- 121. RE: Bugeye Ready to Race! (score: 1)
- Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 13:01:17 -0500
- Welcome to the list. Oddly enough I was reading your web page last week after finding the columns on "Beater Racing" in North American Motorsport. Sounds like one hell of a bugeye. Hows the Midget p
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00871.html (7,173 bytes)
- 122. Lake Superior Vintage Sports Car Rendezvous (score: 1)
- Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 17:48:22 -0500
- It was a wonderful weekend in Duluth, Minnesota. Great weather, great cars, great people. The Minnesota Austin-Healey Club were the hosts. There were about 50 cars: A few MGAs, eight or ten Bs, a hal
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00384.html (9,065 bytes)
- 123. FW: '66 SPRITE 4 SALE (score: 1)
- Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 08:41:41 -0500
- Phil Vanner With much regret. 1966 Austin Healey Sprite for sale.Continue to read and if you wish please post else where. Serial # HAN9L49999 1293 cc +.020 overbore, freshened Datsun 4 speed gear box
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00403.html (8,222 bytes)
- 124. RE: Lake Superior Vintage Sports Car Rendezvous (score: 1)
- Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 09:42:36 -0500
- I was more worried about the guy with the Alfa, I thought he was going to cry, having to drive on gravel. I figured Andy's "Austin Powers" paintjob was going to survive, I just have no idea what's u
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00404.html (8,755 bytes)
- 125. RE: Lake Superior Vintage Sports Car Rendezvous (score: 1)
- Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 09:56:05 -0500
- I thought headlight rims were supposed to be difficult to remove. Just to perpetuate the stereotype of parts falling off of British cars, I have to confess also that I rattled an air cleaner loose o
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00411.html (8,466 bytes)
- 126. RE: Tonneaus and Tops (score: 1)
- Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:46:42 -0500
- I believe "Sports and Classics" can help you. This is from the Monster list. http://www.dimebank.com/monster/vendors.html -- Sports and Classics 512 Boston Post Rd. Darien, CT. 06820 203-655-8731/2 B
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00412.html (8,015 bytes)
- 127. RE: Generator indicator light (score: 1)
- Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 11:39:50 -0500
- You messed with cooling and now charging isn't behaving. Since one thing that the cooling system and the charging system have in common is the belt, have you looked at that? Is the generator turning
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00486.html (8,884 bytes)
- 128. RE: Fuse block (score: 1)
- Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 14:15:04 -0500
- Seems like a good reason NOT to fuse the headlights. Seems like a good reason to NOT fuse the headlights. Phil Vanner Mk1 Midget
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00498.html (7,194 bytes)
- 129. RE: Lucas - Addition to Family (score: 1)
- Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 18:42:47 -0500
- I wanted to name a Jack Russell Terrier "Lucas" but she's female so she's named Lucy (close anyway) English, born with a bad ticker (OK now) and not at all well-behaved. Phil Vanner Mk1 Midget (no ro
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00621.html (8,578 bytes)
- 130. RE: Lost Oil Cap and Gas pedal question (score: 1)
- Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 15:18:08 -0500
- As for the filler cap: there's a chance that it is down inside the fender, between the inner and outer wing, as the manufacturer would say. You might be able to fish it out with a hook or something.
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00166.html (8,787 bytes)
- 131. RE: '76 Midget Brakes - not fully "releasing" (score: 1)
- Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 14:19:12 -0500
- Isn't this the sign of an internally collapsed hose? Pressure in the caliper when the pedal is released? " Cracked the bleed nipple and got squirted, " Phil Vanner Mk1 Midget
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00203.html (7,713 bytes)
- 132. HELL of a weekend! (score: 1)
- Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 16:40:33 -0500
- An eventful weekend for the poor little Midget. First, on Friday evening I'm driving home from work, sky looks very threatening. I put the top up and the passenger side sidescreen in. About 5 minutes
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00260.html (9,329 bytes)
- 133. RE: NOS Midget MK I steering wheel (score: 1)
- Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 16:16:44 -0500
- Damn, that thing is going be just about perfect when you get done with it. Congrats on the wheel, (I'm not really jealous. No, really, I'm not) Good Luck on the horn push, you'll need it; truly a dif
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00290.html (8,273 bytes)
- 134. The Mitsubishi Alternator conversion (score: 1)
- Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 17:30:31 -0500
- I am going to convert to an alternator using Frank's advice as found on PDLJMPR. However, I only have the alternator itself (a Mitsubishi, from an '86 Mazda GLC) I don't have any of the wiring or the
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00416.html (7,256 bytes)
- 135. Events page - Twin Cities adn Upper Midwest (score: 1)
- Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 15:21:57 -0600
- Yep, I've got too much time on my hands. Actually, since it's part of my job in the local MG club to keep track of these things, I thought I'd put it down in HTML where it might help somebody find so
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00070.html (7,258 bytes)
- 136. RE: LBC SOBRIQUET (score: 1)
- Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 16:44:22 -0600
- Rumor has it that Tiger was Don Adams' own car. Wonder if he still has it? Phil Vanner Mk1 Midget (drove it wearing a tuxedo once) Dunno about 008, but, I think Agent 86 drove a Sunbeam Tiger! Did Ag
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00075.html (8,263 bytes)
- 137. RE: LBC's SOBRIQUET (score: 1)
- Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 16:59:36 -0600
- My wife named it "The Baby Car" and as much as I didn't like it at first, it Phil Vanner MK1 Midget
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00078.html (7,586 bytes)
- 138. RE: looking for bugeye (score: 1)
- Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 11:51:35 -0500
- There is a bugeye listed in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune yesterday for $6,000.00. It is described as looking and running good, Disc Brakes and 1275, which sounds pretty good given the price. I'd be h
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00197.html (7,494 bytes)
- 139. RE: East vs. West/Sports Car Mecca (score: 1)
- Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 12:22:30 -0500
- True, My Midget still has a "Burbank Sportscar Center" badge on it. Phil Vanner Neither East nor West, but the Road Salt Capital of the World. I don't know that they necessarily crossed either pond.
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00265.html (9,159 bytes)
- 140. RE: RE: East vs. West/Sports Car Mecca (score: 1)
- Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 10:14:38 -0500
- Minneapolis, where, in March, you can still tell what brand of tire left November's ruts. Where I still can't take the motorcycle or the Midget out on the road much because they haven't swept up the
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00291.html (10,819 bytes)
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