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21. Re: stereotypes (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Thu, 06 Oct 94 13:11:52 BST; There has been a bit of a silence on this subject from us reserved english types, so, not to let the side down completely, I'll fess up and admit to being 100% old english geezer of 48, at 6' 1", not; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00719.html (8,965 bytes)
22. Re: valuables (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Fri, 14 Oct 94 11:48:31 BST; My young son posted all my sockets down the ventilation flap at the back of our Metro - spent hours fishing with a magnet on the end of a piece of string! Ah, kids, bless their little hearts! Grrr. P; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00971.html (6,297 bytes)
23. Restoration techniques (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Wed, 19 Oct 94 16:25:53 BST; Turned the first screw and dripped the first drops of blood on the garage floor last night in the Jensen restoration. So far, it's nice to work on, and I've just taken the rear bumper in for rechromi; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg01131.html (7,479 bytes)
24. Reliant Robins (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Tue, 25 Oct 94 15:01:30 GMT; Stieber A <stiebera@db.erau.edu> asks: Honestly, you really don't want to know! They are awful! A cross between a Vespa 3-wheel delivery van and a bicycle rickshaw. Jasper Carrott makes a living maki; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg01318.html (7,305 bytes)
25. In at the deep end (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Tue, 06 Sep 94 11:42:58 BST; Welcome back after your Labour Day off! After a year of lurking and reminiscing, I have finally rejoined the ranks of LBC owners. Yeees! It was quite painless in the end, but it was tense for a while; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00096.html (9,149 bytes)
26. Jensen GIF (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Fri, 09 Sep 94 17:07:40 BST; I have put a gif photo of the Jensen on the Utah server, under the name paulg_interceptor.gif, in case anyone is interested. I hope the transfer worked - I have not done this before. Paul.; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00214.html (6,311 bytes)
27. Confessions of another bodger (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Fri, 16 Sep 94 12:27:24 BST; SOLers forgive me for I have bodged. Nothing as swashbuckling as making my own 7-cylinder flathead, or holding on axles with half a tree, just nasty PO-type bodges, motivated by poverty or ignorance,; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00378.html (6,971 bytes)
28. Fifties US Automobilaria (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Fri, 16 Sep 94 14:44:12 BST; Not strictly an LBC question, but some of you might have an interest in the 50s US motoring scene as well. Even if all of us are not familiar with the works of Steppenwolf, some of the older geezers; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00379.html (7,065 bytes)
29. Re: Triumph and cabinet trivia (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Wed, 21 Sep 94 15:55:24 BST; Mike A Gendimenico asks: This is no doubt the logo for BSI, the British Standards Institute, known also as the "kite" mark, because it looks like a, er, heart. It is like DIN, ANSI, SAE etc etc, but; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00508.html (7,278 bytes)
30. Re: Rover SD1 (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Fri, 23 Sep 94 10:36:54 BST; Naah, The smallest Rover SDI engine was the 4-cylinder 2.0 E-series, then the 6-cylinder 2.3 and 2.6. There was also a turbo diesel from an italian manufacturer whose name escapes me. Beautiful car (; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00588.html (6,853 bytes)
31. Re: Plymouth Cricket (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 10:27:24 BST; As Phil says, the Cricket was the Hillman Avenger, available with 1200 and 1500 engines. I seem to remember it was the first fruit of the Chrysler take over of the Rootes Group, where they moved from; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00737.html (6,947 bytes)
32. Re: Engine swap - Buick aluminium block (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 12:08:48 BST; Matt Silveira recommends True that they didn't really work in the US in the sixties hauling two-ton monsters when petrol was only two cents a gallon - after all, a BDA in my Jensen would make a bad c; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00738.html (7,363 bytes)
33. Cars on BBC2 (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Fri, 30 Sep 94 12:00:06 BST; A good series on classic cars has just finished on Channel 4 over here and a new one started on BBC2 last Sunday, featuring the Ford Zephyr/Zodiac. This week, it's the turn of the Jensen Interceptor; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00814.html (6,521 bytes)
34. Re: British English translation, please (Thu Aug 18 07:53:19 1994) (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Thu, 18 Aug 94 13:08:54 BST; Yes, you guessed right: "nearside" is the side nearest the kerb (curb), while "offside" is the other side. In England, nearside translates to the left of the car when seated in the car. In cricket,; /html/british-cars/1994-08/msg00491.html (7,166 bytes)
35. Floor paint (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Mon, 04 Jul 94 12:00:24 BST; Yes! Floor paint is a good idea and it works. It keeps the floor clean and seals it so you don't get cement dust everywhere. Mine is painted BRG of course, though pale grey is cool. I think I'd like; /html/british-cars/1994-07/msg00035.html (6,811 bytes)
36. Re: ...and another Daimler arrives. (Tue Jul 5 12:57:52 1994) (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Wed, 06 Jul 94 09:41:00 BST; Your new Daimler sounds nice - I now know why there is a Vanden Plas model in the USA, unknown here (except on Rovers). Most European plates are different in size, colour, typeface and configuration; /html/british-cars/1994-07/msg00162.html (7,280 bytes)
37. Westminster-what that? (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Fri, 08 Jul 94 11:54:49 BST; The Austin Westminster was (by UK standards) a big, heavy, solid saloon much favoured by bank managers and chartered accountants in the sixties (can you handle the image?). Austin's answer to the Ro; /html/british-cars/1994-07/msg00170.html (6,790 bytes)
38. Re: Sports 2+2 needed (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Wed, 13 Jul 94 12:18:02 BST; I'm in just the same position, shopping for a 2+2. I've had three MGBs (2 GTs and a roadster), so I've been there a bit. No longer being a wind-in-the-hair type, I'm tending towards a Jensen. They s; /html/british-cars/1994-07/msg00266.html (7,199 bytes)
39. Re: Dolomite Sprint (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Fri, 10 Jun 94 10:39:30 BST; Bob Lang <LANG@ISIS.MIT.EDU> asks: does anyone have any production statistics regarding Dolomite Sprints? By this I mean: 1. how many were manufactured 2. were there many variants? 3. are engine/tran; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00433.html (7,609 bytes)
40. Re: Dolly Sprints (score: 1): Author: pgarside@acorn.co.uk (Paul Garside); Date: Tue, 14 Jun 94 10:07:14 BST; As I was reminded (apologies for not recalling by whom, but I deleted my Digest), the Sprint had overdrive fitted as standard, which was a homologation ruse, I believe, so that Broadspeed could fit a; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00525.html (6,551 bytes)

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