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1. Re: Value of a '74 MGB (score: 1)
Author: marrone@optilink.dsccc.com (Frank_Marrone)
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 16:34:34 -0800
I sold a '73 about 5 years ago (prices were perhaps a bit higher then than now) for $1100. Ran OK, bad clutch, smog intact, top and interior like yours, rust free, moderate to severe damage to driver
/html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00798.html (7,449 bytes)

2. Re: British Cars DRE: Alpines (score: 1)
Author: marrone@optilink.dsccc.com (Frank_Marrone)
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 15:45:52 -0800
I am seriously considering a NA 2.3L in my series I Alpine and have been doing quite a bit of research to that end. The Turbo swap has been done by Steve Alcala in the LA CA. area. He is active in C
/html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00924.html (9,711 bytes)

3. Volvo and Jensen? (score: 1)
Author: marrone@optilink.dsccc.com (Frank Marrone)
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 1994 09:49:33 -0800
Does anybody know if there is a connection between Jensen motors and volvo or volvo 1800 engine and english cars/mfgs? -- Frank Marrone at marrone@optilink.dsccc.com 1965 Sunbeam Tiger B9471116 1960
/html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00424.html (6,843 bytes)

4. Jensen and the Tiger and Alpine (score: 1)
Author: marrone@optilink.dsccc.com (Frank Marrone)
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 11:47:30 -0800
Jensen did assemble Tigers but not Alpines. Ron mentions Pressed Steel as the body manufacturer for the P1800 which is interesting because pressed steel was a Rootes subsidiary which produced both th
/html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00472.html (6,704 bytes)

5. Re: B6.9 litre XJ-S (score: 1)
Author: marrone@optilink.dsccc.com (Frank Marrone)
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 1994 14:55:28 -0800
Actually a Jag based 7.0 litre 4-cam v-12 (this one fitted in a E-type) does exist. I helped work on it, its nasty, fast, and unreliable. Used heads off the new six with quite a bit of mods to one si
/html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00861.html (6,732 bytes)

6. MG Midget Shortblock (score: 1)
Author: marrone@optilink.dsccc.com (Frank Marrone)
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 09:12:10 -0700
My friend Dave in Visalia, CA., has a 1965 Midget with a 1972(?) 1275cc engine. He would like to find a source for an exchange short block, he wants to stay with the 1275. Could anyone recommend a so
/html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00350.html (6,555 bytes)

7. Whats the truth about Brit Break Fluid? (score: 1)
Author: marrone@optilink.dsccc.com (Frank Marrone)
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 09:18:31 -0700
I thought I already new the answer to this question but recently I have had some reasons to shake my confidence in my beliefs. What is the straight, modern day, scoop on break fluid in brit car syste
/html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00351.html (6,957 bytes)

8. Poor Snake... (score: 1)
Author: marrone@optilink.dsccc.com (Frank Marrone)
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 10:10:08 -0700
Come on TeriAnn this car is in "original unrestored condition", what a find! Don't ever sell Roland! -- Frank Marrone at marrone@optilink.dsccc.com 1965 Sunbeam Tiger B9471116
/html/british-cars/1994-10/msg01188.html (6,757 bytes)

9. Superchargers in LBCs (score: 1)
Author: marrone@optilink.dsccc.com (Frank Marrone)
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 1994 14:56:27 -0800
I have seen MGBs with a single (large) SU feeding a belt driven supercharger. Who makes these and are they still available? Are they any good? Pitfalls? How much? Are there units available for other
/html/british-cars/1994-10/msg01513.html (6,564 bytes)

10. Who's selling an Alpine? (score: 1)
Author: marrone@optilink.dsccc.com (Frank Marrone)
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1994 12:22:09 -0700
Sorry to bomb the list with this but (obviously not that sorry)... A few months back I solicited some information from a nice gentleman in (I believe) Texas about an Alpine he had for sale. At the ti
/html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00330.html (7,129 bytes)

11. Radios (Re:STUFF) (score: 1)
Author: marrone@optilink.dsccc.com (Frank Marrone)
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 09:13:53 -0700
Ya, but it's nice to have something to listen to when your stranded at the side of the road trying to figure out how your going to boodge your way home. -- Frank Marrone at marrone@optilink.dsccc.co
/html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00604.html (6,697 bytes)

12. Re:Engine Swap- Buick Aluminum Block (score: 1)
Author: marrone@optilink.dsccc.com (Frank Marrone)
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 10:29:21 -0700
Because it was cheaper to cast block of iron than aluminum! ?Anyway, these Buick engines are rare since not too many units went into ?production. If you consider 500,000 units "not too many". These
/html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00755.html (8,568 bytes)

13. MG Midget Shortblock (score: 1)
Author: marrone@optilink.dsccc.com (Frank Marrone)
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 09:12:10 -0700
My friend Dave in Visalia, CA., has a 1965 Midget with a 1972(?) 1275cc engine. He would like to find a source for an exchange short block, he wants to stay with the 1275. Could anyone recommend a so
/html/british-cars/1994-08/msg00615.html (6,555 bytes)

14. Whats the truth about Brit Break Fluid? (score: 1)
Author: marrone@optilink.dsccc.com (Frank Marrone)
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 09:18:31 -0700
I thought I already new the answer to this question but recently I have had some reasons to shake my confidence in my beliefs. What is the straight, modern day, scoop on break fluid in brit car syste
/html/british-cars/1994-08/msg00616.html (6,957 bytes)

15. Blown 3.5L V8 for sale (score: 1)
Author: marrone@optilink.dsccc.com (Frank Marrone)
Date: Mon, 16 May 94 16:56:14 PDT
I'm not sure what the big deal about the 3.5L V8s is all about (I have had four of them and they seem pretty easy to come by around here in bone yards) but since there seems to be a lot of enthusiasm
/html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00429.html (6,904 bytes)

16. Re: Blown 3.5L V8 for sale (score: 1)
Author: marrone@optilink.dsccc.com (Frank Marrone)
Date: Tue, 17 May 94 14:11:32 PDT
Yes, been there, done that. Well sort of, I aquired all the parts, built a mean powerplant and started the conversion but I was forced to sell out in order to buy our first home. By the time I was f
/html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00458.html (8,648 bytes)

17. Steam'n Demon (score: 1)
Author: marrone@optilink.dsccc.com (Frank Marrone)
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 94 15:26:29 PDT
Well, I finally pulled engine out of my Tiger last weekend an found myself faced with the usual caked on layers on grundge to deal with. I figured this might be a good time to pull out the old Clayto
/html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00247.html (9,124 bytes)

18. RE: Manifold Woes (score: 1)
Author: marrone@optilink.dsccc.com (Frank Marrone)
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 94 09:15:45 PDT
I tried to send this to Robert directly but it bounced. Robert, Having just removed my Tiger engine for the first time I can appreciate your reluctance to remove the engine again! I have an Idea for
/html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00624.html (7,328 bytes)

19. harmonic balancers and CA plates (score: 1)
Author: marrone@optilink.dsccc.com (Frank Marrone)
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 09:56:14 PST
Does anyone know of a service for rebuilding (replacing rubber isolator on) harmonic balancers? The unit for my Tiger is in real bad shape and this balancer is supposed to be unique to the Tigers. Ca
/html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00643.html (7,062 bytes)

20. Re: cash for junkers (score: 1)
Author: marrone@optilink.dsccc.com (Frank Marrone)
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 10:19:30 PST
I'm sure old chevy nova fans say the same thing only about those revolting old british cars that nobody likes. It is extremely naive to think that only "uninteresting cars will be gone" just look at
/html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00645.html (8,350 bytes)


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