- 41. Re: MGC Motors (score: 1)
- Author: David Knowles <dknowles@uk.b-r.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 10:56:00 +0100
- Those MGC engines make great ship anchors - whereas the MGB V8 engine is lighter than the old 1.8 litre four. Don't believe all the hogwash about the MGC producing "more" horsepwoer (145) than the MG
- /html/mgs/1997-09/msg00875.html (8,421 bytes)
- 42. New Mini (score: 1)
- Author: David Knowles <dknowles@uk.b-r.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 11:02:00 +0100
- new Beetle. Whatever happened to the radical Spiritual concept cars? It looks hopelessly old-fashioned against the forward-thinking A-class and Smart car. Issigonis wouldn't have approved. Rover avoi
- /html/mgs/1997-09/msg00877.html (7,016 bytes)
- 43. HOLD THE FRONT PAGE! Kai seen in magazine! (score: 1)
- Author: David Knowles <dknowles@uk.b-r.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 09:47:00 +0100
- Kai wrote: >>>Discrimination! Subscribers get their issues before Writers do? That sucks ;-)<<< See his words, his visage and his motor in MG World magazine - buy extra copies folks!
- /html/mgs/1997-09/msg01103.html (6,746 bytes)
- 44. Re: HOLD THE FRONT PAGE! Kai seen in magazine! (score: 1)
- Author: David Knowles <dknowles@uk.b-r.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 11:30:00 +0100
- I was just being deliberately OTT. Having said that, its nice to see pictures of people who "converse" on the net - gives flesh to their electronic bones so to speak. But don't get carried away - I'm
- /html/mgs/1997-09/msg01201.html (7,352 bytes)
- 45. Non lbc - for your amusement/offence (score: 1)
- Author: David Knowles <dknowles@uk.b-r.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 11:39:00 +0100
- At the 1997 World Women's Conference the first speaker from England stood up: "At last years' conference we spoke about being more assertive with our husbands. Well after the conference I went home a
- /html/mgs/1997-09/msg01278.html (7,756 bytes)
- 46. MGC Motors Part MCMXVII squared (score: 1)
- Author: David Knowles <dknowles@uk.b-r.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 11:35:00 +0100
- MGC trials and tribulations. And then when I open'em up its nothing but UTCs (Urinary Trajectory Competition) that has little to do with LBCs and ain't humorous. Drat. I'm sure there is a lesson to b
- /html/mgs/1997-09/msg01280.html (6,697 bytes)
- 47. Austin America, Austin 3-Litre etc. etc. (score: 1)
- Author: David Knowles <dknowles@uk.b-r.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 10:29:00 +0100
- The Austin America was a 1,275 c.c. front wheel drive two-door saloon with standard 4-speed Automotive-Products automatic transmission. It effectively - or perhaps I should say ineffectually - replac
- /html/mgs/1997-09/msg01781.html (8,425 bytes)
- 48. Re: A not dumb question (score: 1)
- Author: David Knowles <dknowles@uk.b-r.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 10:29:00 +0100
- A swat team is headed to Texas as we speak - hold on teddy, we'll get you outta there!
- /html/mgs/1997-09/msg01782.html (6,640 bytes)
- 49. Re: Austin America, Austin 3-Litre etc. etc. (score: 1)
- Author: David Knowles <dknowles@uk.b-r.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 13:54:00 +0100
- Michael, New Bern, NC wrote in reply: I'll need to check up on that - my memory of the Austin America, a car not sold in the UK, is not that strong.
- /html/mgs/1997-09/msg01791.html (7,332 bytes)
- 50. True or false new problem (score: 1)
- Author: David Knowles <dknowles@uk.b-r.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 09:36:00 +0100
- the engine is off I can get it into 3rd or 4th but that's it. Last night it worked perfectly. Where do I start? Debbie 79B w/od switch "Single woman w/ MG seeks man with tools...send picture of tools
- /html/mgs/1997-09/msg01939.html (8,244 bytes)
- 51. C reviews, why bad?/ was Engine weights... (score: 1)
- Author: David Knowles <dknowles@uk.b-r.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 15:04:00 +0100
- Previously, on this channel..... pissed off car. I reviews Probably it was preconceptions. Most all the automotive press saw the main deficiency of the B as a lack of horsepower. They probably antici
- /html/mgs/1997-09/msg02036.html (10,827 bytes)
- 52. Twin Cam MGB? (score: 1)
- Author: David Knowles <dknowles@uk.b-r.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 12:17:00 +0100
- The Twin Cam MGB, using presumably a marriage of 1,798 block and twin cam heads, is of course feasible, but it is unlikely that any manufacturer would invest the time and money involved in producing
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg00000.html (10,035 bytes)
- 53. MGB Twin Cam - more... (score: 1)
- Author: David Knowles <dknowles@uk.b-r.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 14:35:00 +0100
- 1). Before anyone out there says `but you said....'; NO - of course you cannot simply plop a T/C head on a standard `B' series block. The twin cam engine as a whole was a very special unit - one of t
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg00001.html (6,761 bytes)
- 54. Yet more on the MGB Twin Cam (score: 1)
- Author: David Knowles <dknowles@uk.b-r.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Aug 1997 10:16:00 +0100
- The `rumour' about six MGB Twin Cams got me going - and having come across other cars which have had a factory involvement claimed for them which, after a little detective work, turned out to be fake
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg00005.html (8,046 bytes)
- 55. Re: Yet more on the MGB Twin Cam (score: 1)
- Author: David Knowles <dknowles@uk.b-r.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Aug 1997 17:50:00 +0100
- Don Hayter, in case you didn't know, was an draughtsman (later engineer) at MG, joining in 1956, becoming Chief Engineer in 1973. In my book (plug plug), I suggest that if Syd Enever - as Chief Engin
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg00030.html (11,054 bytes)
- 56. Re: I think it was pre-ordained (score: 1)
- Author: David Knowles <dknowles@uk.b-r.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 16:43:00 +0100
- I think you'll find that Roche Bentley's son is Martin Gerald Bentley (MGB). I still have to wait a long time to get an MG model to name my offspring after.....
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg00405.html (6,309 bytes)
- 57. MG Clubs in the UK (score: 1)
- Author: David Knowles <dknowles@uk.b-r.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 15:09:00 +0100
- A quick append to Paul Hunt's e-mail. MG Owners' Club is at: mginfo@mgownersclub.co.uk and don't forget the MG Car Club, which is at: carclub@mgcars.org.uk The latter has registers for each model - i
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg00411.html (6,483 bytes)
- 58. Re: Yet more on the MGB Twin Cam (score: 1)
- Author: David Knowles <dknowles@uk.b-r.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 15:01:00 +0100
- With all due respect, you've slightly missed the point. If your knowledge of my nation and its people is limited by your knowledge of LBC's, then fair enough. I know this is all supposed to be in fun
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg00412.html (10,510 bytes)
- 59. MG to feature at Speedweek this month? (score: 1)
- Author: David Knowles <dknowles@uk.b-r.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 12:03:00 +0100
- Engineers at Rover's top secret research facility at Gaydon have been working in their spare time on a specially modified MGF, with a view to taking it to Bonneville for Speedweek. Information is ske
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg00414.html (8,786 bytes)
- 60. MG Restorer Cloned (score: 1)
- Author: David Knowles <dknowles@uk.b-r.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 17:02:00 +0100
- Did you hear about the man who bought an MG, and started to restore it, only to find that it was taking over his life? A common tale, of course, but this guy knew the right people and so he decided t
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg00428.html (7,479 bytes)
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