- 1. MG Owner bugged-out from Houston story (score: 1)
- Author: Farlane Macfarlane <n5bgy@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 19:29:20 -0700 (PDT)
- Well folks, it's been a while since you've seen my name on the MG list. I've been busy with rebuilding a 1973 VW 412 for the last year or so. I got my red '67 running sweetly about 3 years ago, and I
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00309.html (7,420 bytes)
- 2. NEED A 14" WIRE WHEEL AND TIRE - MG Owner bugged-out from (score: 1)
- Author: Farlane Macfarlane <n5bgy@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:54:59 -0700 (PDT)
- I hate to ask, but is there anyone between Shreveport, LA and Dayton, TX who has a 14" MGB wire wheel with a useable 175-size tire they can let me borrow? I need to get the MGB back to Clear Lake, an
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00346.html (9,099 bytes)
- 3. Re: NEED A 14" WIRE WHEEL AND TIRE - MG Owner bugged-out from (score: 1)
- Author: Farlane Macfarlane <n5bgy@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:03:02 -0700 (PDT)
- Thanks for the thought, Dan. No problems in Shreveport, some power outages in outlying areas, some limbs down, but nothing worth mentioning. This area really doesn't flood, even with 10+ inches in a
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00354.html (7,719 bytes)
- 4. Re: Coil? (score: 1)
- Author: Farlane Macfarlane <n5bgy@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 16:54:34 -0700 (PDT)
- Amen. I had a really strange malfunction with one of the SU's on my '67 MGB. While cruising at a fixed throttle opening, it would start to lose power, then sputter, drop a cylinder or two, then (some
- /html/mgs/2004-08/msg00385.html (7,923 bytes)
- 5. Roadsters, Tourers, and Station Wagons... (score: 1)
- Author: Farlane Macfarlane <n5bgy@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 16:03:49 -0700 (PDT)
- Yeah, probably true...maybe we should call all non-MG-convertibles "cabriolets"? Well...some earlier British "station wagons" (Anglias, Cortinas, etc.) were "Estate Saloons" I believe, and VW called
- /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00025.html (7,217 bytes)
- 6. MG's vs other tourers (score: 1)
- Author: Farlane Macfarlane <n5bgy@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 16:25:43 -0700 (PDT)
- Hey, you've hit upon it! Midgets, MGB's, they're both a real hoot to drive. I drove a Miata once, competent, goes fast, handles well, but the tuchas-is-connected-to-the-floorpan-oy, this-is-FUN! sens
- /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00653.html (7,281 bytes)
- 7. MGA Sighting...Hunstville Texas (score: 1)
- Author: <n5bgy@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 22:49:59 -0500
- If you were driving a BEAUTIFUL red MGA on the feeder for I-45 near Huntsville, TX today...cheers! It's great to see vintage British iron motoring along like that. BTW, I was in the black Grand Voyag
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00008.html (6,838 bytes)
- 8. Re: Generator or alternator (score: 1)
- Author: <n5bgy@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 19:35:30 -0500
- The generator really can't handle charging the battery from the starter's initial draw, or the ignition system's draw while running, unless you drive regularly over 5-10 miles a day and at revs consi
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00237.html (9,260 bytes)
- 9. Re: Ford Prefect ( Hitchhikers Guide) (score: 1)
- Author: <n5bgy@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 19:38:11 -0500
- And now for something completely different! Ford Prefect any relation to Ima Leeker? I know Ford Anglia was... Prefect. /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.tea
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00238.html (6,719 bytes)
- 10. Turnabout is fair play... (score: 1)
- Author: <n5bgy@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 20:45:06 -0500
- OK, I've got one of those ironic situations to report. Conventional Wisdom (not mine), LBC's are supposed to have electrical gremlins, right? And US-manufactured cars are (same conventional wisdom) s
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00260.html (7,028 bytes)
- 11. Re: last of the morning top down drives (score: 1)
- Author: <n5bgy@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 18:09:32 -0500
- Here in Houston, the title of the note reads, EUREKA!!! First of the comfortable early-morning top-down drives!!!! This morning, I went to work in my '67 MGB with the top down, temperature 67 deg F (
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00464.html (7,927 bytes)
- 12. Re: Distributor repair (score: 1)
- Author: <n5bgy@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 19:19:47 -0500
- Then there's they type like me...not content with a worn-out 25D4 (wrong P/N, too) for my '67 MGB, I adapted a (not worn out) Hitachi distributor from a 1983 Honda Civic. More work than 10 years wort
- /html/mgs/2003-07/msg00187.html (8,660 bytes)
- 13. Re: Installing HIFs (score: 1)
- Author: <n5bgy@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 18:09:55 -0500
- Hylomar HPF gasket dressing...Permatex makes it in the USA. Good stuff for float bowl gaskets, valve cover gaskets, etc., but I've not used it for manifold gaskets myself, so I can't vouch for it in
- /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00820.html (7,034 bytes)
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