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221. Re: ignition switch & shocks (score: 1): Author: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier); Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 10:03:52 -0500 (CDT); \ I want to convert from the standard lever shocks to tubes on the front of my \ 73 Midget. \ Where did you purchase your conversion kits? J. C. Whitney, 312-431-6102 24-hour phone ordering. This is; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00117.html (9,351 bytes)
222. Re: Midget Info Needed (score: 1): Author: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier); Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 16:41:13 -0500 (CDT); Sure, until you can't get wider tires under them. Decide what you want to do with this car. Stock tires and wheels with ADDCO sway bars (from J. C. Whitless, of course) will give you a LOT of fun on; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00133.html (13,446 bytes)
223. Re: Minilite wheels (score: 1): Author: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier); Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1993 08:03:19 -0500 (CDT); I'm not sure what it takes to get a true magnesium wheel to catch on fire, but once it does, there is no putting it out. When Tom Swindell crashed his Formula A (5000) car at Road America years back,; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00139.html (7,062 bytes)
224. Europa just about on the road! (score: 1): Author: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier); Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1993 10:31:06 -0500 (CDT); I have been meaning to get you all up to speed on the progress of The Europa Project (sounds like a movie title about sinister doings on The Continent). I have taken a lot of vacation days to see if; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00144.html (13,641 bytes)
225. Re: Movie Cars (score: 1): Author: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier); Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 13:17:17 -0500 (CDT); The Cobra didn't. The guy with the outstate California accent had a couple of good lines. When he saw the Cobra his old rival had (he had a Ferrari) he said "What's this, a race for antique cars?".; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00200.html (8,189 bytes)
226. Re: LBC parts prices in Canada (score: 1): Author: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier); Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1993 08:15:33 -0500 (CDT); One does not lubricate them. They are supposed to be sealed and lubed for life. The ones on my Europa (same part that Triumph used) had the rubber boots rotted away. The lube had therefore been lost; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00218.html (6,974 bytes)
227. Re: TR4 Carbs - cost??? (score: 1): Author: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier); Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1993 09:57:20 -0500 (CDT); Didn't 1964 cars come with SUs? I would use SUs, not Zenith-Strombergs.; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00225.html (6,864 bytes)
228. Re: Answers to trivia (score: 1): Author: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier); Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1993 13:47:06 -0500 (CDT); I didn't think we were supposed to post the answers, but I guess we are here now. That's BRITISH STANDARD WHITWORTH, which is the obsolete coarse screw thread. The other is of course BSF for BRITISH; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00242.html (8,888 bytes)
229. Re: MGB Zenith to SU conversion (score: 1): Author: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier); Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1993 16:29:13 -0500 (CDT); I would thing the whole project would be much simpler and work better to use one large SU instead of twin carbs.; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00253.html (6,664 bytes)
230. Re: Berkshire British Motor Club; Our trivia contest (score: 1): Author: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier); Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 08:46:46 -0500 (CDT); Makes sense to me. Boot Cover? "Parking tickets were waving like flags on my windscreen" - The Stones Bulkhead. Used on ships in USA Gearbox. Fairly common in USA Tinkertoys. No, wait, that was the f; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00269.html (10,175 bytes)
231. Re: British Trivia (score: 1): Author: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier); Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 09:02:54 -0500 (CDT); But we still hear the word damper used and see it in manuals and parts lists. Actually seems to be a more accurate word to describe what they are supposed to do. I've never seen it. I expect that it; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00270.html (7,554 bytes)
232. Re: British Cars Digest #967 Thu Oct 14 01:15:01 MDT 1993 (score: 1): Author: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier); Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 09:11:12 -0500 (CDT); Halfshaft, generally, or axle shaft. They are also called driveshafts on FWD cars. That joke doesn't work very well in print, eh? The point is that it was a stupid question, IMHO. The type that stude; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00271.html (7,876 bytes)
233. Re: Answers to trivia (score: 1): Author: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier); Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 09:57:25 -0500 (CDT); OK, here is the way I understand this. In the USA we have fenders over the tires to prevent the tires from throwing mud and rocks. They fend off the flying objects. In the UK they have wings over the; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00274.html (7,830 bytes)
234. Re: engine rebuild (score: 1): Author: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier); Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 10:21:07 -0500 (CDT); I am sending this to british-cars because I don't know the answer. Please respond to Marcus at tooze@vinny.cecer.army.mil I think we are talking about a 1275cc A-block for a Midget.; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00276.html (7,821 bytes)
235. Re: Berkshire.. now side curtains (score: 1): Author: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier); Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 12:33:59 -0500 (CDT); There is an OLD American song called "The Surrey With the Fringe on the Top" A surrey is a horse-drawn four-wheeler with open sides and and a flat top made of fabric, which of course often carries de; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00284.html (7,896 bytes)
236. Re: Answers to trivia (score: 1): Author: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier); Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 12:19:13 -0500 (CDT); John Upham wrote FENDER = bumper, which really confused me. I think I have it now US UK Fender Wing Bumper Bumper; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00286.html (7,699 bytes)
237. Re: VALSPAR,the magic enamel (score: 1): Author: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier); Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 22:13:39 -0500 (CDT); A paint manufacturer here in Minnesota, USA is now called Minnesota paints, but it used to be called Valspar. I don't know if there is a connection. phile@stpaul.gov; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00306.html (6,941 bytes)
238. Re: Citroen for sale (British content! Honest!) (score: 1): Author: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier); Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1993 12:09:43 -0500 (CDT); Have you seen anybody about this? A Cobra and a 2CV? No, I would rather an SM, a GS, or an old Traction Avant How the heck can you get 2CV and Expressway in the same sentence? Doesn't it get run ove; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00323.html (7,490 bytes)
239. Europa makes autocross! (score: 1): Author: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier); Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1993 16:25:27 -0500 (CDT); There is autocross, British, and Lotus content here. I am going to take a chance and post this to all three lists. I wrote on the British and Lotus lists > Amazingly enough, this prediction came true; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00330.html (15,450 bytes)
240. Re: Antifreeze (score: 1): Author: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier); Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1993 08:18:37 -0500 (CDT); That is the answer you will get here in the Twin Cities. The Metropolitan Waste Control Commission (which gets most of the funds I collect for sewer use) says they can process it here. Here in Ramsey; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00342.html (7,937 bytes)

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