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1. Triumph Specialties (was: something else) (score: 1): Author: no user servicable parts inside <uunet!sco.COM!banta@EDDIE.MIT.EDU>; Date: Sun, 1 Jul 90 1:14:51 PDT; I'd like to take this oppurtunity to once again recommend staying away from Triumph Specialties. DON'T GO NEAR TRIUMPH SPECIALTIES. Ok, I've said it now. If anyone is interested in the gory details; /html/british-cars/1990-07/msg00002.html (7,568 bytes)
2. FG: Fizzball Garage (score: 1): Author: no user servicable parts inside <uunet!sco.COM!banta@EDDIE.MIT.EDU>; Date: Mon, 2 Jul 90 9:11:21 PDT; After sitting on the edge of my couch watching Jaguar's hopes get dashed on the Nissan rocks in the Camel Continental at Watkins Glen, it was time to retire to the garage. At the moment I stood up fr; /html/british-cars/1990-07/msg00010.html (12,292 bytes)
3. Re: bad oil?????? (score: 1): Author: no user servicable parts inside <uunet!sco.COM!banta@EDDIE.MIT.EDU>; Date: Wed, 20 Jun 90 8:37:19 PDT; Jim, I don't know where you live (couldn't make a good guess from the header). Out here in the Cornballfornia during summer, you would need an extremely tight engine to maintain oil pressure using 10; /html/british-cars/1990-06/msg00132.html (7,920 bytes)
4. 1990 Oddball Request Award (score: 1): Author: no user servicable parts inside <uunet!sco.COM!banta@EDDIE.MIT.EDU>; Date: Mon, 25 Jun 90 9:44:55 PDT; If this doesn't win the oddball request award, it will probably come I'm looking for a rubber front MGB bumper in usable condition. It doesn't have to be pretty, or unscratched, just not broken, cut,; /html/british-cars/1990-06/msg00179.html (8,243 bytes)
5. Black B bumpers are back (score: 1): Author: no user servicable parts inside <uunet!sco.COM!banta@EDDIE.MIT.EDU>; Date: Fri, 29 Jun 90 10:40:59 PDT; Well, the search is over. Based on a recommendation by Larry Colen, I followed a chain of recommendations to Bonnet Classics in San Jose. This business is tucked away in a beat up warehouse in a slum; /html/british-cars/1990-06/msg00217.html (8,428 bytes)
6. Re: oil additives (score: 1): Author: no user servicable parts inside <uunet!sco.COM!banta@EDDIE.MIT.EDU>; Date: Mon, 14 May 90 5:59:12 PDT; John, I thought everyone understood this: British cars are NOT a suitable replacement for sex. A good temporary substitute, but not a total replacement. andy; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00263.html (7,148 bytes)
7. TLA's, LBC, WTF (score: 1): Author: uunet!sco.COM!banta@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (no user servicable parts inside); Date: Mon, 23 Apr 90 7:58:12 PDT; ^^^^^ Ken, Please don't use language like this on British cars mailing list. Just reading it caused ear splitting skreeching and a sinking feeling in my gut. This would normally be followed by oil u; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00235.html (7,001 bytes)
8. parts for Lotus in San Jose (score: 1): Author: uunet!sco.COM!banta@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Beast); Date: Tue, 6 Mar 90 9:50:44 PST; British Motorsports in Campbell. They're right off 17 at the Camden/San Tomas exit. Their number is 408-370-7174 No problem. andy uunet!sco!banta PS-Mention I recommeded you!; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00052.html (6,543 bytes)
9. Brake fade (score: 1): Author: uunet!sco.COM!banta@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Beast); Date: Tue, 13 Mar 90 7:30:31 PST; I was very surprised that the brakes did manage to fade, especially since I have had the car for almost 3 years now, it has never happened to me before. Before rallying any further, I would suggest t; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00122.html (7,070 bytes)
10. add. note on brake fade (score: 1): Author: uunet!sco.COM!banta@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Beast); Date: Wed, 14 Mar 90 5:47:42 PST; Make sure you use a fluid like Castrol LMA if you plan on using Ferodo DS-11 pads. At least DOT 4 rated, maybe even competition quality stuff with a boiling point up around 650-750 deg F. andy uunet!; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00130.html (6,456 bytes)
11. Smith speedos and TR250s (score: 1): Author: uunet!sco.COM!banta@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Beast); Date: Wed, 14 Feb 90 6:38:20 PST; Can't help you here. When I pulled my Jaeger apart for the same problem, this is what I encountered. The shaft the needle is attached to has a needle bearing at its back end. Either the needle (poin; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00145.html (8,131 bytes)
12. MGB racing, weekend two (score: 1): Author: uunet!sco.COM!banta@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Beast); Date: Tue, 20 Feb 90 11:03:52 PST; And now for the next installment in the continuing saga of two fools under the impression that 20 year old British machinery can be pushed around a strip of asphault at racing speeds: (This is the sa; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00194.html (17,694 bytes)
13. Car numbers (score: 1): Author: uunet!sco.COM!banta@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Beast); Date: Thu, 22 Feb 90 9:54:39 PST; Akkana happened to mention: I just stick contact paper on mine. I haven't had a problem with it peeling paint at all (but then I *do* fall into the "less snazzy paint job" category: 12 cans of OSH sp; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00205.html (7,571 bytes)
14. Windsheilds (score: 1): Author: uunet!sco.COM!banta@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Beast); Date: Fri, 23 Feb 90 6:24:23 PST; Eh? Aren't we talking about British cars here? I think this should read " ... the windshield will have warmed from the spring thaw ... " andy uunet!sco!banta; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00223.html (6,555 bytes)
15. British Motorsports (was: Triumph Specilties) (score: 1): Author: uunet!sco.COM!banta@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Beast); Date: Thu, 25 Jan 90 11:04:00 PST; I, having spent lots of time and money in British Motorsports highly recommend them. The people are really friendly and know a shitload about British cars. I've found their prices to be pretty reason; /html/british-cars/1990-01/msg00001.html (7,499 bytes)
16. Re: speedometers (score: 1): Author: uunet!sco.COM!banta@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Beast); Date: Fri, 8 Dec 89 6:45:52 PST; I can't say for sure, but if you have an example of the 140 mph, you can. On Smith's speedo's, there's a four digit number printed on the face, normally in the 1000-1500 range. This number is revolu; /html/british-cars/1989-12/msg00071.html (6,989 bytes)
17. this picture (score: 1): Author: uunet!sco.COM!banta@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Beast); Date: Mon, 11 Dec 89 7:12:28 PST; What's wrong with it is that you, like all the rest of us on this list spend so much time constantly keeping an eye on our British babies that our other cars fall apart. :-) Actually, I know what you; /html/british-cars/1989-12/msg00102.html (7,243 bytes)

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