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1. Optimist/pessimist (score: 1): Author: jeb@mtqua.att.com (James Beckman +1 908 957 3896); Date: 9 May 94 12:47:00 GMT; Here's a bit from an ad in the current Austin Healy Magazine: 1959 100-6 BN4-L-0/76711. Purchased 1984 by optimist. For sale 1994 by pessimist. $3000. Sound familiar? Sounds like someone is engineeri; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00200.html (6,601 bytes)
2. RE: A-H Overdrive (score: 1): Author: jeb@mtqua.att.com; Date: Mon, 7 Feb 94 16:27 EST; This little doohickey is properly titled the "valve setting lever", but it can also be used to actuate the overdrive. The valve operating shaft passes through the OD unit, with the lever operating o; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00215.html (7,134 bytes)
3. More on Skinned Knuckles (score: 1): Author: jeb@mtqua.att.com; Date: Tue, 15 Feb 94 14:35 EST; I've been a subscriber to Skinned Knuckles for quite a few years. It's a pretty skinny magazine, printed on cheap newsprint, but as somebody else said, it's cheap. The best thing about it is long mon; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00414.html (7,694 bytes)
4. Click & Clack on Bleeding Cooling Systems (score: 1): Author: jeb@mtqua.att.com; Date: Tue, 25 Jan 94 11:29 EST; The discussion of bleeding cooling systems reminds me of a tip I picked up from the "Puzzlah" on Public Radio's "Car Talk" show. The answer to the puzzler was that when the crusty old mechanic was in; /html/british-cars/1994-01/msg00508.html (7,556 bytes)
5. Sprouts of Lucas? (score: 1): Author: jeb@mtqua.att.com; Date: Mon, 31 Jan 94 09:38 EST; Then a sentimental passion of a vegetable fashion must excite your languid spleen, An attachment "a la Plato" for a bashful young potato, or a not-too-French French bean! Though the Philistines may; /html/british-cars/1994-01/msg00685.html (7,119 bytes)
6. More on MIG welders (score: 1): Author: jeb@mtqua.att.com; Date: Mon, 22 Nov 93 09:52 EST; Some second-hand information on MIG welders. A friend of mine bought a MIG unit from Harbor Freight. At first he was quite happy with it, but became disillusioned later as the wire feed drive started; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00417.html (6,738 bytes)
7. More Famous Movie Cars (score: 1): Author: jeb@mtqua.att.com; Date: Wed, 6 Oct 93 16:20 EDT; Here's a reference from way out in left field. In Mexico, professional wrestlers are, or have been in the past, cult figures. There was one particular guy, called El Santo, who always wore a mask and; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00099.html (7,123 bytes)
8. LBCs on the Tube (score: 1): Author: jeb@mtqua.att.com; Date: Mon, 11 Oct 93 11:09 EDT; Last night Masterpiece Theater (should that be Theatre?) started a series of four new episodes of "Wooster and Jeeves" from the P. G. Wodehouse stories. So what does Bertie Wooster drive? Some kind o; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00170.html (6,572 bytes)
9. Re: Jester's Spitfires (score: 1): Author: jeb@mtqua.att.com; Date: Tue, 17 Aug 93 09:09 EDT; Jester asks about the feasibility of putting a slip-o-matic into a Spitfire: Blasphemy! Don't do it! But wait, the solution is obvious. If your GF can't learn to handle the gearbox, teach her to repl; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00686.html (7,356 bytes)
10. Car Dollies (score: 1): Author: jeb@mtqua.att.com (James Beckman +1 908 957 3896); Date: 18 Aug 93 14:25:00 GMT; No, this isn't a sexist posting. There's a company here in NJ that makes car dollies on casters. I've seen them demonstrated at the Atlantic City auction, and I've been thinking about buying a set, b; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00713.html (6,815 bytes)
11. Classic Car Insurance Restrictions (score: 1): Author: jeb@mtqua.att.com; Date: Thu, 3 Jun 93 11:38 EDT; I use Condon & Skelly for my old cars. I've never had to make a claim, so I can't comment on how well they handle that. The restrictions they impose are representative of most of the classic car insu; /html/british-cars/1993-06/msg00068.html (7,487 bytes)
12. RE: Clutch M/C and slave rebuilds (score: 1): Author: jeb@mtqua.att.com; Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 11:15 EDT; Someone was complaining about the cost of new clutch master and slave cylinders for an MGB. Have you considered having them re-sleeved? This is available from several places for 40-50 bucks per cylin; /html/british-cars/1993-06/msg00189.html (6,891 bytes)
13. Monocoques in Tulsa (score: 1): Author: jeb@mtqua.att.com; Date: Thu, 20 May 93 11:04 EDT; Maybe if you got all these parts together in a big pile, you could enlist Oral Roberts' help. He could lay his powerful right hand on the engine block, and the rest of the car would assemble itself; /html/british-cars/1993-05/msg00300.html (6,875 bytes)
14. LCB stuff in AutoWeek (score: 1): Author: jeb@mtqua.att.com; Date: Thu, 3 Dec 92 09:44 EST; If you don't subscribe to AutoWeek, you might consider grabbing the November 30 issue. LBC subjects: The Rover MG is on the cover, plus a two-page test and review. Article on the current status of Lu; /html/british-cars/1992-12/msg00032.html (7,068 bytes)
15. LBCs on da tube (score: 1): Author: jeb@mtqua.att.com; Date: Thu, 10 Dec 92 09:32 EST; While watching TV last night, I caught a Sears ad for Craftsman tools. Showed a garage scene, with stacked Craftsman rollaway tool chests, wrenches, happy and greasy sworker. You only catch a view of; /html/british-cars/1992-12/msg00151.html (6,551 bytes)
16. How you say, Jaguar (score: 1): Author: jeb@mtqua.att.com; Date: Tue, 3 Nov 92 09:04 EST; The controversy over the pronunciation of Jaguar was discussed at great length earlier this year on Car Talk (public radio show featuring Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers, and marginally concerne; /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00037.html (7,342 bytes)
17. Re: Spit Stuff (score: 1): Author: jeb@mtqua.att.com; Date: Fri, 2 Oct 92 15:29 EDT; Dan Parslow posts: Some nitpicking for a Friday afternoon (after all, we who carry the sacred flame must keep the details straight). Hawker built the Hurricane. Supermarine built the Spitfire. Both,; /html/british-cars/1992-10/msg00037.html (7,007 bytes)
18. Brit car joke (score: 1): Author: jeb@mtqua.att.com; Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 10:59 EDT; I hope this one hasn't made the rounds extensively yet. Why are British sports cars a lot like Ross Perot? Sometimes they run, sometimes they don't. Jim Beckman att!mtqua!jeb; /html/british-cars/1992-10/msg00110.html (6,258 bytes)
19. Lime Rock, Conn. (score: 1): Author: jeb@mtqua.att.com; Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 07:59 EDT; I've missed most of the car show/races I planned on this summer, but I'm planning on making it to the VSCCA races at Lime Rock on Saturday (Oct. 17). Just as a spectator, and driving some Detroit hea; /html/british-cars/1992-10/msg00229.html (6,371 bytes)
20. The Eternal Search (score: 1): Author: jeb@mtqua.att.com; Date: Tue, 27 Oct 92 16:18 EST; On the subject of Hillman spares, Roger Garnett posts: This is absolutely true! I have several old cars, of both British and US origin. People always ask, "But don't you have trouble getting parts fo; /html/british-cars/1992-10/msg00404.html (6,916 bytes)

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