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81. Re: American Sports Car Trivia (no LBC) (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 01:28:10 +0000; Well, if it's still being produced, I'd count it. It pre-dates the Mustang, but I don't think it pre-dates the T-bird. Anyway, I thought they quit making them after the run of 350 c.i. Impala SS's.; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00252.html (8,733 bytes)
82. Re: getting frustrated (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 01:28:10 +0000; Alan, Well, I'm still not ure about the radio connection, but if the car tumbles almost to the point of dying, the alternator voltage may be dropping so low that the radio is turning itself off as a; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00253.html (8,696 bytes)
83. Re: American Sports Car Trivia (no LBC) (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 01:28:10 +0000; John, Well, you win the award for most thorough answer. I'm glad the other guy didn't have the car knowledge you do, or we might have started picking nits. I answered the T-bird, since there were no; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00254.html (10,098 bytes)
84. Kits based on MGBs (and Ferris' Ferrari 250 California) (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 01:37:09 +0000; I just read a message talking about the Ferrari kit used in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", someone on the list asserted that it was based on the MGB. As much as I would LOVE for this to be true, it isn'; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00255.html (8,560 bytes)
85. Re: American Sports Car Trivia (no LBC) (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 16:02:20 +0000; Dan, Well, I'd have to do more research to be sure, but I thought that the delay was due to time overuns in developing the next generation of Corvettes. As for whether what they did constituted "con; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00304.html (9,346 bytes)
86. Re: Kits based on MGBs (and Ferris' Ferrari 250 California) (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 16:02:21 +0000; Trev, I'll check again, but I think the Brooklands and the AC Ace were the only two I saw. The Ace isn't a bad looking little kit, but nothing to trae the MGB body for. As for the Brooklands, I don'; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00305.html (8,862 bytes)
87. Re: One last American car question. (Still no LBC) (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 16:02:21 +0000; Actually, there was an LS-7 also. It was an aluminum-block 454. I think that less than a dozen (seven, maybe?) were actually installed in cars, all as COPO (Central Office Production Orders). I can'; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00306.html (8,854 bytes)
88. Re: Shock Absorber Fluid (Was:Re: Dashpot Oil) (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 16:02:21 +0000; Matt, Just to throw one more options in, I've been pretty happy with hydraulic jack oil. I think it has the same anti-foaming as the ATF and power steering fluid. Scott; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00307.html (7,457 bytes)
89. MGB kits and engines. (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 00:22:11 +0000; Going through my issue of Kit Car Magazine again, I noticed that the two kits that are based on the MGB chassis list three engine options, the MGB 1.8L, the Rover 3.5L V-8, and....the Ford 2.8L V-6!; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00363.html (7,004 bytes)
90. Re: MGB kits and engines. (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 00:57:37 +0000; Well, after doing some web searching, the Ford 2.8L V-6 doesn't look like uch a good idea after all. Turns out it was pretty underpowed in stock form, about 100hp at the rear wheels. This wouldn't b; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00372.html (7,808 bytes)
91. Re: Aerosol Rustproofing Fluid (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 00:57:37 +0000; I've never heard of "cavity wax" (now THAT sounds ominous), but I have read that Waxoyl can be diluted with new engine oil for getting into tighter spaces. I think Porter mentions it in his Guide to; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00373.html (7,951 bytes)
92. Re: 5 cylnder engines (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 00:57:37 +0000; Audi used one, I think it was in the Audi 50. I'm sure there are others. A friend's dad always had a hard time at the Department of motor vehicles, because his two cars were a Mazda RX-7 and an Audi; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00374.html (8,380 bytes)
93. Re: Lost engine number! (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 00:57:37 +0000; Jim, If you know enough about the origins of your particular engine, you can probably piece together all of the information on the engine plate except for the actual sequential part of the serial nu; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00375.html (7,524 bytes)
94. Re: Historical Diffrences (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 01:13:38 +0000; Is the door-sill plate dated 1981, or is it just titled as a 1981? I know a lot of cars are titled based upon the time they were sold to the customer, not when they were actually built. (my classmat; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00380.html (7,291 bytes)
95. Re: One last American car question. (Still no LBC) (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 22:29:31 +0000; Rick, Thank you (and your son) for the clarification. I thought I knew a little about Corvettes, but I didn't realize that the 56-62 models were on the same chassis as the 53-55. As such, I see now; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00487.html (9,201 bytes)
96. Re: Rear speakers.... (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 23:26:31 +0000; Ross, It may be a generational thing, since you "old farts" simply didn't grow up with high-end car audio systems. My brother is 15 years older than I am. (he's 42), and he tells me that even as lat; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00684.html (9,889 bytes)
97. Re: AM/FM/MPX 8 Track (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 23:26:31 +0000; With the advent of direct-track access on CDs, I don't know if our kids will ever understand what it was like on the early 8-track players that didn't even have fast-forward or rewind. (crotchety-ge; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00685.html (8,465 bytes)
98. Re: AM/FM/MPX 8 Track (NO LBC) (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 23:26:31 +0000; Scott, The other nice thing about embracing a technology that everyone else has thrown away is how cheap the hardware is. I went into a used electronics shop in Dallas and walked out with a Micro Se; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00686.html (8,148 bytes)
99. Re: AM/FM/MPX 8 Track (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 23:26:31 +0000; Paul, That 1960's AM/FM dual broadcast wins a permanent place in my "ugly kludge" collection! As for the 8-tracks in cars, a friend's son just bought a "neat old car". I'm not sure of the model, Any; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00687.html (8,855 bytes)
100. Re: Rear speakers.... (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 03:01:16 +0000; John, Having a powerful stereo doesn't make a person an irresponsible listener any more than a fast car makes them an irresponsible driver. Most of the wattage in my stereo was for the subwoofers, w; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00700.html (8,658 bytes)

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