and had a good auto interior specialist make
- /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00067.html (9,060 bytes)
- 4. Cold Spit (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@speedy.att.com
- Date: Wed, 4 Dec 91 16:34 EST
- I am assuming that you mean, the engine really is not haering up, and not that the engineis heating up bu the temp guage registers low. Just before it got cold here in NJ, I noticed that by Midget (
- /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00087.html (8,655 bytes)
- 5. Slloowwwww.... (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@speedy.att.com
- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 91 14:13 EST
- If you want REAL slow, try a Land Rover with a 4 cyl DIESEL engine !!!!!. My brother had one of these beasts with the Perkins diesel, not only was it slloooowwwwww, but it was the noisiest car I hav
- /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00318.html (7,056 bytes)
- 6. MG & MOWOG (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@speedy.att.com
- Date: Mon, 16 Dec 91 17:14 EST
- As far as I remember, MG stood for Morris Garage, and MOWOG stood (stands(?)) for MOrris and WOlseley Garage I can not resist any more, I have kept out of the Miata bashing for a while but I have to
- /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00401.html (8,228 bytes)
- 7. Paint (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@speedy.att.com
- Date: Thu, 19 Dec 91 14:24 EST
- When I took both my cars to be painted this year, I asked the guy who was doing the work what he was going to use. He said Imron (?), and when I quizzed him why he wasn't using acrylic laquer, he an
- /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00461.html (8,865 bytes)
- 8. Painting in NJ (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@speedy.att.com
- Date: Fri, 20 Dec 91 12:43 EST
- If anybody who needs a car painting and lives around the central part of NJ and eastern PA, I know of a very good painter who will work with you throughout the project. I have seen 4 friend's cars th
- /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00493.html (6,348 bytes)
- 9. Rover 4 sale (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@speedy.att.com
- Date: Mon, 30 Dec 91 15:03 EST
- A friend of mine is geting rid of a Rover 2200TC. He bought it as a parts car, and has only taken the interior to put in his other Rover 2200. As far as I know, everything is there (with the interior
- /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00557.html (6,453 bytes)
- 10. Compression (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@speedy.att.com
- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 91 13:54 EDT
- Someone asked about the jets I am using in my Weber DGV 32/36. The idle jets are changed from 55 to 45 and the main jets went down 1 size ( I can't remember the actual size). To get at the idle jets,
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00435.html (8,412 bytes)
- 11. Pink ping (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@speedy.att.com
- Date: Thu, 24 Oct 91 12:04 EDT
- That's what I thought, until I started buying CAM2 from my loacal Sunoco dealer. The attendant always fills my tank with CAM2, even though the car is a street registered vehicle. I looked at the pum
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00449.html (8,311 bytes)
- 12. Pink, Ping (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@speedy.att.com
- Date: Thu, 24 Oct 91 15:12 EDT
- Jim writes:::: Yes. <--hot cold--> N7Y N8Y N9Y N11Y N12Y I do not know if Champion make a plug colder tha N12Y in that series. I know if you phone up Pegasaus Racing Products, they can supply you wit
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00455.html (6,907 bytes)
- 13. Midget bodies (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@speedy.att.com
- Date: Mon, 28 Oct 91 13:08 EST
- I spoke with Winner's Circle last week, as I was enquiring about a coil over shock conversion for a Midget. I saw this conversion on many Midgets at the SCCA Nationals (most of them were forn runners
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00509.html (7,701 bytes)
- 14. Sterling/Rover (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@speedy.att.com
- Date: Mon, 28 Oct 91 16:40 EST
- I thought that Sterlings were mainly of British content. When I lived in the UK, I thought I remember that the only Japanese components were the drivetrain and the undertray (chassis). Everything els
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00520.html (6,803 bytes)
- 15. Vintage Racing (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@speedy.att.com
- Date: Tue, 29 Oct 91 13:24 EST
- So Roger, are you interested in vintage racing as well ???? I am on the verge of buying a 1963 Spridet which is is fairly good condition but needs to be totally stripped an put back together (ie ther
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00539.html (8,441 bytes)
- 16. Booster (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@speedy.att.com
- Date: Tue, 29 Oct 91 13:28 EST
- The way my booster told me that it was reaching the end of its life, was by ingesting large quntities of brake fluid. There were no visible leaks anywhere on the car, but the fluid level had to topp
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00540.html (6,857 bytes)
- 17. Booste & things (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@speedy.att.com
- Date: Wed, 30 Oct 91 08:57 EST
- I had rebuilt the whole brake systems (ie new pipes, seals, cylinders etc), the only piece I did not replace was the booster. After fitting a new booster, I have not lost 1 drop of fluid in the last
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00560.html (8,664 bytes)
- 18. MG 1000 Rally (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@speedy.att.com
- Date: Mon, 5 Aug 91 14:48 EDT
- A view of the International 1000 from an MG I was really looking forward to the "1000" this year after if was cancelled last year. One month before the event, I spent a couple of weeks going from one
- /html/british-cars/1991-08/msg00077.html (12,425 bytes)
- 19. No distributor (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@speedy.att.com
- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 91 16:29 EDT
- More ponderings about the SCCA nationals: After most of the races, I walked through the scruteneering area, so I could get a real close look at the cars and saw a couple of interesting things : 1- th
- /html/british-cars/1991-08/msg00113.html (7,426 bytes)
- 20. TIRE PRESSURES (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@speedy.att.com
- Date: Thu, 7 Feb 91 13:49 EST
- I am assuming that you have the downdraft Weber. To adjust the idle circuit you use the mixture adjusting screw on the outside of the carb body. To adjust the progression circuit you have to set the
- /html/british-cars/1991-02/msg00086.html (8,017 bytes)
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