- 1. Re: Success Stories (a little long) (score: 1)
- Author: Jim and Nadia Higgins <seamus@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 09:15:23 -0400
- Always double the time you think it should take and when you still aren't done remember how much you learned along the way. Congratulations!! You deserve the pat on the back!! I took cooking in high
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg00174.html (7,400 bytes)
- 2. Re: overheated engine (score: 1)
- Author: Jim and Nadia Higgins <seamus@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 14:52:37 -0400
- My advice would be to find another MG shop. At that price you should have, at least, a fully rebuilt engine. MVHO Jim Higgins
- /html/mgs/1999-05/msg01225.html (7,709 bytes)
- 3. MG Parts (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Higgins <seamus@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 19:31:01 -0400
- No financial interest, ect. ect. ect., but I just saw this ad on the MG Enthusiasts Home Page: MG Parts Inventory for sale - CHEAP Our British car shop has lost the lease on the building that we've
- /html/mgs/1999-04/msg01463.html (6,886 bytes)
- 4. Re: Oil coolers (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Higgins <seamus@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 08:24:16 -0500
- Jim, In my short time on this list, I have come to appreciate it as a collection of amateurs and professionals doing their best to keep these cars running and looking good. The great value of this gr
- /html/mgs/1999-03/msg00599.html (9,137 bytes)
- 5. A small complaint (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Higgins <seamus@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 08:39:54 -0500
- I have been a member of this group for just a couple of months and I must thank all of you for the advice that you have given to me and to the advice that I see given to others. Sometimes I didn't ev
- /html/mgs/1999-03/msg00600.html (6,855 bytes)
- 6. Humour (No LBC content) (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Higgins <seamus@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 14:16:30 -0500
- Thought this was funny: A guy collecting shells on the beach in California stumbles across an odd bottle. Curious, he starts to clean the sand off with his shirt when with a bang and a cloud of smoke
- /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01042.html (7,713 bytes)
- 7. Re: What material for brake lines? (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Higgins <seamus@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 21:24:44 -0500
- I just installed a set of copper alloy lines on a TR3A this weekend. I could not believe how easy they were to work with. Even the very tight bends required at some points were done easily without k
- /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01653.html (7,253 bytes)
- 8. Re: MGB prices (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Higgins <seamus@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 00:44:08 -0500
- You have hit this right on the mark. I am fairly new to this list, but have been playing with LBC's since I bought my first two in 1973 (a TR4 with a parts car). Generally speaking, if I can buy a ca
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg01183.html (9,130 bytes)
- 9. Re: MGB prices (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Higgins <seamus@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 13:01:43 -0500
- I don't mean to say that there isn't a place for these museum pieces (I enjoy drooling over these cars as much as the next guy), but we need to keep some perspective. To spend $20,000 restoring one o
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg01212.html (8,367 bytes)
- 10. Investment value? was: mgb prices (a little long) (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Higgins <seamus@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 09:36:27 -0500
- Hello all, Without knowing the history of this car, it is hard to know if this was a sound "investment". I do not know what MGBs sold for in 1972 (I hope someone could enlighten me!), but, for sake o
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg01266.html (9,620 bytes)
- 11. Re: Investment value? was: mgb prices (a little long) (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Higgins <seamus@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 11:29:45 -0500
- I guess my point is how much $$$$$$$$$$$$ was "invested" in the ground up restoration? Jim
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg01271.html (7,452 bytes)
- 12. Re: Investment value? was: mgb prices (a little long) (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Higgins <seamus@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 13:36:56 -0500
- I have been informed (thanks Howard) that a 1972 MGB sold for $3200. Using an investment calculator I found that $3200 would need an average yield (compounded annually) of 6.1421% to equal an investm
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg01283.html (7,722 bytes)
- 13. Re: MG Overheating (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Higgins <seamus@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 10:37:52 -0500
- First: the water that you see coming out of the exhaust pipe is perfectly normal. One of the by products of combustion is H2O and it is normal to see this before the car gets to operating temperatur
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg01378.html (8,244 bytes)
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