- 41. Re: Idiot NJ driver ruined my MG (score: 1)
- Author: Bill D <billd@voicenet.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 17:05:05 -0400 (EDT)
- I'm glad you weren't hurt. Pity about your car... I had a '75 B that fell victim to a twit who rear ended me. Bill '71 MGB (daily driver) -- billd@doa.net billd@voicenet.com (Bill Duetschler) "Yester
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00366.html (7,400 bytes)
- 42. Re: Moral Serial # Question (score: 1)
- Author: Bill D <billd@voicenet.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 09:54:31 -0400 (EDT)
- Absolutely. First off, altering any component of the VIN# will get you into BIG BIG legal trouble in most parts of the US. If you live somewhere that issues titles, your title will no longer match th
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00388.html (8,277 bytes)
- 43. Re: Accelerator cable woes (score: 1)
- Author: Bill D <billd@voicenet.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 17:00:30 -0400 (EDT)
- Great. I'd have a hard enough time explaining the tube of K-Y in my tool box (used for installing suspension bushings, honest), but pantyhose??? Bill "Honest, dear, it's in case my fanbelt breaks" "H
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00398.html (7,694 bytes)
- 44. Re: Moral Serial # Question (score: 1)
- Author: Bill D <billd@voicenet.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 13:12:24 -0400 (EDT)
- Well said. That's exactly what I was trying to get at with my original post. Thanks, Bill -- billd@doa.net billd@voicenet.com (Bill Duetschler) "Yesterday, apropos of nothing, one friend said to me '
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00399.html (7,788 bytes)
- 45. Re: brothers-in-law (score: 1)
- Author: Bill D <billd@voicenet.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 19:27:59 -0500 (EST)
- Which definition of bonking do you mean? The definition *I've* heard has nothing to do with being hit in the head (well, unless you want it to). And it has *nothing* to do with LBC's. As a matter of
- /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00014.html (6,930 bytes)
- 46. Re: "B" movies (score: 1)
- Author: Bill D <billd@voicenet.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 21:56:35 -0400 (EDT)
- YES!!!! "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" directed by Russ Meyer, who went on to direct such classics as _Beyond The Valley of The Ultra-Vixens. Bill D, that type. -- billd@doa.net billd@voicenet.com (B
- /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00183.html (7,280 bytes)
- 47. Re: rejected! (score: 1)
- Author: Bill D <billd@voicenet.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 23:23:49 -0400 (EDT)
- I *did* notice the peculiarity that when I got home at about 4:15PM there were only 4 british-cars messages waiting for me, as opposed to the usual mailbombing of 50+ between british-cars and mgs. So
- /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00188.html (7,286 bytes)
- 48. Re: your mail (score: 1)
- Author: Bill D <billd@voicenet.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 19:36:30 -0400 (EDT)
- Please, let's keep politics, even in jest, off the mgs (and other brit-car) lists, unless it pertains to serious political action regarding our hobby (like whom to write to about clunker laws). I enj
- /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00844.html (7,179 bytes)
- 49. Re: Emergency Brake Cable (score: 1)
- Author: Bill D <billd@voicenet.com>
- Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 22:30:06 -0400 (EDT)
- The standard replacement handbrake cable comes complete with shroud, for about $20 or so. Bill -- billd@doa.net billd@voicenet.com (Bill Duetschler) "Yesterday, apropos of nothing, one friend said to
- /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00863.html (6,932 bytes)
- 50. Re: another story, no LBC content - repost- (score: 1)
- Author: Bill D <billd@voicenet.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 20:12:41 -0500 (EST)
- Just a note. _The Big Book of Urban Legends_ has nothing to do with Jan Harald Brunvand. The crisped scuba diver UL does get play in _Curses, Broiled Again_ by JHB though. Bill '71 MGB (daily driver)
- /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00686.html (7,738 bytes)
- 51. Re: It Starts!!! (score: 1)
- Author: Bill D <billd@voicenet.com>
- Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 22:51:06 -0500 (EST)
- It's exciting to me, too, because I've been there. Nothing like firing off a V-12 Jaguar motor that hasn't run in 10 years, with open pipes on it 'cos you haven't got round to bolting up the silencer
- /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00871.html (6,943 bytes)
- 52. Today. (score: 1)
- Author: Bill D <billd@voicenet.com>
- Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 23:06:19 +1130 (???)
- Finally got to drop the top on the MGB for a drive from Wilmington, Delaware to Lebanon, PA and back again, after a nasty twenty minutes spent changing a flat tire. After a winter of miscellaneous me
- /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00145.html (6,418 bytes)
- 53. Re: No Go (score: 1)
- Author: Bill D <billd@voicenet.com>
- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 21:02:40 +1130 (???)
- Check the connections to the fuel pump, and make sure the pump is getting full battery voltage. Bill -- billd@doa.net billd@voicenet.com (Bill Duetschler) '71 MGB (daily driver)
- /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00154.html (7,138 bytes)
- 54. email spam (score: 1)
- Author: Bill D <billd@voicenet.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 18:59:08 +1130 (???)
- Who administers the British-cars and MG's mailing lists? I have just seen the fourth or fifth piece of email spam/spew posted to the british-cars mailing list. (from editor-f@goodprice.com). In my hu
- /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00196.html (7,267 bytes)
- 55. Re: One other thing... More on easy MGs (score: 1)
- Author: Bill D <billd@voicenet.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 16:51:46 -0500 (EST)
- I am thirty next month. I hardly think that renders me an old fart. Bill "with a car older than my girlfriend, too" D -- billd@doa.net billd@voicenet.com (Bill Duetschler) '71 MGB (daily driver)
- /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00068.html (6,826 bytes)
- 56. Re: What's wrong with light blue? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill D <billd@voicenet.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 17:32:15 -0500 (EST)
- The whole thing is based around some rather silly notions people have of gender. Bill -- billd@doa.net billd@voicenet.com (Bill Duetschler) "A fat person is not a ball of nerveless grease encased by
- /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00518.html (7,705 bytes)
- 57. Re: Trans on a 77 MGB (score: 1)
- Author: Bill D <billd@voicenet.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 22:04:15 -0500 (EST)
- Find a used gearbox. MGB gearboxes are practically indestructible, so any one you find in a boneyard (expect to pay about $100) should be in reasonable shape. So, unless you're after a pedantic (numb
- /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00609.html (6,985 bytes)
- 58. Re: MG's and SNOW... (score: 1)
- Author: Bill D <billd@voicenet.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 16:44:11 -0500 (EST)
- Yep. I've successfully driven my '71 MGB roadster through snow up to the axles... right past stuck yuppies in four wheel drives. Bill -- billd@doa.net billd@voicenet.com (Bill Duetschler) '71 MGB (da
- /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00709.html (7,014 bytes)
- 59. Re: Limited Edition MGB (score: 1)
- Author: Bill D <billd@voicenet.com>
- Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 23:05:53 -0500 (EST)
- According to my Vicky Brit catalog, that's the right number for a 1980. Vicky Brit are a little less forthcoming on engine numbers. Look for an engine number of the form 18VxxxAE, where xxx is even i
- /html/mgs/1995-12/msg00040.html (7,241 bytes)
- 60. Re: Installing roadster top (score: 1)
- Author: Bill D <billd@voicenet.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 19:05:06 -0500 (EST)
- Many tops require frobnication before they'll fit. Many tops also come with the Lift-the-dot fasteners in a separate bag, so they can be fitted to the vehicle later, when you can line them up with th
- /html/mgs/1995-12/msg00122.html (7,582 bytes)
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