- 41. Little cars, big engines. (score: 1)
- Author: Richard D Arnold <richard.arnold@juno.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 07:55:55 -0600
- Among the other exciting happenings of yesterday, a friend stopped by with his toy, a later model Karmann Ghia with a 455 Olds transaxle, and we went for a short drive. Reminded me of why I liked lit
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00301.html (6,422 bytes)
- 42. HIF4 SU Carbs (score: 1)
- Author: Richard D Arnold <richard.arnold@juno.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 07:59:10 -0600
- Potentially foolish question follows: Why are there separate carb kits for front and rear carbs? Wouldn't any differences in gaskets, seals, etc, just be the reverse of the other (just flip it over t
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00566.html (6,939 bytes)
- 43. Just Having Fun (score: 1)
- Author: Richard D Arnold <richard.arnold@juno.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 08:18:54 -0600
- The weather having been relatively decent for February in Iowa, I had been feeling somewhat frustrated by the existence of warm weather only when I had no time available. Thus, when my buddy Carl (wh
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00568.html (8,100 bytes)
- 44. affluence (score: 1)
- Author: Richard D Arnold <richard.arnold@juno.com>
- Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 20:09:59 -0600
- Kind Sir: I own two (count 'em, two) LBC's and consider them to be the mainstay of a reasonably inexpensive hobby. Miss Molly, '79 Midget, is daily transportation during warmer weather. Miss Maggie,
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg01391.html (7,529 bytes)
- 45. Re: Happy New Year (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 10:38:10 -0600
- Ditto! Rich Council Bluffs, Iowa '74.5 RB MGB "Miss Maggie" '78 Chevy Half-Ton "Waltzin' Matilda" (LBC Support Vehicle) '79 Midget "Miss Molly" richard.arnold@juno.com or rdarnold@neonramp.com
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00021.html (6,802 bytes)
- 46. Re: Year Zero (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 03:00:30 -0600
- While I agree that, technically speaking (calculating in increments of 100 years), the millenium will begin in 2001, I believe that we're missing a somewhat relevant point. The common and accepted p
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00082.html (9,895 bytes)
- 47. List Donation (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 11:48:57 -0600
- I would heartily agree -- do you have an address where one might send such items? Rich Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA '74.5 RB MGB "Miss Maggie" '78 Chevy Half-Ton "Waltzin' Matilda" (LBC Support Vehicle
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00105.html (6,989 bytes)
- 48. Re: Year Zero (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 14:14:46 -0600
- Again, since the practice is common and accepted among those who use it daily, has been that method for hundreds of years, etc, ad infinitum, ad nauseum, it appears that the use of any other method
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00112.html (8,296 bytes)
- 49. Re: '66 B won't roll (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 06:43:14 -0600
- Clearly you were not aware that towing without a driveshaft connected sets up a sympathetic harmomic resonance that oscillates at the precise frequency necessary to cause the drums to stick like imp
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00246.html (8,126 bytes)
- 50. MGB Numbers (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 10:41:14 -0600
- Well, I braved the cold for a bit this morning and copied down all the numbers I could find (and felt like looking for). Can someone help decode them? Car Number (VIN): G H N 5 U E 3 6 6 4 4 3 G Buil
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00255.html (7,281 bytes)
- 51. Miss Maggie Update (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 10:55:33 -0600
- Maggie, the 74.5 RB MGB, is alive and well and exhibiting all kinds of peculiarities. Replaced her soft top yesterday with the hard top because it takes less space to store the soft top (need a winds
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00256.html (7,569 bytes)
- 52. Re: Hard top weatherstrip (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 23:35:12 -0600
- I would suggest using a universal weather trim / seal that has a shape something like this: 0| When viewed from the end, it looks like a circle sitting next to a bar. The flat portion is meant to be
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00311.html (7,881 bytes)
- 53. Re: The Weather... (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 06:55:12 -0600
- I think we might be forced to send him a couple of hurricanes or something this spring! Rich
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00322.html (7,029 bytes)
- 54. Re: '66 B won't roll (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 06:58:37 -0600
- Egad -- you have surely offended MOWOG! Draw an Octagon in the center of your garage floor and sacrifice a Tri**ph, lest you suddenly begin to develop -- horrors! -- oil leaks.... Rich (still not en
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00323.html (7,805 bytes)
- 55. Long -- Hard top weatherstrip (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 08:02:48 -0600
- My hard top must be of a different design than yours; it attaches at the frame sockets (behind the doors) and at the top of the windshield frame, but has no provisions for attaching to the rear hook
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00324.html (9,825 bytes)
- 56. MGB A-Arm Bushings (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 21:59:25 -0600
- What is the list's collective wisdom on the use of MGB-GT V8 A-Arm bushings (that's a mouthful, ain't it?) in a 74.5 RB MGB? For, Against, Don't Matter, Might As Well, Easier to Install, Last Longer,
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00386.html (7,077 bytes)
- 57. Pressing in V8 A-Arm Bushings (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 07:36:47 -0600
- Earlier I had posted a question about using the V8 A-Arm bushings and the general consensus seemed to be that it was a good move. However, one lister (Hal Rogers?) suggested that the bushings needed
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00520.html (7,664 bytes)
- 58. Off-Topic and Long: Dates (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 07:08:56 -0600
- While I admire Clarke's abilities as a writer (I particularly like his grocer's scale analogy despite the apples and oranges problem; 'tis much better than my odomoter reference) and recognize his s
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00648.html (8,826 bytes)
- 59. MGB Overdrive (Woo-Hoo!) (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 13:14:23 -0600
- If I may demonstrate my ignorance for a moment (you'll get used to it, I did). I finally took the time to look under Miss Maggie )the 74.5 RB MGB, and discovered that she is equipped with an overdri
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00944.html (7,469 bytes)
- 60. OT: Questions of Originality (score: 1)
- Author: Richard D Arnold <richard.arnold@juno.com>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 11:28:13 -0600
- In re the recent comments on originality v. modifications (the snobbish, holier-than-thou attitudes exhibited by adherents of either sect), I keep a card in my billfold that I made while in the milit
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg01309.html (7,078 bytes)
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