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101. Re: MGB tire size comment (score: 1): Author: sfisher@megatest.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 17:21:08 +0800; ~ I have seen it mentioned here several times that it is not possible ~ to mount tires larger than 185 on an MGB without modifications to the ~ fenders or at least a method to restrain lateral axle m; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00752.html (9,831 bytes)
102. Re: MG History? (score: 1): Author: sfisher@megatest.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 11:44:41 +0800; "What Year Is It?" This seemingly innocent question has, for M.G.s, a particularly confusing set of possible responses. For any given M.G. made between 1962 and 1980, there might be as many as three; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00789.html (13,445 bytes)
103. Re: MG History? (score: 1): Author: sfisher@megatest.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 15:19:04 +0800; ~ >> The model year code begins in 1970 with A and proceeds down the ~ >> alphabet. ~ >Huh? My Midget is GAN6UL212492G. So by this scheme it's an '81 Midget? ~ > ^ ~ >The sources I've read state that; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00801.html (8,623 bytes)
104. Re: LBCs become LGCs? (score: 1): Author: sfisher@Megatest.COM (Scott Fisher); Date: Tue, 1 Feb 94 10:12:30 PST; Well, Ettore Bugatti was born in Italy but naturalized French because he could found a semi-feudal industrial empire in Alsace. His son Jean may be the one you're thinking of; Jean, like Dino Ferrar; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00021.html (8,592 bytes)
105. Re: Interchanging Wheels (score: 1): Author: sfisher@Megatest.COM (Scott Fisher); Date: Tue, 1 Feb 94 11:12:17 PST; You'll have to measure the width and offset, but here's the relevant information on 5-on-5 wheels. (Yeah, I know it's probably just because of the alphabet, but isn't it cool to see the Big Healey a; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00033.html (9,891 bytes)
106. Re: I shed a tear as my friend is revived (score: 1): Author: sfisher@Megatest.COM (Scott Fisher); Date: Wed, 2 Feb 94 12:03:41 PST; I know the feeling... more on my first twisty hill road drive in the Green Car later, when I have time... Your mechanic is not only a bloodsucker, he is an idiot. I'll talk you through the carb rebu; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00065.html (8,203 bytes)
107. MGBMW (score: 1): Author: sfisher@Megatest.COM (Scott Fisher); Date: Wed, 2 Feb 94 11:58:19 PST; Yes, in fact the head of BMW has mentioned M.G. specifically as one of the marques that he'd like to revive. I have a few opinions on the matter... hmmm, what, a letter to the editor of Autoweek *an; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00066.html (8,048 bytes)
108. Re: Beam me up, Scotty... (score: 1): Author: sfisher@Megatest.COM (Scott Fisher); Date: Wed, 2 Feb 94 14:26:39 PST; Nein, Herr Dudley, I assure you that then they would be, wie sagt mann in Amerikanischer Schreibung, "Baymers." In German, they're called Bay Emm Vays. The Germans have the money, the technical know; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00073.html (7,734 bytes)
109. SF Bay Area M.G. Owners: Help Needed (score: 1): Author: sfisher@Megatest.COM (Scott Fisher); Date: Wed, 2 Feb 94 16:28:38 PST; I'm asking Bay Area M.G. owners (MGBs specifically, though I'm negotiable) for some assistance, in return for fame and fortune (well, fame, anyway). I mentioned some time ago that I was almost finish; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00074.html (9,585 bytes)
110. Re: BGT trans. removal (score: 1): Author: sfisher@Megatest.COM (Scott Fisher); Date: Wed, 2 Feb 94 15:53:08 PST; It is not. That piece is bolted into the car on both roadster and GT versions of the MGB, and I have the medical records to prove it. :-) (Short summary: if you do this, get the car as high as you c; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00075.html (8,314 bytes)
111. Re: 69 tr6 restoration (score: 1): Author: sfisher@Megatest.COM (Scott Fisher); Date: Wed, 2 Feb 94 13:57:56 PST; The right thing, the right thing... It depends on why you bought the car. If you bought the car hoping to make a solid investment that you could stow away for a few years, then cash in when it had m; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00076.html (9,506 bytes)
112. Re: Color choices for LBC's (score: 1): Author: sfisher@Megatest.COM (Scott Fisher); Date: Thu, 3 Feb 94 14:27:18 PST; I'd been sorely tempted to paint my next race car white and use blue letters (the color of choice for generic products where I grew up -- see cans of FOOD and DRINK in "Repo Man" for reference) that; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00112.html (9,986 bytes)
113. Positive Crankcase Ventilation (score: 1): Author: sfisher@Megatest.COM (Scott Fisher); Date: Thu, 3 Feb 94 14:58:38 PST; I wrote this up for Marcus, whose PCV setup appears to have gone missing. This is what I did recently to replace the NLA "flame trap" that hooks the 1/2" i.d. tube coming off the cam cover on the B t; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00113.html (11,986 bytes)
114. Smoke Gets In Your Ears (score: 1): Author: sfisher@Megatest.COM (Scott Fisher); Date: Fri, 4 Feb 94 11:19:36 PST; (With apologies to the song, and to Roland, who commented about "cold ears" a week or so ago...) So this morning dawned clear but chilly. I started the MGB on the first turn of the key, backed out of; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00146.html (9,308 bytes)
115. Excuesthe tpying, but... (score: 1): Author: sfisher@Megatest.COM (Scott Fisher); Date: Fri, 4 Feb 94 15:08:05 PST; ...but my fnigesr are all corevred with Castrool. Well, there's good and bad news. The good news is that I know why TGC was smoking so badly. The bad news is that the new oil filler cap didn't fix it; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00159.html (6,836 bytes)
116. Re: paint color choices (score: 1): Author: sfisher@Megatest.COM (Scott Fisher); Date: Fri, 4 Feb 94 15:04:02 PST; There's a really dark purple called Aubergine that I happen to be awfully fond of. Never seen a BGT in it; the last car I saw in that color was a *perfect* '73 Midget. It's great -- looks almost bla; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00160.html (9,791 bytes)
117. Re: Volvo ad vs MG (score: 1): Author: sfisher@Megatest.COM (Scott Fisher); Date: Sun, 6 Feb 94 13:29:21 PST; I've seen the ad. It's only mildly obnoxious -- nothing like most ads these days. It's some woman doing a voice over about all the stuff her dad has tried to teach her, while some new Volvo (after th; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00180.html (7,362 bytes)
118. Line Art (score: 1): Author: sfisher@Megatest.COM (Scott Fisher); Date: Mon, 7 Feb 94 11:21:49 PST; One side effect of doing the HyperCard stack is that I now have digital line art showing a brace of SU carburetors, complete with linkage. Neat stuff. Then on another mailing list, someone mentioned; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00218.html (7,334 bytes)
119. Re: Hammertone Paint (score: 1): Author: sfisher@Megatest.COM (Scott Fisher); Date: Mon, 7 Feb 94 12:05:58 PST; I'm pretty sure that Hammerite does make a crinkle-finish paint. If not, I discovered how to do crinkle-finish without the special paint, as part of my continuing study on How To Ruin Paint. If you; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00220.html (9,665 bytes)
120. PCV Stuff (score: 1): Author: sfisher@Megatest.COM (Scott Fisher); Date: Mon, 7 Feb 94 15:43:51 PST; Heh. No, I can tell the difference between a float bowl and a throttle body. These are new HS4s; I don't know whether they're genuine SUs or Hitachi licensed replicas. They have, for instance, the e; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00232.html (11,397 bytes)

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