- 101. Gift Car (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 05:09:48 -0600
- I'm in for $5.00. And if any pictures are taken, please post them to a web page somewhere. Rich Council Bluffs, Iowa '74.5 RB MGB "Miss Maggie" '78 Chevy Half-Ton "Waltzin' Matilda" (LBC Support Vehi
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00522.html (7,506 bytes)
- 102. Gift Car (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 05:45:31 -0600
- My $0.02: If the car is truly a basket case and can be purchased for much less than the $800.00, then I would say to go ahead and do it. A good supply of parts is a blessing.... But, if it as a baske
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00584.html (8,298 bytes)
- 103. Re: Gift Sprite (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 22:34:05 -0600
- Have we still managed to keep this a secret from Ron? Rich
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00669.html (8,670 bytes)
- 104. Re: Gift Sprite...don't let the idea die!! (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 22:03:14 -0600
- Guess I'll have to go the $5 (I have a daughter, and am kinda attached to her...). But seriously.... It's a damned fine idea. I'll support it! Rich Council Bluffs, Iowa '74.5 RB MGB "Miss Maggie" '7
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00701.html (7,487 bytes)
- 105. Re: Factory Options (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 19:36:09 -0600
- Yes. It's outside right now: '78 Chevy Half-Ton, with a plow on the front bumper and a tow bar at the back. Just hook the Chevy to the front of the Sprite, and off you go..... 'Course, it's a rather
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00874.html (8,371 bytes)
- 106. MGB Overdrive (Woo-Hoo!) (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 13:14:23 -0600
- If I may demonstrate my ignorance for a moment (you'll get used to it, I did). I finally took the time to look under Miss Maggie )the 74.5 RB MGB, and discovered that she is equipped with an overdri
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00899.html (7,692 bytes)
- 107. Re: RUST (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 06:42:17 -0600
- Aren't you sorry you brought this one up? Just a few more questions, then I'll be quiet (unless I think of more, of course): * What are you using as a current supply? * Does the amount of current us
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg01023.html (8,218 bytes)
- 108. Re: RUST (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 09:03:38 -0600
- Make that "cat" instead of "car" -- though sometimes the unintentional is funnier.... Rich
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg01027.html (7,230 bytes)
- 109. OT: Questions of Originality (score: 1)
- Author: Richard D Arnold <richard.arnold@juno.com>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 11:28:13 -0600
- In re the recent comments on originality v. modifications (the snobbish, holier-than-thou attitudes exhibited by adherents of either sect), I keep a card in my billfold that I made while in the milit
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg01252.html (7,554 bytes)
- 110. MGB Exhaust Modifications (score: 1)
- Author: Richard D Arnold <richard.arnold@juno.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 08:28:52 -0600
- The other day I was talking with a buddy (who owns a muffler shop) about the exhaust on Miss Maggie, the 74.5 RB MGB. He noted that the exhaust manifold splits into two pipes, then joins into a singl
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg01303.html (8,130 bytes)
- 111. MGB Motor Mounts (score: 1)
- Author: Richard D Arnold <richard.arnold@juno.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 22:15:38 -0600
- Meant to ask this the other day, but it got lost somewhere 'twixt the car and here..... On an idling MGB 18V engine, just how much side-to-side shake should I see? Maggie seems to sway a couple of in
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg01353.html (7,383 bytes)
- 112. Thanks! (score: 1)
- Author: Richard D Arnold <richard.arnold@juno.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 07:29:54 -0600
- Thanks to everyone who responded with suggestions on why Miss Maggie's engine might be shaking so much at idle. It appears that the problem is caused by bad front mounts. I won't be able to verify th
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg01368.html (7,351 bytes)
- 113. Re: Snow! (score: 1)
- Author: Richard D Arnold <richard.arnold@juno.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 21:19:17 -0600
- of In '93 I was stationed at Fort Irwin and the NTC (east of Barstow, CA, in the high desert), and was driving back from Victorville, while it snowed -- maybe 3" total accumulation. I was driving al
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg01392.html (8,110 bytes)
- 114. Re: Distractions and Announcements (score: 1)
- Author: Richard D Arnold <richard.arnold@juno.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 07:32:53 -0600
- Congratulations! I see that you confirmed the LBC tolerance factor immediately, but now for the important questions: - Is she an Iowa gal at heart? - When does she get her own LBC (mayhaps that V6 Mi
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg01438.html (8,940 bytes)
- 115. Temporary Windscreen (score: 1)
- Author: Richard D Arnold <richard.arnold@juno.com>
- Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 08:23:31 -0600
- I was leafing through my Haynes MGB manual last night. Near the beginning is a photograph showing emergency items and spares one should keep on hand, including a 'temporary windscreen.' The idea of a
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg01495.html (7,382 bytes)
- 116. Re: Another local kid (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 23:10:33 -0600
- the W\hat you need to do is move away from all the leeches, and go to where your presence and resources will be truly appreciated. There's a house for sale just up the street. And I'll leave beer in
- /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00035.html (7,709 bytes)
- 117. Re: More on my '77 Midget (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 21:03:16 -0600
- The Since it is factory (as already determined) my guess is that the original stuff fell off, and the DPO replaced it with plain bondo as best s/he could. Rich Arnold Council Bluffs, Iowa '74.5 RB M
- /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00066.html (8,638 bytes)
- 118. Re: What ARE the diffs in 1500 engine? (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 06:20:53 -0600
- Would you happen to know which AC-Delco distributor this was, and whether it could be fitted to the Midget 1500's? Rich Arnold Council Bluffs, Iowa '74.5 RB MGB "Maggie" '78 Chevy Half-Ton "Waltzin'
- /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00153.html (7,619 bytes)
- 119. Way Off-Topic -- passive solar heating (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 08:50:51 -0600
- My apologies in advance for wandering so far afield on this one.... Thought I might draw on the vast and varied knowledge of the list -- I am working on a project that involves being able to prove th
- /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00300.html (8,487 bytes)
- 120. Silcone and brake switches (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold)
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 07:00:45 -0600
- Which switch are we (were we) discussing here? The pressure failure switch, or the brake lamp switch? Rich
- /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00487.html (6,829 bytes)
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