- 21. Re: Spridget speed (score: 1)
- Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 12:57:46 -0400
- I probably drove my 1500 Midget much faster than you can drive your sprite, so this may not help you, but with some minor engine mods (boring, grinding, etc, nothing expensive), I was able to drive
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00999.html (8,147 bytes)
- 22. fyi: my midget page (score: 1)
- Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 10:09:05 -0400
- For those interested, my ISP decided to change the name of the web server with my Midget page on it. Hopefully soon I will get a server up and running at home, compliments of work, and run the site t
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01303.html (6,915 bytes)
- 23. porting midget heads (score: 1)
- Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 10:58:37 -0400
- Has anybody every done any "porting" to a midget (1500) head? A mechanic I know says he had a ton of porting done to his midget racing car, to the tune of about $1500 bucks, but said it all depended
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01307.html (7,199 bytes)
- 24. Midget rear axle work (score: 1)
- Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 09:05:27 -0400
- I have the rear end(s) out of my midget(s) (75 & 76) that i am swapping. I want to replace the gasket/seal on one of them, and need to remove the pinion nut that is hidden normally by the driveshaft
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00133.html (6,909 bytes)
- 25. Townsend show pics (score: 1)
- Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
- Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 16:23:46 -0400
- I got a few pictures of the Townsend show on my website, if anybody wants to see. They scanned a bit dark, and are spridget oriented, but pics nonetheless! If you have a slow connection, they may dow
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00279.html (6,969 bytes)
- 26. stripped threads... (score: 1)
- Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 07:44:33 -0400
- I am trying to re-hang the leaf springs on the passenger side of my '75 Midget. Instead of using nuts, they decided to thread the body, conveniently up inside a structure piece, so you can see it thr
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00402.html (7,053 bytes)
- 27. door hanging blues (score: 1)
- Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 08:51:48 -0400
- I am about to get my Midget ready to paint...I made the mistake of thinking "Wow! ALL I have to do now is hang the doors!" If I only knew...! Does anybody have any door hanging tips? What's the best
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00474.html (6,686 bytes)
- 28. Re: FAQ needed??? Was MOWOG angered!!! (score: 1)
- Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 09:08:36 -0400
- I am interested in setting up a FAQ for the Midget-type cars as well, and have been wondering how to go about it myself! I have been trying to collect some tech tips on the cars, but have been havin
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00476.html (7,264 bytes)
- 29. BRG II (score: 1)
- Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 08:04:29 -0400
- With all the help I have received off here, I am finally just about ready to trim my car before finishing the engine and putting all that stuff back in (by "trim" i mean painting the interior, engine
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00835.html (7,302 bytes)
- 30. Re: tall problem (score: 1)
- Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 09:30:24 -0400
- I am just over 6' and my father is 6'2" and we both fit in Midgets too...both the TR3 and the A seem to be bigger, but I have never sat in either. I do fit in a spitfire tho. And a TR7, Miata, Fiat X
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01226.html (9,721 bytes)
- 31. Black Tulip: More paint questions! (score: 1)
- Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 14:39:57 -0400
- I remember somebody mentioning the Black Tulip color a week or so ago...sorry for bringing it up again.... At the Townsend show, I saw a gorgeous MGB painted, what I remember they called it, Black Or
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01253.html (7,775 bytes)
- 32. Re: off to virginia!!! (score: 1)
- Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 07:33:04 -0400
- Be sure you blow your horn on your way through Knoxville! (we're just before the 40/81 split). adrian -- ______________________________________ J. Adrian Barnes adrian@utk.edu adrian@icx.net "Anythin
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01327.html (7,905 bytes)
- 33. seals/rubber/etc (score: 1)
- Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 13:40:40 -0400
- If it's rubber and it goes on a Midget, I am going to have to replace it. Does any company sell a complete rubber seal kit for Midgets? I was looking through some catalogs and all I could find were t
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01355.html (6,841 bytes)
- 34. good "night!" (score: 1)
- Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
- Date: Fri, 02 May 1997 07:02:29 -0400
- It's about time for me to head home to sleep (did the all night work thing). Hope to see some of you tomorrow in Townsend! Look for the bright green honda with a tall skinny guy holding pictures of h
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00070.html (6,652 bytes)
- 35. clearcoat paint? (score: 1)
- Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
- Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 08:33:13 -0400
- I am starting to plan getting my Midget painted, and of course, there are several ways to go (just to make sure it isn't an easy decision!). I was thinking about using the modern method of basecoat/c
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01148.html (7,929 bytes)
- 36. Re: clearcoat paint? (score: 1)
- Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
- Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 12:25:44 -0400
- I guess my biggest worry is with the chipping. My '93 Civic has lots of chips (and even got keyed down the hood--egad) that can't be fixed without respraying the whole hood and fenders. I priced the
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01165.html (8,988 bytes)
- 37. wiring for weenies (score: 1)
- Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
- Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 12:29:03 -0400
- Are there wiring diagrams for the schematicly-impaired, that say "the white wire with the green stripe connects to the little terminal just under your headlight" instead of lots of unrecognizable lin
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01166.html (7,101 bytes)
- 38. Re: clearcoat paint? (score: 1)
- Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
- Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 07:21:13 -0400
- So have you had any problems with chipping? Is this a daily driver? Thanks... Has a Midget EVER won first place over a Bugeye? :-) adrian -- ______________________________________ J. Adrian Barnes ad
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01215.html (8,103 bytes)
- 39. Is everybody on vacation today? (score: 1)
- Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
- Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 11:39:36 -0400
- Is anybody else out there? Or is everybody else out driving their cars, with the tops down, while I sit here at work? :-) Just doesn't seem too be many posts today. Here's a question: is it easier to
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01225.html (7,672 bytes)
- 40. gas tank cleaning (score: 1)
- Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
- Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 07:45:11 -0400
- I just removed the gas tank from a '75 Midget that turned out to have gas in it...no surprise, except that it has been sitting for three years. Needless to say I finally had to leave the "barn-garage
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01495.html (7,849 bytes)
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