- 1. Anybody out there? (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Fri, 12 Oct 90 10:51:47 EDT
- What with our system being kind of whacked and Jim M. being away, this may or may not be a real problem, but no britcar mail in the last few days. At least for me. If you love something, set it free;
- /html/british-cars/1990-10/msg00048.html (6,614 bytes)
- 2. I'm kinda incognito, but... (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Ed Devinney)
- Date: Thu, 6 Sep 1990 16:51:51 GMT
- Due to circumstances beyond my control (ie, besides work going crazy, my A/UX mailer is barfing again), I've been both unable to mail out and been unaware of same. Until our system genies sprinkle mo
- /html/british-cars/1990-09/msg00066.html (7,354 bytes)
- 3. Re: 50 yrs of MG's (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Fri, 14 Sep 90 17:09:00 EDT
- Mike Johnson asks: What are friends for, anyway, if you can't get them to come on over and help with the cars? Why, just this very last weekend, I had three of my closest friends over to shuffle the
- /html/british-cars/1990-09/msg00179.html (7,089 bytes)
- 4. Re: Number Two (?) (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 90 10:10:20 EDT
- Well, the yellowing might be a problem, but I've found that the fogging can be removed pretty well by using an *very* fine polish/abrasive. I use the Zymol cleaner, 'cause that's what I have around,
- /html/british-cars/1990-09/msg00202.html (6,823 bytes)
- 5. Re: SOL Patch prices (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 90 14:04:19 EDT
- Dustin Kassman has kindly posted a collection of patch/t-shirt/etc prices. These seem in line with the rest of my (admittedly small) research so far. Seems that the real change from one manufacturer
- /html/british-cars/1990-09/msg00208.html (7,772 bytes)
- 6. That Lotus Generator's Still Around... (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Wed, 15 Aug 90 17:13:12 EDT
- ...and is just itching for someone to cover the shipping costs to have it for her/his very own. Otherwise, I gotta chuck it; you know, like the old saying goes: A working Lucas part is a terrible thi
- /html/british-cars/1990-08/msg00149.html (7,489 bytes)
- 7. Do Not Adjust Your Set (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Wed, 15 Aug 90 21:25:30 EDT
- The reason that there hasn't been any SOL ID stuff is because I haven't been around to send any, having spent last week at SIGGRAPH. I'll try to have some pricing info soon. [Hey Dr. Bobwrench! I was
- /html/british-cars/1990-08/msg00157.html (6,592 bytes)
- 8. Re: Okay, I changed my mind. (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 90 14:23:28 EDT
- I noticed an odd looking car in one of the small pictures, so I take a closer look. Yep, now THAT is what I *NEED*. It was a Jaguar V-12 XJS, and had been done over as an estate, or as we call it ove
- /html/british-cars/1990-08/msg00323.html (7,262 bytes)
- 9. BritCars at Brookline (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 90 22:48:13 EDT
- Sorry to be so thick and bandwidth-wasting, but I seem to have ignored mention of where the Scionery (?) might be meeting up at Brookline, MA on Sunday. Any word? And for the rest of the list, Why do
- /html/british-cars/1990-07/msg00099.html (6,568 bytes)
- 10. Re: British Cars Day (was It's a conspiracy) (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Mon, 16 Jul 90 17:28:11 EDT
- As Garry noted, this was a fine, fine show. I'm sorry I didn't meet anyone (I was the red-haired Irish-looking guy with flourescent cap & a bandana around my neck to keep the sun off. Oh yeah, tie-dy
- /html/british-cars/1990-07/msg00151.html (8,641 bytes)
- 11. SOL Identifier Offer, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 90 22:20:20 EDT
- Well, to quote the cheesy TV ads, _Response Has Been Overwhelming_! So, I guess we're on. Most folk seem to prefer a window sticker, which is the direction in which I'm leaning for this first run. So
- /html/british-cars/1990-07/msg00166.html (8,204 bytes)
- 12. Flash! Solomonic Wisdom Saves Day! (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Sat, 21 Jul 90 21:28:08 EDT
- Yes brothers, sisters, and hermaphrodites, there _is_ a solution to the great "What does SOL mean this year and do I want it on a T shirt?" quandry: SOLid design Mk II consists of... For those of you
- /html/british-cars/1990-07/msg00226.html (8,242 bytes)
- 13. Why A New Car Isn't Always Best (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 90 13:17:55 EDT
- I was at loose ends this weekend, having finished a serious spate of work, and I realized one great draw of older cars: you can work on them. Sure, the Miata does just about everything one wants from
- /html/british-cars/1990-07/msg00309.html (7,404 bytes)
- 14. Lotus Bit For Sale (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 90 13:06:52 EDT
- Yes, that's right, just one Bit: my next-door neighbor is moving to smaller digs, and in cleaning up came across his spare Elan generator. Made by the Price O' darkness hisself, P/N 22700N, 12V. Used
- /html/british-cars/1990-07/msg00310.html (6,687 bytes)
- 15. SOL @ SIGGRAPH (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 90 13:03:41 EDT
- I see that Dr. Bobwrench will be at SIGGRAPH, as will I. Anyone else going to be there? I'll be in among the Hypermedia displays, illuminating the joys of IRIS Intermedia. Stop on by! ed devinney ejd
- /html/british-cars/1990-07/msg00311.html (6,474 bytes)
- 16. Re: Mowogian Religious Rantings (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Wed, 27 Jun 90 11:07:11 EDT
- this wonderful car, if only to maintain the resale value of engineless British cabriolets. There are plenty of worse engines than that of the Stag. The Vega motor springs immediately to mind, and the
- /html/british-cars/1990-06/msg00190.html (7,376 bytes)
- 17. Re: diffs and antiques (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Fri, 4 May 90 16:43:45 EDT
- ^^^^^^ Sounds like your fiends are right where everyone's fiends are - exactly where you want them least, like freezing the leaf to the diff. In cases like this I find that a Sharp Whack often works
- /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00115.html (7,600 bytes)
- 18. Why we like these LBCs, despite the hassles (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Thu, 10 May 90 01:06:57 EDT
- Michael Sands, in writing about his Seven vs his Corvette, covers exactly the reasons that I own the cars I do, and is probably true for most people here. When I tell people that I have a Stag and a
- /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00201.html (7,784 bytes)
- 19. Re: Starting quickly (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Mon, 14 May 90 15:42:14 EDT
- David from Inmos asks about cooled fuel and effect on power. Colder fuel implies denser fuel, and hopefully more power given that there's denser air, too, and a proper mixture. Does this work? I don'
- /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00274.html (8,231 bytes)
- 20. Re: Starting quickly (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Wed, 16 May 90 01:34:08 EDT
- In response to my wisenheimer remark about BritCars needing the damp to run well, tim sez: I had noticed that they both run better in a light mist or fog than on those 3 sunny days a year, but I thou
- /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00341.html (7,766 bytes)
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