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1. Re: Mark Evans MG for sale [going OT] (Catapults etc.) (score: 1): Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:21:14 -0500; Interesting example. I remember seeing a show on which they built what was supposed to be Leonardo da Vinci's glider. They built it, and had a test flight -- they got lift, but no control. So they we; /html/mgs/2006-01/msg00233.html (7,521 bytes)
2. Re: Mark Evans MG for sale [way OT] (Catapults etc.) (score: 1): Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 19:35:26 -0500; I agree that the wing-warping idea was more sympathetic to the "sketch" than movable control surfaces would have been; and that in that light the show was respectful of the original design. And I wou; /html/mgs/2006-01/msg00237.html (10,681 bytes)
3. ID a car? (score: 1): Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>; Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 11:15:19 -0400; So my sister e-mailed me, trying to figure out what a car was that she'd seen. She told me that it was cute, and that the logo on the car was the letter T, with an arrow pointing down from the vertic; /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00089.html (6,379 bytes)
4. Re: EBC Green Stuff Brake Pads (score: 1): Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>; Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 09:39:34 -0400; I've had Greenstuff pads on my 'B for over a year, and I love them. Great stopping, I haven't managed to fade them, and almost no dust. The fronts are only marginally dirtier than the rears; 2 months; /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00124.html (8,048 bytes)
5. Wire wheel question (score: 1): Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>; Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 10:37:44 -0400; I have 4 good, new chrome wire wheels, on new hubs. These two old wheels are, of course, rusty; one has a broken spoke, one has a hub that's in bad shape. I want to unlace them, clean them up, and pu; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00261.html (7,838 bytes)
6. Rear Axle asymmetry (MGB) (score: 1): Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>; Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 09:28:04 -0400; I have a 1970 MGB. The rear axle seems to be slightly offset toward the drivers' side of the car -- there is roughly a half-inch of clearance between the tire and outer fender on that side, and rough; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00389.html (8,058 bytes)
7. Re: Rear Axle asymmetry (MGB) (score: 1): Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>; Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:59:46 -0400; For the second time in as many weeks, the list talks me out of a project. Unlike the aborted attempt to rebuild a wire wheel, though, I don't feel bad for abandoning the plan to roll the fender lip -; /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00458.html (9,864 bytes)
8. Re: The London Bombs-Off Topic (score: 1): Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>; Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 10:35:44 -0400; The originator of this thread was at least aware enough to put the "Off Topic" disclaimer in the subject line. However, the next logical step -- that since it was not relevant to the subject of this; /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00085.html (7,010 bytes)
9. Re: Lower Trunnion needed when doing bushings? (score: 1): Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>; Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 10:11:52 -0400; My 2 cents: If you're taking the front end apart, do a full rebuild. Kingpins, swivel bushings (pressed in and reamed by a machine shop), the whole 9 yards. Moss and others have a major suspension ki; /html/mgs/2005-06/msg00022.html (9,451 bytes)
10. Re: Brake Bleeding (score: 1): Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>; Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 09:43:49 -0400; My guess: the steel line, running from the splitter block to the wheel cylinder, has been crushed shut. Has the car ever been put on a flatbed hauler? Follow it back from the wheel cyl, around the fr; /html/mgs/2005-05/msg00285.html (8,039 bytes)
11. Moss/parts question (score: 1): Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>; Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:27:38 -0500; I'm looking at replacing a few damaged bits on the dash. Moss part #142-260 lists for $49.95. It's a turn signal lens. Other years' turn signal lenses 142-265 list for $5.85. Now, I realize that they; /html/mgs/2005-03/msg00126.html (7,220 bytes)
12. Re: Moss/parts question (score: 1): Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>; Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:42:48 -0500; Goodness. I feared as much, and will file that info... Thanks for the response, and thanks to Moss for the hard work keeping -- or making -- things like this available. Should I be unable to dig one; /html/mgs/2005-03/msg00135.html (8,070 bytes)
13. Oil Pressure Sender/hose (score: 1): Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>; Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:57:03 -0500; So, on my '70 B, the oil pressure sender and the oil pressure sender pipe below are usually covered in a light ooze of oil. The hose has given up the ghost (gone in short order from ooze to drip to s; /html/mgs/2005-03/msg00136.html (7,577 bytes)
14. Re: abingdon pillow (score: 1): Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>; Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 11:03:56 -0500; To me, this is even sillier than CBB vs. RBB. At least in that case there's a real measurable difference -- hp, handling, weight (which are the essence of a sports car, yes?). But in this case it jus; /html/mgs/2005-02/msg00016.html (8,622 bytes)
15. Re: You Can Never Find a Good Horsewhip When You Need One...... (score: 1): Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>; Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:38:46 -0500; I don't know the specifics of this case. But a 2+2 without its v-12 might have been transformed into a GTO or Testa Rossa or California Spyder (etc.) replica. That is, buy the cheapest possible v-12; /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00178.html (9,269 bytes)
16. Re: You Can Never Find a Good Horsewhip When You Need One...... (score: 1): Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>; Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:47:05 -0500; Okay, a little closer look at the ebay auction, and I notice that the car number is 2573. http://www.barchetta.cc/english/All.Ferraris/Detail/2573GT.250GTE.htm That site lists it as having been rebod; /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00183.html (7,592 bytes)
17. Dead Pedal for LHD MGB? (score: 1): Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>; Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:23:22 -0500; Drivers of RHD cars can use the starter cover as a dead pedal; LHD cars don't have a practical place to rest/brace the left foot. If you have made up a dead pedal for a LHD car, what did you use? How; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00186.html (6,980 bytes)
18. Looking for parts -- 70 B (score: 1): Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>; Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 13:56:45 -0400; I'm looking for a license plate lamp bracket (Left-hand side) for a '70 MGB. The lamp wouldn't hurt, either... This is a one-year-only piece for the split bumpers. Anyone got a spare lying around? Al; /html/mgs/2004-10/msg00120.html (6,808 bytes)
19. More wiper problems (score: 1): Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>; Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 14:53:08 -0400; This summer, I had wipers that wouldn't turn -- it turned out to be a kink in the pipe, and end float a little long on the wiper motor. Fixed those problems, and it worked great for a few months. Now; /html/mgs/2004-10/msg00121.html (7,146 bytes)
20. Stiff windows, and no hazard flashers -- MGB (score: 1): Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>; Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:43:43 -0400; My 1970 'B has recently been taken apart and put back together. You might call it "restored", but that's a matter of opinion... Anyway, there are a couple of problems that the car didn't have before.; /html/mgs/2004-10/msg00214.html (7,302 bytes)

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