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41. Re: Fly wheel ring gear (score: 1)
Author: Scott Fisher <sfisher@wsl.dec.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 92 15:31:36 PDT
Gee, where did I just read an article that instructs the person who wants to change their ring gear to just fire up the barbie? It was apparently completely serious -- the heat froma charcoal fire is
/html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00497.html (7,644 bytes)

42. Re: Spitfidget for sale (score: 1)
Author: Captain Capsaicine <sfisher@wsl.dec.com>
Date: Tue, 05 May 92 14:29:35 PDT
My father is selling a mint 1979 MG midget. One. I figured the only way for him to secure a FAIR price is to sell it to a MG fanatic. ^^^^^^^^^^ Two. He bought a Nissan 300zx to replace it. ^^^^^^^^^
/html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00082.html (6,915 bytes)

43. Re: Historic Mog??? (score: 1)
Author: Captain Capsaicine <sfisher@wsl.dec.com>
Date: Wed, 06 May 92 14:04:43 PDT
Roland is answered by Phil who is answered by Dick who is answered by me: R: green Morgan. Would this be historically correct for 1940? P: Morgan had several models out before The War. R: the distinc
/html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00112.html (12,039 bytes)

44. Re: Mini Tossing.... (score: 1)
Author: Captain Capsaicine <sfisher@wsl.dec.com>
Date: Wed, 06 May 92 14:22:37 PDT
BTW, for those of you who watch Northern Exposure and recall the catapult and the piano episode a month or so back, it appears that these "chaps" built the catapult for the Northern Exposure episode.
/html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00115.html (8,617 bytes)

45. One of these things is not like the others... (score: 1)
Author: Captain Capsaicine <sfisher@wsl.dec.com>
Date: Wed, 06 May 92 15:43:11 PDT
My green '71 B passed its smog test not long ago, but I got a warning from the mechanic who twiddled it into submission that the middle two cylinders were showing compression of 90 and 70 psi, instea
/html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00119.html (12,320 bytes)

46. Re: nut size needed (score: 1)
Author: Captain Capsaicine <sfisher@wsl.dec.com>
Date: Wed, 06 May 92 15:58:07 PDT
Now, the nut is very weirdly shaped I'll try to draw it in ascii..... -- / | |-\ \ / /| | \ \ / / | | \ \ \ | | / / \ | | / / \ | |__/ / -- Was this predictable or what? :-) However the nut is not a
/html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00120.html (8,118 bytes)

47. Re: Engine Lineages (score: 1)
Author: Captain Capsaicine <sfisher@wsl.dec.com>
Date: Wed, 06 May 92 17:55:52 PDT
Well, that makes it REALLY special then! :-) On a related note, lots of people know that the original 4-banger that went in to the AH 100 was first stuffed into Austin Taxis that were so common after
/html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00126.html (8,889 bytes)

48. Re: Mini Tossing.... (score: 1)
Author: Captain Capsaicine <sfisher@wsl.dec.com>
Date: Thu, 07 May 92 13:43:24 PDT
Scot Fisher writes: it wasn't a mini, it was a hillman... Scott thanks for clearing that up....it sure as hell looked red, I guess what confused me was the "I love my Mini" sticker on the boot.....:-
/html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00162.html (8,138 bytes)

49. Re: RE>deck the block on Scotts (score: 1)
Author: Captain Capsaicine <sfisher@wsl.dec.com>
Date: Thu, 07 May 92 13:49:53 PDT
Reply to: RE>deck the block on Scotts MG [fa la la la la, la la la la] Scott writes: I really wish the block were out of the car so they could resurface it and countersink the stud holes... no, no, s
/html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00163.html (8,154 bytes)

50. Re: Mini Tossing.... (score: 1)
Author: Captain Capsaicine <sfisher@wsl.dec.com>
Date: Thu, 07 May 92 14:05:43 PDT
A trebuchet is a catapult; it's not a Hillman, it's a Mini. As for the difference between a trebuchet and a catapult, the former uses weight and leverage to hurl very large objects, while the latter
/html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00164.html (8,282 bytes)

51. Re: Car for sale info (score: 1)
Author: Scott Fisher <sfisher@wsl.dec.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 92 11:59:09 PDT
Does the majority of the list like or dislike the posting of British cars on sale around the country? I can do it for this area, when I get a chance. (St. Louis, that is). Here's a FOR vote from Cali
/html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00316.html (7,793 bytes)

52. Well, I've done it now (score: 1)
Author: Scott Fisher <sfisher@wsl.dec.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 92 13:00:46 PDT
So last night I finally found the time to start cleaning up the head that I took off The Green Car (my '71 MGB) a week or so ago with Chris Kantarjiev's help. Basically, what I found was a tremendous
/html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00319.html (9,661 bytes)

53. Dismantled or Broken? (score: 1)
Author: Cognitive Dissonance On-A-Stick <sfisher@wsl.dec.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 92 15:05:31 PDT
While I was considering possible equations defining the LBCQ of a given vehicle, I reflected on some of the events that have increased the value of the second term of the equation for me (that is, gr
/html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00368.html (10,228 bytes)

54. Re: Wooden mini (score: 1)
Author: Cognitive Dissonance On-A-Stick <sfisher@wsl.dec.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 92 17:13:38 PDT
Yes, I'd forgotten! Actually, perhaps Mini fans can confirm, wasn't it Morris Mini Traveller and Austin Mini Countryman? I'm pretty sure that's correct. My Mini was a Morris (with the bull in the log
/html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00376.html (8,008 bytes)

55. Re: LBC factor calculations (score: 1)
Author: Cognitive Dissonance On-A-Stick <sfisher@wsl.dec.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 92 14:38:56 PDT
Perhaps a unified or standardized rating scale needs to be developed. Any ideas out there in SOL land? The best equation, I think, is: LBCQ = ( Grins / mile ) * ( Grease / knuckle ) This should work
/html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00379.html (7,369 bytes)

56. Silly Car Tricks (score: 1)
Author: Cognitive Dissonance On-A-Stick <sfisher@wsl.dec.com>
Date: Wed, 20 May 92 17:26:20 PDT
Now, here's where you can help. Being the Competition Director of the British Motor Club of Utah, I am in charge of setting up the "Silly Car Tricks" funkhana. Anyone have some good, novel ideas on w
/html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00439.html (9,582 bytes)

57. Sigh. (score: 1)
Author: Cognitive Dissonance On-A-Stick <sfisher@wsl.dec.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 92 12:13:03 PDT
So last night I got around to using the miniature wire brush to clean some of the crud out of the combustion chambers and off the valve faces of The Green Car's cylinder head. I had noticed that the
/html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00454.html (8,897 bytes)

58. Re: Tube Shock Boogie (with appologies to ZZ Top) (score: 1)
Author: Cognitive Dissonance On-A-Stick <sfisher@wsl.dec.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 92 10:24:35 PDT
I just installed front tube shocks in the 78 Midget...it took about 4 hrs to do so (with other minor front suspension work done along the way)...I am pleased with the results, and I'm toying with the
/html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00474.html (7,883 bytes)

59. Re: Siata Motor cars (score: 1)
Author: Cognitive Dissonance On-A-Stick <sfisher@wsl.dec.com>
Date: Tue, 26 May 92 12:05:03 PDT
Over the weekend I stopped at a old used car lot, i.e. a TR6, jag E-type 2+2, MGA, etc. There was a 1968 Siata there. It had side curtains and a square backed roof life. It was also rear engined. I s
/html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00509.html (9,105 bytes)

60. Shirt Order (score: 1)
Author: Cognitive Dissonance On-A-Stick <sfisher@wsl.dec.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 92 10:50:25 PDT
[...] Note also that the one time I got to be the T-Shirt Poo-Bah, the amount of money that we had to give them when we went to get the shirts made was slightly different from the amount of money th
/html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00584.html (8,468 bytes)


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