- 61. Re: Sprite Side Windows (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 19:20:11 -0700
- Hi Ken: O.K., this from one of those annoying purist/originality types, and it pains me to tell you, but there is a fellow in my local club who did exactly what you are suggesting on a Mk 1 some year
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01140.html (9,584 bytes)
- 62. Re: Purchase From List Member ;( (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 19:52:01 -0700
- I agree with you, Gerard. I have both bought and sold with list members and have never been anything but happy with the transactions. If someone cannot conduct their affairs with integrity, then we s
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01338.html (12,218 bytes)
- 63. Re: British Car Week (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 21:04:45 -0700
- Absolutely! May 24 - 30 is the third annual. Drive lots, wave to the other BCs, and have fun! Today's sightings on my travels: Sunbeam Alpine (unrestored, a little rough), TR6 (nicely maintained) and
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01454.html (7,892 bytes)
- 64. Re: another mag (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 22:52:25 -0700
- Gee, I'll just bet that Frank has a couple of dozen copies.............. Doug Ingram in
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01546.html (7,667 bytes)
- 65. BCW Sightings (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 23:05:41 -0700
- Well, another day of British Car Week fun. I put on quite a few miles today just toolin' around, going nowhere in particular. A little disappointed in the sightings department: a Mini and a Spitfire,
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01619.html (8,143 bytes)
- 66. Re: Nader, was: Side Marker Reflectors (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 22:09:55 -0700
- I think you have downplayed the destructive role that labour unions played in the decline of the British auto industry. Especially through the 70s, they were a major impediment to the productivity,
- /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01664.html (11,220 bytes)
- 67. Tonneau cover (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 18:42:51 -0700
- Hi all: I've searched the archives, but couldn't find anything conclusive. I want to find a decent tonneau cover for my bugeye (simple type, LHD, original seats, no roll bar). Does anyone have a reco
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg00202.html (7,867 bytes)
- 68. Re: Gas tank question (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 20:35:15 -0700
- I have tried this. My only advice would be to consume the highest octane you can find - the cheap stuff leaves a kind of bitter taste....... Doug Ingram Victoria BC 1958 Frogeye AN5L/636 patches shou
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg00289.html (8,102 bytes)
- 69. Re: OUCH! (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 20:58:04 -0700
- I empathize, Phil. I did the same thing many, many years ago when I was 16, and was backing my mother's brand new Corolla out of the garage. Door ajar, it catches the side of the garage (not a box li
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg00684.html (9,060 bytes)
- 70. Re: Transmission - Painted? (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 21:01:17 -0700
- Same green as the engine, BMC called it "engine green". Doug Ingram Victoria BC 1958 Frogeye AN5L/636
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg00685.html (8,559 bytes)
- 71. Tach cable routing (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>
- Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 11:52:59 -0700
- Can anyone advise the correct routing for the tachometer cable from the back of the generator/dynamo. I'm assuming it goes behind the heater unit and in front of the battery. Is this right? Thanks in
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg00951.html (6,903 bytes)
- 72. Re: Top storage brackets (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 20:24:26 -0700
- Sorry, Frank, it looks like you got caught on this one....... The top storage boxes actually do go under the rubber mats, there is a clear picture in OS&M on page 25, taken from an all original Mk 1.
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01048.html (9,266 bytes)
- 73. Re: kaput! (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 15:12:02 -0700
- On the other hand, let's not forget our successes in keeping these cars "I managed to get the brakes sorted" "That Midget is in good nick!" Doug Ingram Victoria BC (That's B for BRITISH Columbia) 195
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01221.html (10,000 bytes)
- 74. Re: datsun 210 (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 17:13:51 -0700
- But.....if we ban Robert, we'll also have to ban Crash "Dat Soon?", and I don't think we're ready for that! Doug they place dazed
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01521.html (9,047 bytes)
- 75. Re: Inquiring Minds Want To Know (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 08:32:09 -0700
- Hi Jay: A purist at heart, I run my car with very few modern concessions. Rebuilt 948, smoothcase gearbox, drum brakes all around, single circuit braking system, H1 carbs, original fuse box, mechanic
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01571.html (10,413 bytes)
- 76. British Car Week, May 24 - 30, 1999 (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 10:43:29 -0700
- I hope everyone is aware of and eagerly anticipating the thrid annual British Car Week, this year running from May 24th to 30th. A great time for all British cars to be out on the roads and highways,
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01722.html (7,273 bytes)
- 77. Keeping tires beautiful (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 21:26:39 -0800
- Any advice on keeping tires clean and shiny would be appreciated. (Besides not scuffing them on curbs, that is). I'm nearly finished the job of bead blasting and repainting my steel wheels, and I'd l
- /html/spridgets/1999-03/msg00316.html (8,147 bytes)
- 78. Re: Dark Green/Production Change Point (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 21:32:11 -0800
- Semantics indeed. Regardless of the date the car was registered, isn't it appropriate to consider the year of manufacture to be the critical issue? Car #5477 marked the change to the windscreen (alth
- /html/spridgets/1999-03/msg00447.html (12,830 bytes)
- 79. Re: Dark Green/Production Change Point (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 22:49:19 -0800
- Yeah, I suppose we do get carried away sometimes........ but it is fun to consider and make such a big deal about all these innocuous things that happened 40 or so years ago. I often think what would
- /html/spridgets/1999-03/msg00449.html (16,242 bytes)
- 80. Re: Dark Green/Production Change Point (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 09:27:07 -0800
- Thanks for the story about the Bishop. I've often wondered about the history of my car - it's rare for anyone to be able to detail 40 or so years in a car's life......that makes your car very special
- /html/spridgets/1999-03/msg00476.html (16,073 bytes)
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