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61. Advice on buying an MG (Rick) (score: 1)
Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring)
Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 09:05:18 -0400
Rick and fellow fiends: Here's my reaction to Rick's questions about buying his first MG (specifically, buying a partially restored B): I'd tend to think your first MG should *NOT* be one that is par
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00228.html (9,885 bytes)

62. sneaky, isn't she? (score: 1)
Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring)
Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 08:09:20 -0400
Sneaky, isn't she? This is just her ploy to get some of us to admit that we wear such garments. Well, I for one am not going to fall for it! anonymous p.s. ignore that "from" address up there, this m
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00381.html (7,105 bytes)

63. my obscene tube & the right thing to do (score: 1)
Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring)
Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 08:49:21 -0400
Fellow fiends: Now that I have your attention: MGB owners may be aware of that oddly shaped tube that hangs down from the heater box, there in the tranny tunnel, with its oddly anatomical shape. Many
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00454.html (8,986 bytes)

64. Re: my obscene tube & the right thing to do (A) (score: 1)
Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring)
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 07:49:44 -0400
Dear Unsure: The knob you speak of seems integral to the rubber tubing in my car and I can only guess that some one in the dark past of MG history figured that this knob made the tube a one way affai
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00545.html (7,637 bytes)

65. innocent youth (score: 1)
Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring)
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 08:05:46 -0400
Fellow fiends: Bob Nogueira writes about the poor soul who bought a VW thinking it was an MG TD (the PO must really be an evil person to pull that stunt). That reminds me of the neighborhood kid, I'd
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00546.html (7,365 bytes)

66. the value of a buck (score: 1)
Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring)
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 08:13:51 -0400
My second reaction to this (I don't need to tell you my first) is that this sort of stunt says nothing about the value of a given car to a given person but volumes about the value of a buck to a give
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00547.html (7,005 bytes)

67. blowing your cool (score: 1)
Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring)
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 08:22:55 -0400
Fellow fiends: Michael M. ponders the loss of coolant in his A. (Wow, this will be three postings in one morning--am I busy or what??). Anyway...I've noticed a similar phenomenon with the B. If you "
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00548.html (7,411 bytes)

68. I stand corrected! (score: 1)
Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring)
Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 09:11:01 -0400
Fellow fiends: To which Corey responded: As Hamlet once said "A touch, a touch, I do confess it!" OTOH, I would argue that the heater box drain tube is in a different class from Zenith carbs and air
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00602.html (6,670 bytes)

69. don't mess with her (score: 1)
Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring)
Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 08:13:57 -0400
Ouch! That's why she's the high preistess. Don't mess with Thorpe. Will "isn't she wonderful?" Zehrinig p.s. regarding those little plastic numbers you can put on sparking plug wires: why not slit th
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00657.html (6,551 bytes)

70. race weekend (score: 1)
Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring)
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 09:34:11 -0400
Fellow fiends: I realize there is no MG content in this posting but its a big race weekend coming up and I thought to submit the following for your dining pleasure. A friend here has two tickets to t
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00800.html (9,386 bytes)

71. OD vacuum question (score: 1)
Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring)
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 08:03:31 -0400
Fellow fiends: This one is for folks with experience on the early OD set up. Not that my unit is operating improperly, but... The vacuum set up I have is a short rubber tube connecting the vacuum swi
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00991.html (7,920 bytes)

72. testing my mettle, or: irksome rant (score: 1)
Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring)
Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 08:45:09 -0400
Fellow fiends: I call upon the wisdom of the net: I had a bad day and I'm a weak man and I'm being tested. May I rant for a screen or so? Two things: thing the first: last night a member of my car-gu
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg01042.html (9,169 bytes)

73. Re: testing my mettle, or: irksome rant (score: 1)
Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring)
Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 11:30:03 -0400
Good points, all. In fact, we stopped counting the hoses in there. And that doesn't include the 16 pipes for the anti-lock brake system. My friend admitted it took him 15 mins to locate the dip stick
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg01057.html (10,823 bytes)

74. Re: testing my mettle, or: irksome rant (score: 1)
Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring)
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 08:35:58 -0400
Cindy et al.: I enjoyed a variation on your suggesteion last night. Unfortunately, it wasn't while I was sipping a cool iced coffee at a sidewalk cafe. I was stuck in traffic (again). I had the top
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg01109.html (9,773 bytes)

75. My grandmother's 1100 (score: 1)
Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 08:14:56 -0500
Fellow fiends: Did I ever tell you the story of how I rolled my grandmother's 1100? Will "4/1" Zehring
/html/mgs/1996-04/msg00004.html (6,380 bytes)

76. OD electrics questions (score: 1)
Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring)
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 08:54:52 -0400
Fellow fiends: The fateful day during which the OD tranny will be ensconced in Old Whitesides fast approaches! My plans have been postponed so far by pesky demands at work (piffel!) and the odd sprin
/html/mgs/1996-04/msg00175.html (7,474 bytes)

77. OD electrics--Thanks! (score: 1)
Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring)
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 09:15:42 -0400
Fellow fiends: Modest list bomb here: many thanks to the several persons who responded to my OD electrics question. The swap is penciled in for Friday. Now I know not only how to wire the various bit
/html/mgs/1996-04/msg00203.html (6,452 bytes)

78. BRG, etc. (score: 1)
Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring)
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 08:48:26 -0400
Fellow fiends: I'm not sure exactly how British racing teams adopted Green as their national racing color but it was certainly true in the good old days of international grand prix racing (i.e. pre-s
/html/mgs/1996-04/msg00244.html (8,072 bytes)

79. More on racing colors (score: 1)
Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring)
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 09:12:20 -0400
Fellow fiends: A member of my local car guy support group corrects me on national racing colors: Japan: white with a red stripe (Honda) US: blue with a white stripe. Examples include the Gurney Eagle
/html/mgs/1996-04/msg00245.html (7,432 bytes)

80. OD etiquette (score: 1)
Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring)
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 10:06:56 -0400
Fellow fiends: Well, three scrapped knuckles, one cheep cigar, and a few pints of... fermented malt beverage later, the OD is in the '63, wired and working! It is a treat for a jaded fool such as I t
/html/mgs/1996-04/msg00373.html (8,691 bytes)


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