- 1. Re: Swaps (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel Pruett <jpruett@tfb.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 21:08:03 -0800
- William M. Gilroy wrote: <snip> . At this point they have already spent all <snip> Only one thing wrong with that explanation, the Hair Force doesn't use rifles so they don't need any ammunition exce
- /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00542.html (6,782 bytes)
- 2. Swaps (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 10:25:52 EDT
- An MGA is up for sale locally. It has no engine nor gear box. I can't recall of anyone putting in a v-8 in one of these cars. Has it = been done? Can it be done without super problems? Any recommenda
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00139.html (7,852 bytes)
- 3. Re: Swaps (score: 1)
- Author: Susan and John Roper <vscjohn@iamerica.net>
- Date: Sat, 04 Jul 1998 10:34:48 -0500
- knuckle dragging, huh. I guess you would include Shelby and the like in that group. Me, I'd be proud to be classed with ol' Shel and folks like him. John
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00144.html (8,469 bytes)
- 4. Re: Swaps (score: 1)
- Author: Philip Hubbard <phubbard@carroll.com>
- Date: Sat, 04 Jul 1998 11:41:08 -0400
- and the can't Gee whiz. Kind of harsh, don't you think, Bill. Let they guy enjoy the car he wants to drive. Enough negative stuff happening without being blasted in ones hobby. Philip Burgundy 1974 M
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00145.html (8,163 bytes)
- 5. Re: Swaps (score: 1)
- Author: Patrick Bailey <pbailey@qnet.com>
- Date: Sat, 04 Jul 1998 09:05:09 -0700
- I think what Bill is saying is there aren't that many "A"S around and it would be a crime if the car got ruined by someone trying to put aV8 in it and screwed it up.How many "half -done "conversions
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00149.html (8,367 bytes)
- 6. Re: Swaps (score: 1)
- Author: Ben Ruset <bruset@home.com>
- Date: Sat, 04 Jul 1998 12:48:19 -0400
- Aaack! That was a mental picture *I* didn't want to see! BEN RUSET - http://members.home.com/bruset The MGB Haven & MG Cars Webring - http://members.home.com/mgbhaven
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00150.html (7,670 bytes)
- 7. Re: Swaps (score: 1)
- Author: Chuck Schaefer <crschaef@mc.net>
- Date: Sat, 04 Jul 1998 13:53:30 -0500
- There was a guy at the NAMGAR GT at INDY in the late 80s with an MGA with a 351 Ford V8 with automatic. I think he was from Kentucky or Tennessee. he had to shoe horn it in. Had to widen the frame an
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00154.html (8,022 bytes)
- 8. Re: Swaps (score: 1)
- Author: "charlie schellinck" <charlie@mars.ark.com>
- Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 23:47:30 -0700
- I agree we had to weld a beautiful redone A back together last week after someone placed a 350 from a chevy in it. The torque was to much for the body and chassie and made a real mess. I agree with e
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00155.html (7,431 bytes)
- 9. Re: Swaps (score: 1)
- Author: DANMAS@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 15:49:45 EDT
- Bill, In one sentence, you've wiped out all my respect for you that grew over the year or so I've been reading your posts. I will not get into a debate over this, but I will say one thing. There is n
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00156.html (9,826 bytes)
- 10. Re: Swaps (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Carney" <carney_fam_ark@email.msn.com>
- Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 15:25:01 -0500
- Jeez, There's NOTHING wrong with him. His car, his money. Land of the FREE & the home of the brave, remember? Happy Independence day! Jim
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00157.html (8,056 bytes)
- 11. Re: Swaps (score: 1)
- Author: ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Sat, 04 Jul 1998 16:56:56 -0500
- Hi Dan, Thanks for an eloquent discourse on common sense. I share many of your sentiments about the the MGs. Dunno if they're works of art tho. Maybe the coachwork, but surely not the mechanical cons
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00159.html (7,975 bytes)
- 12. Re: Swaps (score: 1)
- Author: Susan and John Roper <vscjohn@iamerica.net>
- Date: Sat, 04 Jul 1998 17:07:05 -0500
- Amen! John
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00160.html (10,716 bytes)
- 13. Re: Swaps (score: 1)
- Author: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>
- Date: Sat, 04 Jul 1998 22:57:54 -0700
- I know that I won't make any friends, but I feel a need to add my two cents worth to this thread. Sorry Bill, I'm not one of your fans. Your posts tend to automatically lead my fingers toward the De
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00174.html (11,979 bytes)
- 14. Re: Swaps (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 02:41:59 EDT
- << I have to agree with the theory that you are espousing. The world of MGA's is shrinking. Please, don't butcher any more of them. There are enough to go around that already have been converted to V
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00181.html (10,167 bytes)
- 15. Re: Swaps (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 02:59:05 EDT
- << In one sentence, you've wiped out all my respect for you that grew over the year or so I've been reading your posts. I will not get into a debate over this, but I will say one thing. There is noth
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00182.html (8,577 bytes)
- 16. Re: Swaps (score: 1)
- Author: "Murray Arundell" <goforit@ecn.net.au>
- Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 19:17:51 +1000
- Well said! I love my MGs but recognise them for what they are too. Lets be honest, Cecil Kimber was nothing more than a hotrodder and more power to him. I don't know how the term knuckle dragger is
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00183.html (11,313 bytes)
- 17. Swaps (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 10:29:35 EDT
- <<Now I saw a good conversion at Moss festival last tear it was un believable an A with a blown V8 slicks etc but it wasn't an A it had lost all the spirit that we love in these cars a lot of people
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00197.html (8,766 bytes)
- 18. Re: Swaps (score: 1)
- Author: DANMAS@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 11:05:46 EDT
- Bill, I have no need nor reason to object to your opinions. I believe fully that each of us are entitled to our opinion, no matter how much another may disagree; however, as a person that is in the p
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00199.html (8,827 bytes)
- 19. Re: Swaps (score: 1)
- Author: "Eric Houkal" <erictw@enteract.com>
- Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 10:11:48 -0500
- Perhaps had you not slipped in your "knuckle draggers" comment his response would have been more civil. I would suggest that you were the one who started the name calling Eric
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00200.html (8,700 bytes)
- 20. Re: Swaps (score: 1)
- Author: DANMAS@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 11:18:49 EDT
- Bud, I don't disagree with you at all in principle. The only disagreement we may have is in the numbers required to be preserved. As I stated in my previous post, I do feel that a number of them need
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00201.html (8,474 bytes)
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