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201. Re: TVR Griffith Heat (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 10:41:03 -0400 (EDT); What, you have windows? And you want heat? It is sad to see the deterioration of a once proud automotive tradition. That's probably why responses have not been very sympathetic or helpful. *I* think; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00507.html (7,135 bytes)
202. Re: Worst boge I ever saw. (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 09:37:18 -0400 (EDT); I wondered myself. I think it must be that he shouldn't have wasted money on the aluminum foil; the epoxy alone should have been sufficient. Ray Gibbons, B.S., Ph.D. Professor of Molecular Physiology; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00594.html (8,124 bytes)
203. Re: Why "limeys?" (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 09:55:07 -0400 (EDT); Well, my good man, I dare say we have to call them *something*... OK, I'll be serious. The truth is this. In days of yore, after several months aboard ship, british sailors would notice the absence o; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00596.html (7,866 bytes)
204. Re: Anglias & Miscellaney (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 10:14:38 -0400 (EDT); I had a 60 or 61 Anglia sedan with the reverse slant rear window (which was an excellent idea). I think I bought it in 64; I do remember for sure that I paid $312.50 for it. That was cheap, even then; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00654.html (8,443 bytes)
205. Re: SCA? (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 10:56:30 -0400 (EDT); I would have said SCA stands for Soc. for Creative Anachronism. I would not use any scrapers to remove stickers. First, I'd try warming it with a lamp until it is very warm to the touch, and trying t; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00695.html (8,018 bytes)
206. Re: speedo is out...mph to rpm calculations (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 15:40:00 -0400 (EDT); I hope overdrive was an inexpensive option on these cars. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (80; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00722.html (8,329 bytes)
207. Metropolitan and MGB for sale (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 11:41:18 -0400 (EDT); A local "Buyer's Guide" for upstate NY and VT has the following cars advertised. Their low mileage may make them interesting: 58 Nash Metropolitan Coupe with 37K miles; $3310. Jerry Simon Auto Sales,; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00752.html (7,448 bytes)
208. TC's Forever (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 15:58:56 -0400 (EDT); Fellow nuts, I have just received my copy of "TCs Forever," by Michael Sherrell. Having spent >$70 for a book about a car I have never owned (I did drive one once, briefly), I had to steal an hour fr; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00767.html (7,025 bytes)
209. Re: TC's Forever (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 10:03:28 -0400 (EDT); Ca. 1960, I was offered a very straight TC. The engine had been rebuilt, the car was then stored while the owner was overseas, and when he returned the engine was stuck. The engine had been disassemb; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00822.html (7,950 bytes)
210. Hot rods... (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 10:21:50 -0400 (EDT); This weekend there is some sort of Northeast National Hot Rod meeting here, with 1500 (!) registrants. The area is alive with some very wild and wonderful rods. American individual automotive express; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00823.html (7,108 bytes)
211. Re: Stereotypes (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 11:59:22 -0400 (EDT); Nope, I think you are pretty close in my case. Ray Gibbons; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00829.html (7,048 bytes)
212. Re: SU FUEL PUMPS (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 2 Aug 1994 14:03:27 -0400 (EDT); and Will responded: Hmmm... A pool cue sounds more American brute force than the subtle solution truly worthy of an LBC. Particularly a Healey. May I suggest the following. Install a turn signal flas; /html/british-cars/1994-08/msg00064.html (9,336 bytes)
213. St. Louis British Car Day (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 11:10:08 -0400 (EDT); Dear Group, On Aug. 4, Larry Snyder posted that the St. Louis British Car Day would be Sept. 10, a Saturday, rather than on Sunday as in the past, and run by the MG club rather than the Healey Club.; /html/british-cars/1994-08/msg00334.html (7,799 bytes)
214. Re: '49 Triumph, what is that? (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 11:59:42 -0400 (EDT); Dear Jen, It is a 49 Triumph Roadster; you are just too young to remember them. Depending on the angle from which they are viewed, they are either attractive or a little funny looking (like a perfect; /html/british-cars/1994-08/msg00337.html (8,239 bytes)
215. 112 lb: The REST of the story.. (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 14:15:50 -0400 (EDT); That's fine as far as it goes, but it does not really explain why a hundredweight is 112 pounds. You have to dig deeper. Long, long ago, in days of yore as it were, King Percival the Strange (who mos; /html/british-cars/1994-08/msg00343.html (8,381 bytes)
216. Re: Restoring English cars (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 11:49:42 -0400 (EDT); [cut] A sage once said: If a task seems insuperable, break it into a series of small tasks. That way, you can be completely overcome gradually. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics; /html/british-cars/1994-08/msg00396.html (7,208 bytes)
217. Re: Repairing holes in MGA inner frame rails. (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 15:13:16 -0400 (EDT); Comment: I seriously doubt distortion will be a problem if you MIG weld an inch in one place, skip to another a few inches away (or alternate welding on the two frame rails). Just don't crank up the; /html/british-cars/1994-08/msg00411.html (9,396 bytes)
218. Worst bodge contest (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 13:50:20 -0400 (EDT); Dear group, Whilst I was vacationing (i.e. working on my fixerupper house and shopping for a new appliance car), it sounds as if a "my worst bodge" contest got started. I want to enter. Some years ag; /html/british-cars/1994-08/msg00620.html (7,937 bytes)
219. Re: miscellaneous (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 17:07:32 -0400 (EDT); I think it is the polarity of the coil that is most important. Although the pattern of point erosion may be affected by a change of polarity. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Un; /html/british-cars/1994-08/msg00625.html (6,988 bytes)
220. Re: battery terminal sizes (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 25 Aug 1994 10:14:49 -0400 (EDT); Dear Will, Hard way: Get a voltmeter, put the + or "Volt/Ohm" lead on the large terminal and the "com" lead on the small terminal. If the reading is positive, then the large terminal is positive. (So; /html/british-cars/1994-08/msg00648.html (8,153 bytes)

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