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21. Re: WHY BRITISH? (score: 1)
Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
Date: 11 Mar 97 14:52:00 PST
My general interest in cars and parts started at about age 3, where I have very fond memories of standing on a wooden milk crate next to the engine compartment of Dad's 1957 Ford Wagon, he would pati
/html/mgs/1997-03/msg00473.html (8,152 bytes)

22. Re: WHY BRITISH?Soaps? (score: 1)
Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
Date: 12 Mar 97 09:44:55 PST
Regarding my first MG, the previous owner was anything but rich, he was a poor college student like me. The only reason he sold it to me so cheap was that he was ready to give me the car, and the $1
/html/mgs/1997-03/msg00506.html (6,938 bytes)

23. Re: MGB-GT V-8s (score: 1)
Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
Date: 14 Mar 97 06:51:13 PST
Buried in your request for info on the Blue Ridge Parkway, I noticed you have obtained an MGB-GT V-8. Congratulations! Is it a factory car? If so, we have a lot of notes to compare. I can also put y
/html/mgs/1997-03/msg00630.html (6,832 bytes)

24. Re: Miatas (score: 1)
Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
Date: 17 Mar 97 07:27:46 PST
I think I can add some sage comments here, for at one time I was a Miata nut. Having owned LBCs for about 15 years, I saw the first drawings of the Miata in the February 1989 issue of Motor Trend. I
/html/mgs/1997-03/msg00782.html (9,261 bytes)

25. Re: Miatas (score: 1)
Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
Date: 18 Mar 97 14:38:05 PST
Kevin, Yep, I still do that occasionally with my GT V-8, I look at the car with the bonnet up and that engine in there and think "I finally got my hands on one!". Cheers, PK Paul D. Kile kile_paul@ap
/html/mgs/1997-03/msg00915.html (7,864 bytes)

26. Re: dimbulbs/pious airs (score: 1)
Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
Date: 19 Mar 97 14:52:12 PST
OK, since I'm on the Digest this might be incredibly out of date, feel free to hurl this post into cyber-oblivion if someone said this before. Reading this BBS is a lot like standing around at a loca
/html/mgs/1997-03/msg01005.html (8,432 bytes)

27. SB 42 (California) (score: 1)
Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
Date: 21 Mar 97 15:58:04 PST
Just an update here on SB 42, the California Senate Bill that attempts to create a 25-year-old exemption from smog checks. For you out-of-staters, here in California we have a biennial smog check for
/html/mgs/1997-03/msg01120.html (7,837 bytes)

28. Re: Cold Red Light...Induction Heaters (score: 1)
Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
Date: 26 Mar 97 12:50:15 PST
Induction heaters as used on British fuel systems do just as the name implies, they heat the induction charge of fuel and air, just inboard of the throttle plate. These were used to prevent carburett
/html/mgs/1997-03/msg01353.html (7,373 bytes)

29. Movie Cars (score: 1)
Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
Date: 14 Feb 97 07:36:08 PST
Here's some more movies with MGs: We can't forget "Monkey Business", with Cary Grant and Marilyn Monroe (1952)! Grant plays a staid University professor who stumbles upon a potion that acts like a fo
/html/mgs/1997-02/msg00728.html (9,923 bytes)

30. Re: x-flow head for 1500-2000cc engines (score: 1)
Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
Date: 18 Feb 97 07:31:42 PST
Steve Darby wrote: " Why put a V-8 into an MGB when you can get that POWER from your own engine?" I don't doubt that you can extract V-8 power from a 4-cylinder engine, but that poor little engine is
/html/mgs/1997-02/msg00883.html (7,631 bytes)

31. Re: fuel pumps (score: 1)
Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
Date: 21 Feb 97 07:26:19 PST
Nolan Penny and Dawn Mask wrote that SU fuel pumps are being sold without a capacitor now. That's true, but not the whole story. The capacitor was used to reduce the amperage across the points and al
/html/mgs/1997-02/msg01030.html (7,895 bytes)

32. Re: MG magazine, long (score: 1)
Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
Date: 09 Jan 97 10:38:27 PST
Regarding Mike Leckstein's comments on American MG owners, I respectfully disagree with your analysis, as follows: You painted a picture of your friend who bought an MG, but returned your literature
/html/mgs/1997-01/msg00531.html (8,834 bytes)

33. Looking for MGB fan motor (score: 1)
Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
Date: 10 Jan 97 10:45:47 PST
Does anyone have an NOS Lucas radiator cooling fan motor for a late MGB? I managed to find one at a swap meet, but need a matching new one for my GT V-8 restoration. Being the anal sort that I am, I'
/html/mgs/1997-01/msg00579.html (7,058 bytes)

34. Re: value of MGB-GT V-8 in US (score: 1)
Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
Date: 13 Jan 97 06:37:20 PST
Alan, I am the proud owner ot the V-8 that sold at the Ponder auction in 1990. I bought the car from the fellow who bought it at the auction. According to several sources who were at the auction, the
/html/mgs/1997-01/msg00699.html (7,250 bytes)

35. You probably own an MG if... (score: 1)
Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
Date: 27 Jan 97 15:52:07 PST
While reading Parts 1,2 and 3 of your submittal and trying not to completely break down into fits of laughter, I couldn't help seeing the one about "You probably own an MG if you know about the hole
/html/mgs/1997-01/msg01400.html (7,679 bytes)

36. Re: MGF in US (score: 1)
Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
Date: 28 Jan 97 07:20:41 PST
Yesterday, Michael Ohleger pondered whether the MGF would affect the value of older MGs if Rover were to let it into the US. I contend that they would be treated as totally separate animals, for one
/html/mgs/1997-01/msg01428.html (7,711 bytes)

37. Re: Checking tranny oil - trapped fingers (score: 1)
Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
Date: 02 Dec 96 15:43:36 PST
One very important point to note when checking 1963-1974 MGB trans oil (the ones with the dipstick). When you reach in to grab the metal loop of the dipstick with your index finger, it is VERY EASY t
/html/mgs/1996-12/msg00074.html (7,919 bytes)

38. Re: stupid/humiliating thing I did (score: 1)
Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
Date: 11 Dec 96 07:32:14 PST
Since I have owned LBCs for over 20 years, I would have a hard time remembering all my stupid mistakes during that time. One, though, stands out in my mind. Before I sold my soul for my factory GT V-
/html/mgs/1996-12/msg01036.html (8,446 bytes)

39. signing off the digest (score: 1)
Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
Date: 18 Dec 96 14:20:51 PST
I will be signing off the digest for a while, since I will be on a Xmas vacation until after the first of the year. I don't want to have to plow through 16 days of back digests. I'm giving reluctant
/html/mgs/1996-12/msg01455.html (7,424 bytes)

40. Pozidriv screws/Basil Fawlty (score: 1)
Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
Date: 11 Nov 96 08:31:40 PST
In Friday's list, someone published a very comprehensive list of screw fastener head types, some I had never heard of. One that was not shown (or may be known by another name) is the Reed-Prince. Thi
/html/mgs/1996-11/msg00591.html (7,541 bytes)


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