- 1. Spridgets in SoCal (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Hineline <hineline@helix.ucsd.edu>
- Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 08:39:42 -0700 (PDT)
- Having used my 1970 Midget as a daily driver for a 40-mile commute into Portland, Maine, for several years, I am surprised to find very few Spridgets on the road in my new location, San Diego. The on
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00256.html (7,211 bytes)
- 2. My sad story (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Hineline <hineline@helix.ucsd.edu>
- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 07:04:16 -0700 (PDT)
- I bought my first and only Midget in 1980. It was a 1970, maroon paint over BLG. And it was a basket case. I got it running and after many near-disasters got it to daily driver status. Example of a d
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00329.html (9,760 bytes)
- 3. Re: My sad story (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Hineline <hineline@helix.ucsd.edu>
- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 12:53:06 -0700 (PDT)
- Several people have replied to my original post asking what happened to the cars and the tools. I don't know. I got a certified letter from the people who ran the storage barn after I missed several
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00356.html (8,384 bytes)
- 4. Re: My sad story (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Hineline <hineline@helix.ucsd.edu>
- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 16:13:22 -0700 (PDT)
- Well. First, I want round rear wheel arches. On both sides. Second, it has to be invisible to wives and 16-year old sons going on 17. That means it must never be seen in the parking lot, or on the i
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00376.html (10,221 bytes)
- 5. Re: My sad story: Color choices (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Hineline <hineline@helix.ucsd.edu>
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 09:08:36 -0700 (PDT)
- Guess I'm never going to be satisfied with just one car. About 15 years ago, Road and Track did a feature on a TC that was called BRG, but had so much black mixed in that they also called it "warm b
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00443.html (8,716 bytes)
- 6. Re: It's a sickness! (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Hineline <hineline@helix.ucsd.edu>
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 11:09:45 -0700 (PDT)
- Great! Let's hear more of these stories. If there is one thing I hated to hear, it was some clown say "I used to have one of these." Translation: "I used to be a fool, but now I'm a daytrader." Or so
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00469.html (8,494 bytes)
- 7. Re: My sad story: Color choices (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Hineline <hineline@helix.ucsd.edu>
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 14:20:11 -0700 (PDT)
- Yeah, especially since it is a WELL KNOWN FACT that Abingdon had a 0% defect rate. In 1979, representatives of Japanese MITI, Nissan (then Datsun), Honda, and Toyota all toured Abingdon to study BL's
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00490.html (9,382 bytes)
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