- 1. Robert Service (score: 1)
- Author: roethler@cadetmail.uscga.edu (Brust)
- Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 09:39:54 -0500
- Carol, after reading some Robert Service stuff, I don't think I ever want to go to Alaska..... don't get me wrong, the poetry is great, but he just makes it sound like HELL. Excuse me, but I'd sooner
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg00236.html (6,770 bytes)
- 2. MIATA (score: 1)
- Author: roethler@cadetmail.uscga.edu (Brust)
- Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 01:23:54 -0500
- Easy bro, world war II is over. Get over it. The miata is a nice car, in fact it doesn't leak oil, the transmissions don't break, they handle well, and the tops don't leak. I ain't gonna buy one, bu
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00034.html (6,945 bytes)
- 3. Re: Detonation discussion (score: 1)
- Author: roethler@cadetmail.uscga.edu (Brust)
- Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 13:47:58 -0500
- Ok bill, I got one for you..... How do you make a dog sound like a cat? give up? Freeze it then run it through a band saw MMMMEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW. Ooh. Bad joke. Won't let it happen again. Brust
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00496.html (7,087 bytes)
- 4. Teenagers and MG's (score: 1)
- Author: roethler@cadetmail.uscga.edu (Brust)
- Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 18:36:24 -0500
- Kai and all the others out there..... I had (have) a 69 Midget in high school... many experiences with that beast and still providing more. The chicks dug my 'little red car', the guys made fun of it
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00786.html (9,518 bytes)
- 5. Bugeye Sprite (score: 1)
- Author: roethler@cadetmail.uscga.edu (Brust)
- Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 12:50:05 -0500
- I don't know how far you are willing to go to get a sprite, but in the latest issue of Grassroots Motorsports (Get this mag if you don't yet!!!) I didn't see any private sales of Bugeyes, but there
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00905.html (7,358 bytes)
- 6. Re: Sprite/Midget Body Question (score: 1)
- Author: roethler@cadetmail.uscga.edu (Brust)
- Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 12:01:25 -0500
- Yes they are completely interchangeable-- you can make a true spridget by just buying a fiberglass bonnet and changing it with the wings and hood of the midget. You can also buy a square body one pie
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01015.html (8,082 bytes)
- 7. Re: Sun Rise No LBC Content (score: 1)
- Author: roethler@cadetmail.uscga.edu (Brust)
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 16:03:56 -0500
- Being a student of nautical science, I believe I can answer your question about the Sunrise standard. YES. There is. Leave it at that and be happy and ignorant. I have spent three years at the US Coa
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01275.html (7,707 bytes)
- 8. condensation (score: 1)
- Author: roethler@cadetmail.uscga.edu (Brust)
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 16:07:57 -0500
- I think the reason condensation occurs is a temperature difference on either side of the glass. The reason it clears up quicker if you have your window down or you blow cold air onto the window is th
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01277.html (8,091 bytes)
- 9. Re: Cockeyed Steering wheel (score: 1)
- Author: roethler@cadetmail.uscga.edu (Brust)
- Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 21:17:29 -0500
- yeah, pretty much- it isn't real bad, but those guys were too cheap to throw in a U-joint... thus with the column mounting on the rack slightly inboard of where the steering wheel sits in the cockpit
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01534.html (6,836 bytes)
- 10. $4000 MIDGET (score: 1)
- Author: roethler@cadetmail.uscga.edu (Brust)
- Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 07:53:54 -0400
- As much as I love the cars, I have never seen a midget that was worth paying $4000 for (well, almost). The ones that are worth 4k are the ones where you can eat off the engine, and are far better tha
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00124.html (6,823 bytes)
- 11. Knock offs (score: 1)
- Author: roethler@cadetmail.uscga.edu (Brust)
- Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 11:26:30 -0400
- This is the scoop on knock offs as far as I know-- Knock offs were used in racing many years ago because they came off with the beat of a hammer (eared type knock offs) and were replaced with the bea
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00210.html (6,898 bytes)
- 12. spridget axles (score: 1)
- Author: roethler@cadetmail.uscga.edu (Brust)
- Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 18:34:16 -0400
- They ARE all the same except of course for the difference between disc and wire wheels. The wire wheel hubs have different threads from early to late (they go from fine to course). The question I hav
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00279.html (6,775 bytes)
- 13. Technical Problems (score: 1)
- Author: roethler@cadetmail.uscga.edu (Brust)
- Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 06:52:20 -0400
- I don't think the stuff is related. On my Midget, the car would run great for about 30 min the start to run badly and eventually it would sputter and die. It was the gas cap. The new gas cap I bought
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00303.html (6,565 bytes)
- 14. MIDGETS (score: 1)
- Author: roethler@cadetmail.uscga.edu (Brust)
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 12:57:28 -0400
- Midgets are the best MGs made. Take all the overdrivin', four syncro lovin', 5-main havin' MGBs and then find the lowest common denominator-- The Midget. The essence of the sportscar- the earlier th
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00366.html (7,957 bytes)
- 15. MIDGETS (score: 1)
- Author: roethler@cadetmail.uscga.edu (Brust)
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 13:00:12 -0400
- ooooooh- Ma Bad Robert- I guess you already made your decision!!! Didn't read that one close enough. "He who sheds his blood with me today, shall be my brother." Wm. Shakespeare CGA RUGBY
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00367.html (7,072 bytes)
- 16. SU (score: 1)
- Author: roethler@cadetmail.uscga.edu (Brust)
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 15:44:23 -0400
- The story I heard was that they were called Skinners Union and were in fact a plumbing company before embarking in carburetor manufacture. I too would be really interested to find if this is true or
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00384.html (6,266 bytes)
- 17. WEBERS (score: 1)
- Author: roethler@cadetmail.uscga.edu (Brust)
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 19:36:54 -0400
- I don't think webers are a crime, but the SU's are probly better in my mind for a few reasons. 1)dual carbs look cool 2)at least on midgets, webers have a large flat spot in the midrange while the du
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00395.html (6,592 bytes)
- 18. MIDGETS (score: 1)
- Author: roethler@cadetmail.uscga.edu (Brust)
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 19:47:15 -0400
- Sorry for plugging up the list tonight, but now it seems people are starting to finally talk about something (MIDGETS) that I can actually talk about. I was about to agree with Phillipe about the squ
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00398.html (7,918 bytes)
- 19. valve noise (score: 1)
- Author: roethler@cadetmail.uscga.edu (Brust)
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 18:34:39 -0400
- I know for midgets the recommended way to get rid of the valve train noise is to invest in some trick carbon fiber pushrods (about $110/set) and a belt drive cam, and if your budget is really huge, s
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00417.html (6,502 bytes)
- 20. MIDGETS X2 (score: 1)
- Author: roethler@cadetmail.uscga.edu (Brust)
- Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 09:14:20 -0400
- No Scotty, thats not one for each foot, thats one for each mood. See, Midgets are so cost effective that I can own two Midgets for less than the cost of one B. Now if I wasn't lying to you right now
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00422.html (7,237 bytes)
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