- 1. UK Parts Outlet (score: 1)
- Author: "Willy Durinx" <DurinxW@mail.dma.be>
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 11:50:58 +0200
- In May, we went East Anglia for more than a week with the B, and had a wonderful time visiting all the market towns and villages. We had the best B&B's ever. On returning, we went to Parson's Drove n
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg00420.html (7,199 bytes)
- 2. Re: U.K. retail outlet (score: 1)
- Author: "Willy Durinx" <DurinxW@mail.dma.be>
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 16:40:22 +0200
- The ladies new their stuff... <SNIP> Willie Durinx 73 BGT "Ruth" Antwerp,Belgium <SNIP> AAAAh... to make spelling mistakes when it has become an issue... Willie Durinx 73 BGT "Ruth" Antwerp,Belgium
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg00427.html (6,388 bytes)
- 3. New web site (score: 1)
- Author: "Durinx Willy" <DurinxW@mail.dma.be>
- Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 21:54:38 +0200
- Dear listers, I've finally come around to posting my website. Please crank up the counter by visiting: http://members.xoom.com/mggt73/index.htm Be warned: 5 Mb of pictures, no tech stuff. Willie Duri
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg00565.html (6,373 bytes)
- 4. Re: Junkyard jewels (score: 1)
- Author: "Willy Durinx" <DurinxW@mail.dma.be>
- Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 11:25:43 +0200
- <snip>??Dauphine Deluxe??4dr, looks italian? any listers know what this The Renault Dauphine was a pretty, and very popular car in Europe ( UK included ) in the fifties. It had very modern styling fo
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg01322.html (6,888 bytes)
- 5. Historic races (score: 1)
- Author: "Durinx Willy" <DurinxW@mail.dma.be>
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 16:12:45 +0200
- Dear listers, our ears are still recovering from attending the 25th anniversary Historic Races at Zolder (Belgium ) . Perfect weather, great atmosphere, nice wooded setting. My club went as a group,
- /html/mgs/1999-08/msg00967.html (7,333 bytes)
- 6. Ventilator rubber (score: 1)
- Author: "Durinx Willy" <DurinxW@mail.dma.be>
- Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 12:29:27 +0100
- Dear listers, has anyone ever renewed the triangular rubber seal lining the ventilator ?. A crack in the lower part caused the hinge pin from the window to rot away completely. I managed to pry that
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00123.html (6,498 bytes)
- 7. K&N filters (score: 1)
- Author: "Durinx Willy" <DurinxW@mail.dma.be>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 13:18:52 +0100
- Dear listers, for Christmas, I got two K&N 1 1/2 inch offset-type filters, to mount on my B's HS4 carbs. If I try to fit them on the right way up, the head of the bolt in the centre strikes against t
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00839.html (6,939 bytes)
- 8. empty fuel filter (score: 1)
- Author: "Durinx Willy" <DurinxW@mail.dma.be>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 13:18:08 +0100
- the "air" in the filter is more likely to be petrol (gas) vapour in the line. By the time you are out of the car, the area under the bonnet (hood ) has heated up the filter enough to boil away the f
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg01149.html (7,440 bytes)
- 9. empty fuel filter / MG ratio (score: 1)
- Author: "Durinx Willy" <DurinxW@mail.dma.be>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 16:16:07 +0100
- I still wouldn't rule out petrol vapour out in the fuel line. The car doesn't suffer from vapour lock on the the road because of the fuel not having the time to warm up in the line. In a misguided at
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg01212.html (6,986 bytes)
- 10. Ignition lock woes (score: 1)
- Author: "Durinx Willy" <DurinxW@mail.dma.be>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 15:31:04 +0100
- Dear listers, my '73 B GT (RHD) gave me some trouble: earlier this year, I send her to the paint shop to have some new panels painted. She returned all right, apart from the ignition lock, which was
- /html/mgs/1998-11/msg00641.html (7,177 bytes)
- 11. Perfect cars (score: 1)
- Author: "Durinx Willy" <DurinxW@mail.dma.be>
- Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 13:04:20 +0200
- BTW. How can you fit Santa Claus on the back seat of a GT ?
- /html/mgs/1998-10/msg01013.html (8,242 bytes)
- 12. Engine bay colour (score: 1)
- Author: "Durinx Willy" <DurinxW@mail.dma.be>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 12:20:43 +0200
- Dear Enrique, I suppose you could very well call me a traditionalist, but I think the engine bay always was, and should be, the same colour as the rest of the body. Three reasons: it blares "repainte
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg00072.html (6,977 bytes)
- 13. Re:Rust formula (score: 1)
- Author: "Durinx Willy" <DurinxW@mail.dma.be>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 15:16:16 +0200
- After 25 years of collecting old guns, I still use a 10% solution of Phosphoric acid ( same acid as in Coke, that's why this works as a light deruster too ) , and it's the fastest after gritblasting!
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg00411.html (6,774 bytes)
- 14. Re:tyre size (score: 1)
- Author: "Durinx Willy" <DurinxW@mail.dma.be>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 11:40:38 +0200
- there has been a frank exchange of views on tyre size quite a number of times on this list. Most listers had no trouble with 185/70. However, a friend -classic car garage keeper with 30 years experi
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg00455.html (6,572 bytes)
- 15. Re:TRIVIA (score: 1)
- Author: "Durinx Willy" <DurinxW@mail.dma.be>
- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 12:04:53 +0200
- It's fast becoming a serious international issue now! A few years ago, when I was there, I heard a short speech by the Lord of the Manor of Beaulieu, Lord Montague. Although humbly admitting I'm a no
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg00933.html (7,620 bytes)
- 16. Re: US MG events (score: 1)
- Author: "Durinx Willy" <DurinxW@mail.dma.be>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 14:10:24 +0200
- BAD AMERICAN BEER? Bad case of the kettle calling ... etc. Willy Durinx Antwerp, BELGIUM ( ahum... )
- /html/mgs/1998-08/msg01057.html (6,902 bytes)
- 17. Heater motor MGA/MGB (score: 1)
- Author: "Durinx Willy" <DurinxW@mail.dma.be>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 15:16:07 +0200
- No knowledge about MGA heaters, but the Smith thing in my '73 MGB is identical to any MINI heater motor, any many other Leyland cars. Willy Durinx Antwerp Belgium
- /html/mgs/1998-08/msg01058.html (6,564 bytes)
- 18. truncated E-mail (score: 1)
- Author: "Durinx Willy" <DurinxW@mail.dma.be>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 14:06:47 +0200
- I've received only half of the digest; it apparently did contain the famous Walker study too, so I had to send for it separately. I suppose, as it came as an attachment, it couldn't be included in t
- /html/mgs/1998-08/msg01121.html (6,279 bytes)
- 19. speedo recalibration (score: 1)
- Author: "Durinx Willy" <DurinxW@mail.dma.be>
- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 21:35:08 +0200
- Same here in darkest Belgium! plenty of Miles-speedo's around, but Belgian law wants them indicating kilometers too. An interprising mg-lister could perhaps start a cottage industry here, making dual
- /html/mgs/1998-08/msg01211.html (6,730 bytes)
- 20. frustrated probably very long (score: 1)
- Author: "Willy Durinx" <DurinxW@mail.dma.be>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 12:07:53 +0200
- Dear Ross, Sounds you have the same problem as I had after disassembling my 73 B. Got the electrics out in a flurry of activity ( I 've got the Haynes and the Bentley's manual, so what?). After a few
- /html/mgs/1998-08/msg01439.html (6,797 bytes)
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