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1. your mileage may vary (score: 1): Author: mfrankfo@nebula.tbe.com; Date: Wed, 18 May 94 10:12:16 CDT; I use English units, furlongs per Imperial gallon, not commie units like kilometer per litre!; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00479.html (6,697 bytes)
2. Re: your mileage may vary (score: 1): Author: mfrankfo@nebula.tbe.com; Date: Thu, 19 May 94 11:08:17 CDT; phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier) I guess since you have a brother who once lived in France and you live in Minn you can speak for all Americans and Europeans. My information differs, however.; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00523.html (6,827 bytes)
3. NOS MGA 1622cc pistons (score: 1): Author: mfrankfo@nebula.tbe.com; Date: Mon, 4 Apr 94 15:03:31 CDT; I have some NOS still-in-the-box +.040 Mohle 1622 MGA pistons in my garage. These pistons need a good home. I sold my MGA to finance a Riley, so I don't need the pistons anymore. I am asking $125 plu; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00055.html (6,397 bytes)
4. Re: shooting brakes (score: 1): Author: mfrankfo@nebula.tbe.com; Date: Thu, 7 Apr 94 12:58:37 CDT; I believe "shooting brakes" refers to mechanical brakes. Several marques in the forties and early fifties had hydrolic front and mechanical rear brakes. Rileys and Rolls-Royce being among them. It wa; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00156.html (7,458 bytes)
5. MGA 1622cc pistons (score: 1): Author: mfrankfo@nebula.tbe.com; Date: Mon, 14 Mar 94 14:10:34 CST; I have some new +.40 Hepolite 1622 MGA pistons still in the box. Since I nolonger have an MGA, would you know of anyone who would like them? I want $125 US plus shipping. Martin Frankford mfrankfo@ne; /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00342.html (6,294 bytes)
6. Re: Truimph, MG, RIley, Austin, & Rover now part of BMW (score: 1): Author: mfrankfo@nebula.tbe.com; Date: Wed, 2 Feb 94 11:39:47 CST; The AP released a story yesterday detailing the aquisition of Rover by BMW. In the article the chairman of BMW is quoted as saying "I am very fond of the old traditional British sports car and the ol; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00045.html (6,895 bytes)
7. Morris Minor Axles (score: 1): Author: mfrankfo@nebula.tbe.com; Date: Mon, 7 Feb 94 15:21:58 CST; Would you identify an American car that could donate an axle for a Morris Minor. I have a Riley One-Point-Five which has the same halfshafts and chuncks as the Minor. Since I don't enjoy changing bro; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00214.html (6,629 bytes)
8. Re: Morris Minor Halfshafts (score: 1): Author: mfrankfo@nebula.tbe.com; Date: Tue, 8 Feb 94 09:43:12 CST; Philip J Ethier advises: No. The MM haftshafts are longer. Broken Minor halfsafts are machined (resplined) to fit Midgets. The problem is that high torque/high hp engines like in my One-Point-Five wi; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00244.html (6,889 bytes)
9. Re: Riley lense (score: 1): Author: mfrankfo@nebula.tbe.com; Date: Wed, 9 Feb 94 10:15:02 CST; Dear Marcel, I checked and the winning lotto number was L596! So what ARE you doing w/ MY lenses and how can I get them? As a point of fact, the Riley One-Point-Five was made from '57-'63. The RM ser; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00285.html (7,868 bytes)
10. Re: One-Point-Five Rearends (score: 1): Author: mfrankfo@nebula.tbe.com; Date: Wed, 9 Feb 94 13:38:54 CST; No. What you do is use a plasma cutter and cut the spring mounting plates from the donor axle and weld the plates on the transplant. Then take the two driveshafts and some measurements to a hotrod s; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00290.html (6,781 bytes)
11. Laygear (score: 1): Author: mfrankfo@nebula.tbe.com; Date: Fri, 3 Dec 93 09:25:42 CST; I believe the laysaft size was increased for the MGB from the MGA. Therefore you can use an MGB laygear in an MGA by enlarging the opening for the layshaft. Moss sold a kit to retrofit an MGB laygea; /html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00053.html (6,875 bytes)
12. Parts from the UK (score: 1): Author: mfrankfo@nebula.tbe.com; Date: Mon, 6 Dec 93 09:35:38 CST; I prefur ordering via FAX over voice. I came to this conclusion through painful experience. Orders are filled accurately more often, and sent to my address more often if I send a FAX. It seams that m; /html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00087.html (7,176 bytes)
13. RE: MGB clutch (score: 1): Author: mfrankfo@nebula.tbe.com; Date: Mon, 6 Dec 93 09:46:49 CST; The hardest part of replacing a clutch in an MGB is the mating of the engine and gearbox and aligning the clutch. This job is easier with the engine and gearbox on the garage floor. It is easy to ge; /html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00088.html (7,625 bytes)
14. High tarrifs (score: 1): Author: mfrankfo@nebula.tbe.com; Date: Mon, 6 Dec 93 10:05:25 CST; Until I ordered some Riley parts from Scotland, I didn't either. It turns out that international auto parts trade is heavily regulated and subject to large tariffs. Not the recent NAFTA vote and all; /html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00089.html (7,351 bytes)
15. Re: MGB clutch (score: 1): Author: mfrankfo@nebula.tbe.com; Date: Mon, 6 Dec 93 11:17:26 CST; It also says to remove the floorboards first. Doing a R&R on the floorboards is harder than mating the engine with the gearbox in the car! I was using a chain. Had I had one of the devices to adjust; /html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00091.html (7,488 bytes)
16. Re: Tire Rack (score: 1): Author: mfrankfo@nebula.tbe.com; Date: Wed, 3 Nov 93 08:08:28 CST; I might add, they will bend your rims at no additional charge. -- Martin Frankford Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. mfrankfo@nebula.tbe.com (205)726-2366 voice (205)726-3976 fax --; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00064.html (7,304 bytes)
17. Re: Re: Tire Rack (score: 1): Author: mfrankfo@nebula.tbe.com; Date: Wed, 3 Nov 93 15:07:35 CST; You might try Walmart, that's what I did. They quoted me a lower price than anyone else and then charged me even less. In fact their mounting & balancing prices were lower than what I paid a tire sto; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00080.html (9,089 bytes)
18. SU douwndraught (score: 1): Author: mfrankfo@nebula.tbe.com; Date: Tue, 16 Nov 93 09:02:39 CST; Roger Garnett writes (WRT downdraught SUs) Nope. The SUs of the late 40's early 50's had heavy brass pistons to provide inertia damping. Sometime around the time of the BMC merger the pistons were ch; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00297.html (7,072 bytes)
19. Re: engine rebuild (score: 1): Author: mfrankfo@nebula.tbe.com; Date: Fri, 15 Oct 93 09:42:24 CDT; I have a bunch of cheep camshafts. Can you give me a hint on what type of engine it goes into? -- Martin Frankford Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. mfrankfo@nebula.tbe.com (205)726-2366 voice (205)7; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00314.html (7,080 bytes)
20. Re: 56 Jag 3.4 Saloon... (score: 1): Author: mfrankfo@nebula.tbe.com; Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 08:32:13 CDT; WRT Gary l. Berry's 56 Jag Saloon. I once a half dozen years ago had a close encounter with a 59 MK II Jag 3.4 Saloon. It had a perfect no-rust no-collision-damage body w/ a shot interior. It too cou; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00436.html (6,989 bytes)

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