- 21. RE: Faultless MGB-GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:54:17 -0000
- A few suggestions: 1. Halogen headlights, so she can see where she is going in the dark. 2. If it is to be an all year, all weather car do EVERYTHING you can to prevent rust (depends on where you liv
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00191.html (9,270 bytes)
- 22. RE: Faultless MGB-GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:22:57 -0000
- Paul said: "You would be surprised, perhaps, at how little difference this makes to brake pressure." Thanks Paul, that might explain why I'm having trouble deciding whether the servo on the BGT I'm c
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00193.html (8,965 bytes)
- 23. RE: Brake servo, was Faultless MGB-GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:59:54 -0000
- Thanks Paul, I'll stop worrying about it, unless the brakes are obviously gutless once I get driving it. As for the trans-gender issue, there isn't one, Nancy/Sammy is still definitely female! Sammy
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00195.html (8,145 bytes)
- 24. RE: Black Tulip, was Brake servo, was Faultless MGB-GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 13:38:56 -0000
- I just received an early Xmas present of the Clausager book "Original MGB". Pure fluke that my mother, who knows no more about cars than whether they are blue or red, managed to pick up one of the be
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00197.html (9,591 bytes)
- 25. RE: Black Tulip, was Brake servo, was Faultless MGB-GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:18:47 -0000
- Hey, any of you great guys on this list are welcome to come to Aberdeen and look at my car, whether from the UK or Minnesota, and even if your name isn't Paul ;-) I'll probably find a job for you to
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00200.html (8,563 bytes)
- 26. RE: Black Tulip, was Brake servo, was Faultless MGB-GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:38:26 -0000
- Ooh, nice. Now I want chrome wires for Sammy! Got standard Rostyles at the moment (and far from immaculate at that). Richard & Sammy This email and any attached files are confidential and copyright p
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00203.html (8,783 bytes)
- 27. RE: Black Tulip, was Brake servo, was Faultless MGB-GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:58:44 -0000
- "this very strange light green (baby puke or something) color." I've got a 5-month-old (as well as two more a little older). If he starts puking any shade of green he's going straight to the doctors.
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00205.html (9,267 bytes)
- 28. RE: Black Tulip, was Brake servo, was Faultless MGB-GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:25:36 -0000
- Blake asked: "Perhaps we should know which Aberdeen." That'll be the first, original Aberdeen, in the north-east of Scotland! Although no-one around here is too familiar with a Black Tulip BGT either
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00228.html (8,917 bytes)
- 29. Tyre size and recommendation (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 10:37:07 +0100
- What is the standard tyre size for an MGBGT ('73 model, with rostyle wheels)? My DPO has fitted 195/65 14's, but I don't think that is original? Also, any particular recommendations? My priorities ar
- /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00120.html (7,471 bytes)
- 30. Damper fluid (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 10:38:49 +0100
- What fluid should I use in the lever arm dampers in Nancy the '73 BGT? In the text in Haynes it says to top up "with the recommended fluid", but in the data section it completely fails to say what th
- /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00121.html (7,354 bytes)
- 31. RE: MGB Tire sizes (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:56:20 +0100
- Thanks all. Eric - I didn't realise the BGT had larger tyres than the roadster - I wonder why that was?? They both used the same size rims, didn't they (at least for the same model year)? I'll check
- /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00126.html (7,986 bytes)
- 32. RE: MGB Tire sizes (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:21:23 +0100
- Thanks for the advice re. Costco - unfortunately mostly irrelevant, as I'm in the UK, so I expect they do things a little differently here. They only seem to sell Michelins at our Costco. Still, Mic
- /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00141.html (7,303 bytes)
- 33. RE: OT F1 trivia question (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 08:51:04 +0100
- Whew - I'm afraid I can't help you there. But I have visited the guys home (or at least the outside of it) in Suffolk. He made his money in transport, I think. After I left school I worked for a few
- /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00144.html (7,606 bytes)
- 34. RE: Electrical Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:31:04 +0100
- Hah! Nice bit of detective work, Larry. There's a real sense of satisfaction when you finally figure out something like this. Richard & Nancy This email and any attached files are confidential and co
- /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00163.html (6,973 bytes)
- 35. RE: exhaust manifold + emissions compliance (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 16:55:48 +0100
- "... Tell your friend that the below simply isn't true. For example, the Toyota Prius hybrids are the lowest-emission cars around and they have cats. Cheers, CR SNIP SNIP..." Todays fuels certainly a
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00111.html (9,056 bytes)
- 36. RE: Overeating (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:08:22 +0100
- ..."If your 71 is overeating you had better put it on a diet!" I think that's why he was talking about "adjusting the carbs"! Richard Gosling This email and any attached files are confidential and co
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00187.html (7,062 bytes)
- 37. RE: "SUPERCARS.NET - Picture of the Day" (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 16:24:14 +0100
- Cool - clearly an attempt to make a new Austin Healey 3000. Not a bad job - clearly inspired by the original, but still a thoroughly modern-looking car. On the MG Rover sale, since Nanjing Automotive
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00404.html (7,802 bytes)
- 38. RE: Rhino Rover was "SUPERCARS.NET" (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 09:34:56 +0100
- Andrew said: "That doesn't even sound as good as the German Mini's. (Which are not British cars at all as far as I can tell.)" Well, there's no dispute that the Mini is owned by BMW. But the car was
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00444.html (7,911 bytes)
- 39. RE: Totally confused (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:47:25 +0100
- In the UK there are certainly specialist classic car insurers that will give you a policy with a fairly high mileage limit, or no limit at all, still with an agreed value on the car. In the US it is
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00449.html (8,252 bytes)
- 40. RE: homemade windblocker (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 15:35:52 +0100
- Firstly, us Brits are entirely conversant with imperial units, and you'll find that probably most people over 40 (and plenty of us under that age) prefer them. Bit of a sore point with some of the p
- /html/mgs/2005-08/msg00002.html (8,383 bytes)
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