- 201. re: Uneasy Rider (score: 1)
- Author: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
- Date: Mon, 22 Jun 98 19:13:49 EDT
- Hmm... I thought the full title was "'Ballad of the' Uneasy Rider"..? :-) Had it memorized at one time. :-) :-) :-) Ed in NC
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00613.html (6,761 bytes)
- 202. re: Uneasy Rider (score: 1)
- Author: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
- Date: Mon, 22 Jun 98 20:12:15 EDT
- Naw; but mah bruther drove the toe-truck! ;-) :-) :-) Ed in (spittui!) NC ;-)
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00619.html (6,770 bytes)
- 203. "Going South" :-) (score: 1)
- Author: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
- Date: Tue, 23 Jun 98 18:20:21 EDT
- JUST because you asked.... I believe this dates from the period just post-Civil War :-) :-) and is more-or-less synonymous with "Gone to Texas". Ed in 'North' Carolina ;-)
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00654.html (6,726 bytes)
- 204. re: '59 Bugeye looking for a name (score: 1)
- Author: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
- Date: Mon, 11 May 98 16:31:55 EDT
- Hi Carolien! With your current problems, "Bugaboo" might be appropriate. ;-) Ed in NC Or "Bug-I-Boo"... :-)
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00165.html (6,664 bytes)
- 205. re: turbocharging a 1275 (score: 1)
- Author: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
- Date: Mon, 11 May 98 18:12:45 EDT
- For autocrossing, a turbo would put you in a "modified" class, running against things like old formula cars, sports racers, and homebuilt specials. Ed in NC
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00168.html (6,930 bytes)
- 206. Yet another NCer :-) (score: 1)
- Author: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
- Date: Tue, 26 May 98 17:38:41 EDT
- Hi Tom! Welcome to yet another lister from The Old North State! (I always found that amusing; referring to a very Southern state as "The Old North State". :-) :-) Yeah I know, it refers to the diffe
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00461.html (6,821 bytes)
- 207. re: BCD Tanglewood (score: 1)
- Author: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
- Date: Fri, 29 May 98 22:25:30 EDT
- Welll, I keep getting corn-fus-ed on the date; but I hope to drop by. Won't be in an lbc though; some big Amurican thang. ;-) Ed in Raleigh
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00603.html (6,709 bytes)
- 208. re: pops out of 4th gear (score: 1)
- Author: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
- Date: Wed, 1 Apr 98 19:56:52 EST
- So is there an actual fix? Other than an expensive rebuild? Just replace the spring? Replace the gear dogs? (can they BE replaced?) Mine jumped out at odd times too (back when it was running). Ed
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00032.html (7,318 bytes)
- 209. re: Tire size (score: 1)
- Author: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
- Date: Wed, 1 Apr 98 22:36:09 EST
- Hi Les, This is because you squeezed 185mm(nominal) section width tires onto -realskinny wheels. 185mm is about 7-1/4". How wide are your rims? 3-1/2"? 4"? Even the late style Midget wheels were onl
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00047.html (9,009 bytes)
- 210. re: LBC SOBRIQUET (score: 1)
- Author: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 98 16:57:09 EST
- "the Barn-owl"? (those eyes!) "'possum" (saw one in a barn once as a kid and didn't know what it was Ed in NC
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00072.html (7,784 bytes)
- 211. re: LBC SOBRIQUET (score: 1)
- Author: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 98 17:07:18 EST
- Dunno about 008, but, I think Agent 86 drove a Sunbeam Tiger! Did Agent 99 have a car? Ed in NC
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00073.html (7,737 bytes)
- 212. re: LBC SOBRIQUET (score: 1)
- Author: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 98 18:13:13 EST
- Since we're talking about lbc's tv stars... I suppose we should at least mention the ratty ol' Spridget David Jansen used to drive in a detective show I've forgotten the name of. Used to annoy his me
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00079.html (8,402 bytes)
- 213. LBC SOBRIQUET (score: 1)
- Author: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 98 19:20:49 EST
- Ref: Your note of Thu, 02 Apr 1998 18:16:08 -0600 Hey! That's not even British (and downright unAmerican)! Byte yer tung! :-) Ed
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00084.html (8,052 bytes)
- 214. re: New Midget in the Neighborhood (score: 1)
- Author: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
- Date: Sat, 4 Apr 98 08:23:19 EST
- Friend o' mine had -two- bright yellow Fiat 850 Spyders get hit. Both times the excuse was, "I didn't see it..." Hey! What are you doin' up and coherent so early on a Saturday? :-} Ed
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00142.html (8,922 bytes)
- 215. re: New Midget in the Neighborhood (score: 1)
- Author: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
- Date: Sat, 4 Apr 98 09:07:30 EST
- I keep thinking that if I ever get to putting my Midget back on the road I'd paint it to match a friend's Sprite race car. Dark blue with one broad, white stripe down the middle, bordered on each si
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00146.html (9,297 bytes)
- 216. Saw a Midget for sale... (score: 1)
- Author: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
- Date: Sat, 4 Apr 98 09:12:44 EST
- Speaking of maroon... There is a maroon (dark red anyway) Midget on a small used car lot in south Raleigh NC. Looks good from a distance. I havn't stopped to look close. They have it parked on one o
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00147.html (6,838 bytes)
- 217. New Midget in the Neighborhood (score: 1)
- Author: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
- Date: Sat, 4 Apr 98 10:05:57 EST
- Carl's racer isn't exactly the official Spridget blue. He (and a lot of other racers) uses GM truck enamel. Easy to get, match and repair! I don't know how many dark blues were original to Spridgets,
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00150.html (10,156 bytes)
- 218. re: Help me through this... (sort of LBC (score: 1)
- Author: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
- Date: Mon, 6 Apr 98 19:09:50 EDT
- Might make a nice tow car for getting the bugeye to autocrosses... ;-) Ed in NC
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00226.html (7,000 bytes)
- 219. re: Sacrilege, a bugeye Miata (score: 1)
- Author: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
- Date: Mon, 6 Apr 98 19:32:21 EDT
- He didn't say it was a -good- copy... ;-) Ed
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00227.html (7,836 bytes)
- 220. re: Fattest Tire on 13x6 MiniLite Rim? (score: 1)
- Author: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
- Date: Mon, 6 Apr 98 20:12:47 EDT
- I was discussing this with someone from Australia(?) last week. According to him the widest that will fit reliably is 175/60. You might get a 185/60 to work but it will depend a -lot- on what offset
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00230.html (8,061 bytes)
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