- 41. Re: HNY Indeed! (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 18:02:11 -0500
- Thanks, Peter. As I picked up from the locals, "Ya, yer darn tootin' we're dyin' to get there too, don'cha know!" Snow blower? Does it snow up there? (only kidding - saw a bit on Tuesday as we were l
- /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00894.html (9,408 bytes)
- 42. Re: Hi All (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
- Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 14:14:58 -0500
- Back also. Same observation after renting: Lincoln Towncar (somebody at Lincoln needs to drive a German sedan) Oldsmobile Silhoulette (awful) Toyota Solara (remarkably good, but a sensory deprivatio
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00015.html (7,415 bytes)
- 43. Re: Off Topic (mild LBC added)-- rather long too.... (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
- Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 17:10:07 -0500
- Then there's always "Get in, shut up, hold on." -- VI, "First Venice_, I on too student parent rental my would of problems laughing,
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00048.html (11,884 bytes)
- 44. Re: 1979 Road Test (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
- Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 15:42:04 -0500
- "Anyone who would buy a Midget when an X1/9 is available for only $1000 more would have to be a complete masochist." Ron Masochist-at-Large
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00085.html (8,012 bytes)
- 45. Re: Drippy 1275 (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
- Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 20:43:53 -0500
- Well, knock wood, 450 miles on a 1275 I recently built and not one single drip, as in zero. At one point I thought the head was damp near the front left oil feed hole, but dried up upon retorquing.
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00160.html (9,042 bytes)
- 46. Re: PCV for 948cc (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 06:16:22 -0500
- If/when the 948 goes back into a car, I'm doing the later timing cover mod. I noticed it on Speckman's Bugeye at Road America and I thought that's what he'd done to his 948. I later came to find he
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00181.html (9,594 bytes)
- 47. APT (was 948 PCV) (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 17:57:24 -0500
- Could very well be - I know in Vizard's book he refers to APT as "my company (now APT in the U.S.)", but it's an old copy. There are some references to he and Anton working together in the book. Neit
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00208.html (6,912 bytes)
- 48. Re: 1.5" SUs (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 16:13:38 -0500
- Loving my 45DCOE. Especially the Weber growl. --
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00332.html (8,034 bytes)
- 49. Re: book review (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 22:08:15 -0500
- Agreed on the review. www.barnesandnoble.com has it on sale for $5 lower than Amazon. As a B&N browsing junkie at the local mega-store (which I hate for running all the mom & pops out of business he
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00343.html (7,552 bytes)
- 50. Re: first post, 948 question (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 22:01:58 -0500
- For me it was for umph, and there is a tremendous amount more. I resisted changing for a while (the purist in me), but finally caved a few months back and glad I did. Parts availability for the 948 s
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00344.html (7,858 bytes)
- 51. Take the test (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 07:02:05 -0500
- A few months back Peter Egan published a "Does Your Car Have Character" quiz in his Side Glances column. It's online at www.roadandtrack.com. In the "search" box, type "character" and hit the search
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00419.html (7,442 bytes)
- 52. Re: Take the test (Egan info) (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 21:13:14 -0500
- Yes, I know he wrote that article, but he had restored 6 Bugeyes himself well before he drove Rob's, plus he was a professional mechanic in the early '70s before he wrote for a living. I didn't real
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00488.html (9,899 bytes)
- 53. Re: Weber Update (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 21:30:54 -0500
- Sounds good - not sure about manifolds. Try Pierce Manifolds, address / phone not handy. Will check tomorrow. As a point of comparison after you get the manifold prices, I paid $405 delivered from S
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00489.html (8,578 bytes)
- 54. Egan books (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 21:54:19 -0500
- Several people have inquired about Peter Egan, and have offered up their favorite Egan stories. There are two compilations out: Peter Egan's Side Glances Peter Egan At Large The "At Large" has the Bu
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00490.html (7,072 bytes)
- 55. Re: bugeye's name (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 06:47:23 -0500
- Yah, puttin der namen offen der sprite inder frunt orin de bak on der plaat wud be kool. --
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00506.html (8,340 bytes)
- 56. Fw: Weber Update (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 17:39:06 -0500
- Carl
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00535.html (6,901 bytes)
- 57. Re: Found in swap sheet (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 18:36:33 -0500
- http://www.specialcar.com/priceguide/index.html Select any car, and the explanation will come up. -- up
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00537.html (8,901 bytes)
- 58. Hermosa Midget and T-day. (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 16:58:04 -0500
- Happy Thanksgiving to all - I just got back from a brief trip to L.A., and saw a clean '75 Midget for sale in Hermosa Beach on Pier Ave., outside the Ragin' Cagin' restaurant (got bit by Rattlesnake
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00783.html (6,848 bytes)
- 59. Re: Metric or standard? (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
- Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 18:50:24 -0500
- Yeah, and an oddity for those of you not used to Brit iron - even 99% of the bolts in the block are fine thread.
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00820.html (7,074 bytes)
- 60. RE: Vizard's book (score: 1)
- Author: Ron Soave <redlotus@spacey.net>
- Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 16:11:30 -0500
- Mini Mania had it recently - $50 new. Hello all: I keep hearing about Vizard's book "Tuning BL's A Series Engines". I have tried all the searches on the net and several friends who are book dealers,
- /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00855.html (8,265 bytes)
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