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81. Re: Response and Responsibility (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Fri, 6 Aug 93 13:36:32 PDT; (Heh. Got one. Ever play Whack-A-Mole, John? You put in a quarter, a toy mole pops its head up, and you get to go BONK on it with a rubber mallet. Highly satisfying... but this is the britcars list; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00541.html (10,341 bytes)
82. The Lucas Torpedo (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Fri, 6 Aug 93 14:04:14 PDT; Six or seven years ago, I worked with a fellow with the very British name of Ken Appleby. He had a Spitfire, I had my '74 B, and we used to motor out to Pickwick's Pub and throw darts after work on o; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00544.html (8,826 bytes)
83. Re: Search for B ends (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Mon, 9 Aug 93 11:43:23 PDT; I doubt that's the cause of the problem, but it's easy to check for. Stick a 9/16" deep socket on the nuts that hold the U-bolts on the axle-spring interface and see if they're tight. They should be; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00563.html (10,859 bytes)
84. Cirrhosis of the--oh, I just can't say it! (Was Re: lever shocks) (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 14:35:33 PDT; As the resident pedantic word-weenie, I'd like to put in my spit-inthe-wind comment about "dampen." Yeah, I looked it up to make sure, and "dampen" is an acceptable word to use for describing what t; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00605.html (11,677 bytes)
85. Re: Hitched! (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Thu, 12 Aug 93 10:37:26 PDT; It's not too late to back out of the deal... No woman who "makes" and "lets" you do what SHE wants with YOUR cars is worth it! This is but the thin end of the wedge. Six months it'll be "but I *let*; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00620.html (8,759 bytes)
86. Re: Adjustable camber on midgets (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Thu, 12 Aug 93 12:55:34 PDT; Exactly so. There's basically no adjustability built into the cars, other than to put shims under the outboard shock bolts. There are a couple of B tricks that address this issue. Wait a minute, tho; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00629.html (9,379 bytes)
87. Re: Adjustable camber on midgets (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Thu, 12 Aug 93 13:38:25 PDT; Not a bad suggestion. A couple of differences between the MGA (which uses the same front crossmember as "big" MGs from the TD through the B) and the Midget. The MG[TD,TF,A,B] crossmember mounts the; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00630.html (11,247 bytes)
88. Re: Hitched! (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Fri, 13 Aug 93 13:55:49 PDT; Well, lest poor Terry think that we're all leaping to attack his beloved, I'm sure there are mitigating circumstances that led him to his decision. I just can't imagine any. :-) No, really now. I re; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00651.html (9,724 bytes)
89. Re: Jester's Spitfires (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Tue, 17 Aug 93 09:13:22 PDT; You forgot my favorite part: / 4 2 o -- 3 1 R It's that overdrive switch up on the dash that really makes the pattern. But it's *nothing* compared to the look of those cars with the windscreen folde; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00692.html (7,335 bytes)
90. British Car Ownership (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 12:01:20 PDT; I've related this story to a couple of you in person, but I've been meaning to post it to the list as well. As many of you know, our family car is a 1963 Volvo 122S, which is almost a British car --; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00720.html (9,624 bytes)
91. Re: MGB (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Thu, 19 Aug 93 10:27:57 PDT; Year? Type of carbs (HS, HIF, or Z-S)? Anything unusual about the engine (cam, dual-point distributor, twin-cam alloy head?) As a general (but not ironclad) rule, temperature-related problems are mo; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00750.html (10,146 bytes)
92. Re: British Engineering Triumph-ant... (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Thu, 19 Aug 93 15:58:20 PDT; Before, actually; 1909 is the accepted initial date for the Skinner's Union. And I wish he'd known how to spell Healey... Multivalve engines, unfortunately, we have to credit to the French. The 1911; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00761.html (9,965 bytes)
93. Cleanup (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Mon, 23 Aug 93 12:25:48 PDT; As some of you might remember, the engine from The Green Car (my '71 MGB) is out, awaiting disassembly and eventual rebuilding. In its place is going the motor from The Black Car (my old EP racer wit; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00822.html (12,788 bytes)
94. Coincidence or CONSPIRACY??? (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 18:25:57 PDT; Somebody posted a couple of jokes to the net, including the I must have a really bad car. Every Sunday I take the family out for a push. Last week I bought the perfect second car: a tow truck. I don'; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00855.html (7,630 bytes)
95. Re: Crankshaft Question (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 10:57:31 PDT; Billet steel is the usual term. It means the crankshaft started out as a single piece (billet) of metal the size of the cumulative diameter of all the throws. This is then successively machined down; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00905.html (14,161 bytes)
96. Re: Interesting car for sale (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 12:09:55 PDT; I've seen this car, driven by Bondurant at the Historics some five or six years ago. Bondurant put on the most amazing show, ultimately demonstrating the difference between driving fast and *racing*; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00908.html (10,240 bytes)
97. Re: Re: Hot Clue (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Mon, 30 Aug 93 11:53:35 PDT; Phil, it's been too long since you've had a convertible. :-) (Or maybe it's just a California Sun kinda thang...) With no roof, and with the aluminum slab going all the way through the wheel rim, su; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00930.html (9,268 bytes)
98. Re: Audacity (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Tue, 31 Aug 93 09:42:20 PDT; And they stopped Abingdon from building a faster MGB because it was showing up the Stag. And they stopped Triumph from building a more reliable Stag because it would have showed up the by-then smogg; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00950.html (9,314 bytes)
99. Re: The Death of LBCs (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Tue, 31 Aug 93 16:09:33 PDT; This is consistent with the death of MG and Healey. The problem was not that their products were poorly engineered, quite the contrary. I've made a flippant semi-joke out of it, but it's quite liter; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00971.html (17,196 bytes)
100. Re: Group Lotus (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Tue, 31 Aug 93 16:17:13 PDT; So who's going to run it? Jerry Wiegert? Malcolm Bricklin? --Scott "Have you driven a fraud lately?" Fisher; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00972.html (6,779 bytes)

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