- 61. Re: newbie tackling spridget restoration (score: 1)
- Author: TATERRY@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 10:57:20 EST
- << can be done by the newbie? Would I be better off looking at a five speed conversion? >> My opinion, is that you can do it unless the stuff in there is severely distressed from the water.....cost w
- /html/british-cars/2000-11/msg00049.html (7,228 bytes)
- 62. Re: classic car insurance (score: 1)
- Author: TATERRY@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 09:58:30 EST
- << Any suggestions on which classic car insurance company to use.....your advice would be appreciated Talk to State Farm about their limited use policies...I have all 6 of my cars with them and after
- /html/british-cars/2000-11/msg00095.html (7,192 bytes)
- 63. Re: looking for MGA block/engine (score: 1)
- Author: TATERRY@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 13:17:52 EDT
- Marcus, I just saw one yesterday in a junk yard in Sacramento. The have a 60's Magnette in there in not too bad shape...pluse an Austin (don't remember which model) which used this engine. supposedly
- /html/british-cars/2000-10/msg00038.html (7,099 bytes)
- 64. Re: Parts for TR6 (score: 1)
- Author: TATERRY@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 09:40:02 EDT
- << I have a 1974 TR6 and would like to replace the fresh-air vents on the dash from the ones that "flap open and closed" to those that use a twist knob in the center. If anyone has two they would lik
- /html/british-cars/2000-10/msg00042.html (7,164 bytes)
- 65. Re: TR7 #BFH11 (score: 1)
- Author: TATERRY@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 10:33:52 EDT
- << But I'm still concerned that a bolt may break off in the head, leading to all sorts of drilling and re-threading that I definitely don't want to get into. So, any other suggestions on how to incre
- /html/british-cars/2000-10/msg00071.html (7,343 bytes)
- 66. Re: Why Some Early MG Owners Sometimes Get The Willys (score: 1)
- Author: TATERRY@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 12:19:37 EDT
- << But what really caught my eye was a blurb in bold print about a article inside on "how to install a Willys engine in your MG". >> Roland, do you remember the name and date on this magazine? I have
- /html/british-cars/2000-09/msg00045.html (7,463 bytes)
- 67. Re: ?dibble? (score: 1)
- Author: TATERRY@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 17:40:40 EDT
- << the word "dibble" >> Gurunet.com gives the following: dib·ble (dib'?l) n. A pointed gardening implement used to make holes in soil, especially for planting bulbs or seedlings. v.tr., dib·bled, dib
- /html/british-cars/2000-08/msg00011.html (7,121 bytes)
- 68. Re: Fiberglass Refurbishing Advice Wanted (score: 1)
- Author: TATERRY@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 13:47:20 EDT
- << I was thinking maybe of slapping on a new outer coat of white pigmented resin. Is this the way to go? What would be good surface prep for this? I'm especially concerned about the scorched areas th
- /html/british-cars/2000-08/msg00022.html (7,663 bytes)
- 69. Re: stuck bolt on rear MGB spring (score: 1)
- Author: TATERRY@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 21:43:42 EDT
- << heavy hammer blows to dislodge the rusty bolt >> Guys, the only thing that works in cases like this is heat...as in cherry red heat. You have got to add heat to the rusted up joint so fast that yo
- /html/british-cars/2000-08/msg00051.html (7,596 bytes)
- 70. Re: Dumb question du jour (score: 1)
- Author: TATERRY@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 23:03:45 EDT
- << Do the exhaust donuts go with the metal side up (facing the manifold) or down (facing the exhaust pipe)? >> Proper MG's don't have donuts....so what kind of car are we talking about here? must be
- /html/british-cars/2000-08/msg00158.html (7,187 bytes)
- 71. Re: Dumb question du jour (score: 1)
- Author: TATERRY@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 00:16:24 EDT
- << Now just waddaya mean by "proper MG's"? HUH! >> A proper MG was made before 1957 then all that Austin crap crept in!!! ;-) cheers Terry
- /html/british-cars/2000-08/msg00160.html (7,062 bytes)
- 72. Re: Stainless Steel Brake Lines (score: 1)
- Author: TATERRY@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 18:51:32 EDT
- << Where and what should be used ? >> Mike is right, don't use house hold copper tubing! The Brits sell a copper alloy for brake likes. They don't like steel becasue it rust out too fast...I've used
- /html/british-cars/2000-05/msg00011.html (7,854 bytes)
- 73. Lucas ignition part numbers (score: 1)
- Author: TATERRY@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 22:24:30 EDT
- Folks I have some ignition parts here that our friend Roar thought were for my MG SA Tickford. Unfortunately they obviously are not. I have the following: Lucas Part No. Description 400181 Distributo
- /html/british-cars/2000-05/msg00109.html (6,799 bytes)
- 74. Bill & Heather go racing (score: 1)
- Author: TATERRY@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 3 Jan 1995 19:51:49 -0500
- in a 1939 MG???!! Re: the steering: I can speak with real time practical experience on the comments that Chip Old made. First of all, Phil Marino is a master machineist but not a racer. He drives his
- /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00069.html (8,744 bytes)
- 75. Battery Chargers (score: 1)
- Author: TATERRY@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 4 Jan 1995 17:57:33 -0500
- Does anyone have any experience with these small maintenance chargers for batteries? Moss sells one for $44, J.C. Whitney has two, one for $30 with LED's and one for $25. Other outfits are selling th
- /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00108.html (6,743 bytes)
- 76. Crosleys (score: 1)
- Author: TATERRY@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 13:15:05 -0500
- Some one told me once that every B-29 (that was a WWII bomber for you younger SOL'ers) had a Crosley engine in the wing to power the Aux system in case one of main engines went out. Maybe there were
- /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00357.html (7,683 bytes)
- 77. Cars in Movies (score: 1)
- Author: TATERRY@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 01:12:02 -0500
- The movie 'Two for the Road' has a nice shot of a blue 101 Sprint with tan leather. Other notables were Katherin Heptburn and an MG TF (which burned to the ground in good British fashion) -- anyone s
- /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00595.html (6,879 bytes)
- 78. Semi-last word on Crosleys (score: 1)
- Author: TATERRY@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 09:14:06 -0500
- Here from 1951 is the word about Crosley Super Sports from non other than that man who never saw a car he didn't like, Tom McCahill: "Powell Crosley, Jr.'s mechanical roller skate, dubbed the Super S
- /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00602.html (8,049 bytes)
- 79. Re: Battery hold downs (score: 1)
- Author: TATERRY@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 2 Dec 1994 10:59:43 -0500
- Curtis Phillips sez: Curtis, by all means possible tie this battery down. If you should be so unfortunate to have a serious crash, as I did recently, You will have battery juice all over the car and
- /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00036.html (7,102 bytes)
- 80. Vanity plates & fuel pumps (score: 1)
- Author: TATERRY@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 11 Dec 1994 15:30:31 -0500
- At the risk that these subjects have by now been thourghly covered by now (I've been out of the cournty for a week and trying to catch up on the mail), my 2 pence worth: 1. Since my TA looks very muc
- /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00342.html (8,520 bytes)
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