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1. Sadly, 1973 Roadster looking for good home, *CHEAP* (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct-mg@cthompson.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 00:03:22 -0500; I hate to do this, but I need to sell my 1973 roadster. I'm listing it here before I list it on ebay, since I'd really like to find someone who will put it back on the road and not part it out. I've; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00288.html (7,659 bytes)
2. Re: New at this game... (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct-mg@cthompson.com>; Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 17:25:17 -0600; Josh, I always think back to what my grandmother once told me. How do you eat an elephant? One piece at a time. I've been in the same boat as you, with a car that probably needs a complete tear down; /html/mgs/2004-03/msg00407.html (8,003 bytes)
3. Re: Aluminum Cylinder heads (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct-mg@cthompson.com>; Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:26:31 -0600; Larry, I asked this question some time ago, as, I believe, the later smogified heads also have the larger exhaust valves. I asked whether this was a good thing, a bad thing, or irrelevant. I don't re; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00281.html (7,007 bytes)
4. Re: MGA Barn Find - Results (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct-mg@cthompson.com>; Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 08:39:12 -0600; Paul, thanks for the sleuthing that sounds fantastic and there's a part of my brain (the sick, disturbed part) that is trying to think of a way to buy it. But then the more realistic (and smaller) pa; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00522.html (6,819 bytes)
5. Re: A heresy from the darkside (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct-mg@cthompson.com>; Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 15:42:10 -0500; One quick note to anyone who reads Larry's missives and thinks "Gee, Great Idea! $3000!" He's right, but with one nasty caveat. The 1990 and early 1991 miatas had a serious design flaw in the cranksh; /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00011.html (7,777 bytes)
6. Re: Vintage License Plates (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct-mg@cthompson.com>; Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:28:24 -0600; You need to check each state's laws on vintage plates. Here in Ohio I can run model year appropriate plates, but that classifies the car as Historic and I can only legally drive it 3000 miles a year.; /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00513.html (8,987 bytes)
7. Re: Vintage License Plates (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct-mg@cthompson.com>; Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 15:48:19 -0600; I'm fairly certain we do not. But even if we did, I'm not sure that, at least here in this area, it would be very effective. Here in Cincinnati we're at the junction of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. Ke; /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00522.html (8,213 bytes)
8. Re: If you were designing your ultimate toolbox for the (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct-mg@cthompson.com>; Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 07:22:31 -0400; I've been there. I've run out of gas twice in my life, both times out of bravado. "I know I can make the next exit". I couldn't. One of the times I had $1.25 in quarters in my pocket and two miles sh; /html/mgs/2003-07/msg00349.html (10,739 bytes)
9. Re: If you were designing your ultimate toolbox for the (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct-mg@cthompson.com>; Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 04:51:22 -0400; Mine are all empty and unused. No more danger than the empty 20oz Pepsi bottle rolling around the floor on the passenger side. It's merely there for "Chris is a dumbass" insurance. Seems I need that; /html/mgs/2003-07/msg00458.html (8,987 bytes)
10. Re: Animals (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct-mg@cthompson.com>; Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 05:56:08 -0400; No idea on the Spider issue, but on animals, does the Old Speckled Hen count? Granted that's not an actual recurring model and it's actually "Ol' Speckled 'un" when said with a heavy accent. But it's; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00067.html (7,706 bytes)
11. Re: Good shop in Cincinnati area? (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct-mg@cthompson.com>; Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 08:07:43 -0400; In the three years I've lived in my house, I've driven past the Smyth garage (which I don't believe is related to the Smyth Brothers Automotive here in town) every day. It's on the corner of SR 126 a; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00108.html (8,055 bytes)
12. Cheap Tools (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct-mg@cthompson.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 05:56:36 -0400; My father always told me that you invest in the best tools you can, even if it means you have to save up for them. This makes sense, in a way, paying for Craftsman over a cheap no name knockoff will; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00127.html (9,326 bytes)
13. Re: Cheap Tools (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct-mg@cthompson.com>; Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 04:45:38 -0400; Greg, what you're not saying, though is whether these are the same tools altogether. Does Stanley make the same ratchet and sell it under their own brand at one price, Husky at a cheaper price, and M; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00235.html (8,948 bytes)
14. Re: Here's your chance (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct-mg@cthompson.com>; Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 08:33:23 -0400; The current Naming scheme of MG* would have led to the car being the MGG, and I don't think that made any of the marketing wonks happy. Is there really any difference between a company creating a new; /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00117.html (8,950 bytes)
15. Re: New MGB - A couple of questions (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct-mg@cthompson.com>; Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 08:40:17 -0400; The 18V in my 1973/1974 hybrid has no paint left, but the engine compartment is the same light blue as the rest of the car, and is at least the seventh or eighth layer of paint. The DPO painted the e; /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00118.html (8,488 bytes)
16. MGB V6 Upgrade (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct-mg@cthompson.com>; Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 05:06:25 -0400; I was wondering if anyone on the list has any experience with putting a GM V6 in an MGB. Tony Barnhill linked to a site, http://www.killerbv6.com/ about the conversion. That site, of course, promptly; /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00172.html (9,169 bytes)
17. Re: MGB V6 Upgrade (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct-mg@cthompson.com>; Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 06:41:50 -0400; I'm not sure I'd put an american engine in, say, an E type, and I can certainly understand the originality issues. But on a $1000 1974 MGB, I'm not so concerned. Those were my thoughts too. Add to th; /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00175.html (9,523 bytes)
18. Re: MGB V6 Upgrade (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct-mg@cthompson.com>; Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 06:27:53 -0400; Thanks to all who have replied so far. Some points: First, the most obvious, is that yes, putting an American engine in a British car does detract from the "Britishness" of it, makes it non original,; /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00220.html (9,995 bytes)
19. Re: Piston Envy (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct-mg@cthompson.com>; Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 04:46:01 -0400; While that boggles the mind, especially the 1660 gallons of fuel per hour, I guess I'd have to ask why? Huge HP, you would have to imagine unrealistic Torque, but at 101rpm. I've been racking my brai; /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00239.html (7,735 bytes)
20. Re: Buying Moss parts -- distrubutors (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct-mg@cthompson.com>; Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 10:21:38 -0400; As the pile of metal in my garage masquerading as a beat up 74 B roadster will attest, I haven't ordered a great deal of parts. But those that I have, I've ordered from Jeff Zorn at www.LBCarCo.com.; /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00582.html (8,454 bytes)

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