- 1. Help needed: MGs and Folklore (score: 1)
- Author: "Kimo Tichgelaar" <77mgb@excite.com>
- Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 14:51:01 -0500 (EST)
- Dear List: As part of a research project in a Folklore/Ethnography class, I am looking for one or two people to interview about rebuilding and showing or racing MGs. I am located in Jonesboro, Arkans
- /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00170.html (7,181 bytes)
- 2. RE: $25,000 MGB on ebay (score: 1)
- Author: "Kimo Tichgelaar" <77mgb@excite.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 11:12:32 -0500 (EST)
- Must be a pain to drive. They list the metal dash and toggle switches as "exterior" items... Kimo Tichgelaar "A man with a good car needs no justification Fate is in my hands, and in the transmission
- /html/mgs/2002-11/msg00612.html (7,641 bytes)
- 3. RE: bently -> workshop (score: 1)
- Author: "Kimo Tichgelaar" <77mgb@excite.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 23:10:59 -0400 (EDT)
- Try Light Impressions at http://www.lightimpressionsdirect.com/servlet/OnlineShopping They carry mylar sleves in sizes up to 16x20, as well as sheet mylar if you want to encapsulate custom sizes. The
- /html/mgs/2002-08/msg01128.html (7,548 bytes)
- 4. RE: What would you drive? (score: 1)
- Author: "Kimo Tichgelaar" <77mgb@excite.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 00:23:16 -0400 (EDT)
- In random order (probably get them all, I have fairly cheap tastes): Finish the 1977 B with a few more extras Volvo 1800 1971-73 Buick Riviera (boat tail, all black like the one Dennis Hopper drives
- /html/mgs/2002-08/msg01213.html (9,721 bytes)
- 5. RE: 1978 MGB Cat Hammock (score: 1)
- Author: "Kimo Tichgelaar" <77mgb@excite.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 23:44:02 -0400 (EDT)
- Put some expensive cat toys and one of those cat beds on it. Cats never go near those things. Kimo Tichgelaar "A sentence should be like a serpent: Quick, with a sting in it's tail." ~Bauhaus -- Join
- /html/mgs/2002-07/msg00051.html (6,972 bytes)
- 6. Re: Vinyl, the care thereof (score: 1)
- Author: "" <77mgb@excite.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 09:08:32 -0400 (EDT)
- For leather objects (as well as most metals and wood) in my museum's collections, we use a micro-crystalline wax sold under the trade name Renaissance Wax. It can be found at University Products (htt
- /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00041.html (8,206 bytes)
- 7. If it ain't fixed, don't brake it... (score: 1)
- Author: "Kimo Tichgelaar" <77mgb@excite.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 22:30:35 -0400 (EDT)
- I have a set of front brake calipers not currently attaced to a car (77MGB), and I need to remove the pistons. The rebuild kit and several manuals give instructions for removing brake pistons that ar
- /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00370.html (7,309 bytes)
- 8. Thanks: If it ain't fixed, don't brake it... (score: 1)
- Author: "Kimo Tichgelaar" <77mgb@excite.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 21:50:47 -0400 (EDT)
- Thanks to everyone who helped with the caliper problem (and for not pointing out that I'm an idiot for not thinking of it myself). I used the fitting from the old hose attached to a bicycle pump, and
- /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00450.html (7,420 bytes)
- 9. Re: Questions of an esoteric nature (score: 1)
- Author: Kimo Tichgelaar <77MGB@excite.com>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 20:38:05 -0700 (PDT)
- I speak MAC. We call things that slow down your machine for no good reason "Millenium Edition." Kimo Tichgelaar "A man with a good car needs no justification/ Fate is in my hands, and in the transmi
- /html/mgs/2001-07/msg00511.html (7,767 bytes)
- 10. Re: MGB (NEED HELP!) (score: 1)
- Author: Kimo Tichgelaar <77MGB@excite.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 12:09:45 -0700 (PDT)
- But can a mere mortal touch them? Kimo Tichgelaar "A man with a good car needs no justification/ Fate is in my hands, and in the transmission." -Gang of Four _________________________________________
- /html/mgs/2000-10/msg00280.html (7,307 bytes)
- 11. Re: General tire question (score: 1)
- Author: Kimo Tichgelaar <77MGB@excite.com>
- Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 22:06:04 -0700 (PDT)
- Try looking at http://www.tirerack.com , they have a page under their tire information with conversion and substitution of old sizes into modern metric sizes. Don't have the exact url handy, but can
- /html/mgs/2000-10/msg00799.html (7,714 bytes)
- 12. Dashboard Covers (score: 1)
- Author: Kimo Tichgelaar <77MGB@excite.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 13:36:54 -0700 (PDT)
- Fortunetly, my car is nearing the part of the project where I put things back together instead of taking them apart. After getting a good look at the car in the daylight, I decided that the interior
- /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00127.html (8,144 bytes)
- 13. Re: Dashboard Covers (score: 1)
- Author: Kimo Tichgelaar <77mgb@excite.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 07:25:16 -0700 (PDT)
- I can just barely afford the $90 differnece, but I'm afraid the two cents is over my limit. Thanks all for the advice, I will go with the full dash cover. cover the Kimo Tichgelaar "A man with a good
- /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00147.html (8,093 bytes)
- 14. Installing Energy Suspension Kit (score: 1)
- Author: Kimo Tichgelaar <77MGB@excite.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 18:04:12 -0700 (PDT)
- Now that I am ready to put things back together, I have a few questions for those who have BTDT. First off: the Energy Suspension front bushing kit comes with a little envelope of grease. It does not
- /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00332.html (6,885 bytes)
- 15. Re: Polarity, Gloves and Baggies, oh my... (score: 1)
- Author: Kimo Tichgelaar <77MGB@excite.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 07:48:26 -0700 (PDT)
- My 77B still has a slight brown recluse problem. Got a bit of a bite when I first put the jack stands under. At least they seem to have killed off the wasps. like the brake Kimo Tichgelaar "A man wit
- /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00526.html (7,774 bytes)
- 16. Re: Polarity, Gloves and Baggies, oh my... (score: 1)
- Author: Kimo Tichgelaar <77MGB@excite.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 11:05:03 -0700 (PDT)
- Based on symptoms and on visual ID of spiders on the car. After I found out they were there, I have looked before reaching under, and have bombed the garage several times (they hide well). I expect a
- /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00536.html (11,437 bytes)
- 17. Three LBCs for $10 (score: 1)
- Author: Kimo Tichgelaar <77MGB@excite.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 17:54:29 -0700 (PDT)
- OK, they're 1:64 scale die cast, but still pretty cool. I was wandering through a local toy store and glanced at the cars to see if they had a Mach 5 (the only Speed Racer car anyone buys, so its alw
- /html/mgs/2000-09/msg01149.html (7,906 bytes)
- 18. Re: Three LBCs for $10 (score: 1)
- Author: Kimo Tichgelaar <77MGB@excite.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 05:35:25 -0700 (PDT)
- The B looks like a 63/64 (good engine detail- it has a gulp valve but no smog pump, the twin SUs and air filter covers are clearly visible, you can see little spark plug wires, and the Lucas electric
- /html/mgs/2000-09/msg01163.html (7,899 bytes)
- 19. RE: Storing Parts (score: 1)
- Author: Kimo Tichgelaar <77MGB@excite.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 14:39:30 -0700 (PDT)
- A friend of mine gets about 1 kilo bags of silica beads from a Harley shop (used for large crates, like bikes or engines). This can be baked at 250 degrees F (try overnight) to drive out any absorbed
- /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00486.html (9,241 bytes)
- 20. Rubber Bumper Buggy, Baby (score: 1)
- Author: Kimo Tichgelaar <77MGB@excite.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 12:09:43 -0700 (PDT)
- I am refinishing bits of my rubber bumper roadster, including a fresh coat of paint on the bumpers. While the rear bumper is in good condition, the front bumper is pitted, especially around the two o
- /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00738.html (7,150 bytes)
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