- 1. Re: Worst Bodge (score: 1)
- Author: tim.lamb@ml.csiro.au (Tim Lamb)
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1994 09:19:59 +1100
- I have it on good authority that Mini big-end and main bearings can be relined with strips cut from an aluminium coke can. They probably last just long enough for the buyer to get home. Tim
- /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00403.html (6,455 bytes)
- 2. Re: HP the MG RV8 (score: 1)
- Author: tim.lamb@ml.csiro.au (Tim Lamb)
- Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 13:40:46 +1100
- No you need the RR jet engine in the foyer of the physics building at the University of Tasmania, then you could really wipe out Cobras etc at the traffic light drags, 'course you'd need to be in a
- /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00906.html (7,110 bytes)
- 3. Powder Coating (score: 1)
- Author: tim.lamb@ml.csiro.au (Tim Lamb)
- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 13:42:56 +1100
- I am considering having a Moke body powdercoated. I know that the finish will be "orange-peely" compared to normal automotive finishes, but the sticking quality and wear resistance appeals to me, par
- /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg01023.html (6,888 bytes)
- 4. Re: Worst Bodge (score: 1)
- Author: tim.lamb@ml.csiro.au (Tim Lamb)
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1994 09:19:59 +1100
- I have it on good authority that Mini big-end and main bearings can be relined with strips cut from an aluminium coke can. They probably last just long enough for the buyer to get home. Tim
- /html/british-cars/1994-08/msg00668.html (6,455 bytes)
- 5. Re: Morris Minor on a Stick (score: 1)
- Author: tim.lamb@ml.csiro.au (Tim Lamb)
- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 14:02:24 +1100
- Guess what, these holes are there for a reason. The factory had a big rotisserie that they poke right through the car so they can roll them over to spray paint them (at least thats true of Minis and
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00115.html (7,509 bytes)
- 6. Carb for mid 20's Armstrong Siddley (score: 1)
- Author: tim.lamb@ml.csiro.au (Tim Lamb)
- Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1993 17:50:20 +1100
- I am in the process of tracking down the parts that I need to restore my vintage Armstrong Siddley. It is a mid twenties model (actually I am in the process of tracking down what it actually is), fou
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00447.html (6,670 bytes)
- 7. Foamy oil (score: 1)
- Author: tim.lamb@ml.csiro.au (Tim Lamb)
- Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 18:41:18 -0500
- The oil gauge in my Mini Moke reads distressingly low when at idle, I dipped the oil the other day immediately after a short run, to find the oil full of small bubbles and apparantly at a lower visco
- /html/british-cars/1993-05/msg00023.html (6,937 bytes)
- 8. Re: Rotary Conversions (score: 1)
- Author: tim.lamb@ml.csiro.au (Tim Lamb)
- Date: Tue, 18 May 1993 16:44:22 -0500
- Sounds like the street sleeper Morry Minor that appeared in Fast Fours and Rotaries (an Australian Mag) a couple of years ago. It was basically a Minor body grafted to an RX7 undercarriage (steering
- /html/british-cars/1993-05/msg00247.html (6,975 bytes)
- 9. Long trips (score: 1)
- Author: tim.lamb@ml.csiro.au (Tim Lamb)
- Date: Mon, 24 May 1993 17:40:51 -0500
- I am planning a long trip in a month and want to know what spares or unusual items I should be carrying. The trip will be from Hobart (Tasmania, Australia) to Sydney (New South Wales) about 3000Km re
- /html/british-cars/1993-05/msg00329.html (7,898 bytes)
- 10. Sea Crossing (was long trips) (score: 1)
- Author: tim.lamb@ml.csiro.au (Tim Lamb)
- Date: Wed, 26 May 1993 13:47:56 -0500
- The VW guy was trying to go one better than famous (in the seventies) adventurer Hans Tholstrup. Hans took the wheels off his car and turned it backwards, placed it on a huge zodiac (inflatable boat)
- /html/british-cars/1993-05/msg00375.html (7,331 bytes)
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