- 61. Re: Sprite Side Windows and more Questions (score: 1)
- Author: Ronsoave@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 14:01:24 EDT
- Absolutely! BTW, I'm redoing the 4 wheel drums on the Bugeye (thanks to the great Peter C. for parts, advice, and, most importantly: etc.). Drums, shoes, springs, wheel cylinders new. It will be inte
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01214.html (7,495 bytes)
- 62. Re: Carlisle (score: 1)
- Author: Ronsoave@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 16:13:09 EDT
- Larry, I saw the webpage. Sell. Stuck in my Skinner Box for a few more hours, Ron
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01223.html (7,859 bytes)
- 63. Not a Spridget, but someone save it: (score: 1)
- Author: Ronsoave@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 23:21:10 EDT
- == Subject: [junkyard-list] 1974 MGB in Wilmington, CA Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 08:19:20 -0700 From: John Seim <kingseim@earthlink.net> Reply-To: junkyard-list@cartsys.com To: junkyard-list@cartsys.co
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01241.html (7,207 bytes)
- 64. Re: Morris Minor List (score: 1)
- Author: Ronsoave@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 09:28:03 EDT
- If we go to the archives, capture everything written between 5PM on Fridays and 8AM on Mondays, and bulk mail it to Montana Bob, maybe he will! Viva Spridgeteers!!!
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01253.html (7,238 bytes)
- 65. Re: Apology NO WAY! (score: 1)
- Author: Ronsoave@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 09:34:46 EDT
- I know I'll get blasted for this, but there are two sides to this. You might be surprised at who's out there. There are quite a few professional parts and services people on the list who have refrain
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01255.html (7,710 bytes)
- 66. Re: re;apology NO WAY well maybe (score: 1)
- Author: Ronsoave@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 22:22:47 EDT
- No such thing. I really don't have a strong opinion, I just would hate to see the list turn into e-bay, that's all. I don't think that will ever happen, just wanted to point out the possibilities. Wh
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01270.html (7,083 bytes)
- 67. Speedwell FS & the Sprints (score: 1)
- Author: Ronsoave@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 09:26:16 EDT
- In today's Chicago Trib: 59 Speedwell Sprite Racer. World's fastest. $31,000 invested, divorce forces sale. $19,500. 608-788-8544. This is in Wisconsin, so Gary, WST, what do you know? Wasn't there m
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01274.html (7,331 bytes)
- 68. Re: Speedwell FS & the Sprints (score: 1)
- Author: Ronsoave@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 12:38:31 EDT
- I guess he can't get away with it here! Actually, my wife didn't even look up from the Arts & Entertainment section when I said "WOW! A Speedwell for sale" when she replied "you know it's not real."
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01278.html (7,628 bytes)
- 69. Re: oil (score: 1)
- Author: Ronsoave@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 19:23:46 EDT
- I have spent more time than my subcontractors would care to admit tearing down aircraft turbomachinery after failures, and when we switched to synthetic type oil I NEVER saw a coked or blue bearing a
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01283.html (8,289 bytes)
- 70. Re: oil (score: 1)
- Author: Ronsoave@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 08:53:02 EDT
- Airliners aren't as susceptible to failures as the military applications (and there is redundancy). The throttle transients on the mil jets induce thrust loads that kill the machines. And the equipme
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01300.html (8,589 bytes)
- 71. Re: 1st burn (score: 1)
- Author: Ronsoave@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 21:53:46 EDT
- They just don't deliver, apparently. The USPS / UPS debate is over for me - first UPS lost a $400 shipment of my wife's window treatments, and now they apparently lost an order from Peter C. to me. A
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01332.html (7,414 bytes)
- 72. Re: Mostly alive Midget (score: 1)
- Author: Ronsoave@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 14:18:43 EDT
- Those weren't my u-joints clunking, that was me falling off my chair and hitting the floor. You Know Who Note to Peter C.: UPS called - they graciously shipped "our" parts to California, just in case
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01407.html (8,358 bytes)
- 73. Re: My Daughter, My Sprite (score: 1)
- Author: Ronsoave@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 00:47:06 EDT
- Even Montana Bob would smile at that story, Frank. 'Course when my Dad asked me why I blipped the throttle on his car the first time he drove with me in it when I was 16, I told him it was from heari
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01458.html (8,975 bytes)
- 74. Re: mechanical advance (score: 1)
- Author: Ronsoave@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 09:19:39 EDT
- Why: The static advance can vary from 2 to 9 degrees BTDC on LBCs I've played with (I think Spridgets are 5? No specs handy). When idling at 900-ish RPM the mechanical advance is kicking in an additi
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01475.html (9,349 bytes)
- 75. Re: Safety and Young Drivers in Spridgets (less LBC content) (score: 1)
- Author: Ronsoave@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 11:55:35 EDT
- Great line! Good one heard last week at a baseball batting cage: My friend Chris Schlarman (formula Ford and former Sprite racer) was hitting balls with, as is our style, a wooden bat. The guy in fro
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01486.html (7,493 bytes)
- 76. Re: Steering wheels (score: 1)
- Author: Ronsoave@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 15:21:09 EDT
- I bought a beautiful Moto-Lita with adapter from Hayes Harris at Wire Wheel in FL for 1/2 Moss price. He had about 20 others hanging on the wall when I was there. www.wirewheel.com
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01517.html (7,450 bytes)
- 77. Re: another mag (score: 1)
- Author: Ronsoave@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 21:02:19 EDT
- AND BY THE WAY... I never found the British Car Mag with George and Frank in this town. They had the previous issue on the rack for ever, but never replaced it in B&N, Borders, Media Play, Walden Boo
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01533.html (7,949 bytes)
- 78. Re: My Daughter, My Sprite (score: 1)
- Author: Ronsoave@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 11:27:29 EDT
- If I may, I'd recommend spending an extra $1500 or $2000 and getting an 87+ 325iS (NOT the emasculated 325es). The 6 cylinder is much, much stronger than the 4, has ABS, and better impact protection.
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01558.html (8,681 bytes)
- 79. Re: another mag (score: 1)
- Author: Ronsoave@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 22:36:44 EDT
- In yet another example of list generosity, Patrick Elliott has graciously offered me a copy, gratis. THANK YOU PATRICK!!! Ron
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01613.html (7,465 bytes)
- 80. Re: BCW Sightings (score: 1)
- Author: Ronsoave@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 23:32:03 EDT
- On mine, I had to zip out the rear window. I was clocked at 3 seconds start to finish. Now the window is glass - I could break one second, easy.
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01663.html (7,219 bytes)
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