- 61. Re: newbie looking for insurance (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 19:14:46 -0400 (EDT)
- Yep, JC Taylor required photos of my car, 5 yrs. ago for the '74 (and two years ago when I got an updated appraisal), and just this year with the '71). My agent told me it was because they don't wan
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00295.html (11,648 bytes)
- 62. Re: NOT about Brakes :) (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 08:05:48 -0400 (EDT)
- It's nice to have so many basic questions instead of the occasional tangents we get off on now and then. Helping each other with our projects is what it's really all about. Don't worry, Philip. I, t
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00465.html (8,466 bytes)
- 63. Re: Old sales brochures? (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 08:37:51 -0400 (EDT)
- Any swap meets or shows coming up in your area? I always see them at the local autojumbles/parts meets. At least, that's where I got mine. I know there are a couple companies that deal in this stuff.
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00548.html (8,145 bytes)
- 64. Re: Old sales brochures? (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 09:08:41 -0400 (EDT)
- What the heck - I had a few free minutes, so I checked for ya. Try these websites: http://www.autolit.com - I think this is the guy I see at the swap meets around here. He has MG sales brochures, but
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00551.html (8,244 bytes)
- 65. NO LBC / Need VW advice (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 08:37:29 -0400 (EDT)
- Sorry to bother you folks with an off-make post, but I know there are some people on the list who are knowledgeable about VWs, so maybe someone can help. My brother is thinking of buying a used VW. I
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00622.html (11,102 bytes)
- 66. strange one (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 11:24:10 -0400 (EDT)
- Here's a strange one. What would cause a car to, after a short trip, first, not start..... then, coming back to it later, it starts, but blows the caps off the battery? This has happened twice in the
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00643.html (7,789 bytes)
- 67. Re: Sermon (Sort Of> (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 16:57:54 -0400 (EDT)
- Naw.... only until someone else pushes the right button (-8 -NORY Don't assume that because you have found one problem, you have found the ONLY problem. '71 5-speed Midget (my new baby) '74 Midget &
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00686.html (7,668 bytes)
- 68. Re: Suspension Done - New Problems ('74 Midget) (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 11:09:57 -0400 (EDT)
- Sounds to me like (as in my sig. line) you have more than one problem. You may need a starter, but I think you also have sticky floats in the carbs. Replace the needle valves (or grose jets - your ch
- /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00793.html (8,105 bytes)
- 69. Re: Fulcrum Pin Nuts/Philosophy (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 19:56:34 -0400
- You know what's worse? Those 5-minute jobs that take 2 hours. I hate -NORY Don't assume that because you have found one problem, you have found the ONLY problem. '71 5-speed Midget (my new baby) '74
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00163.html (11,232 bytes)
- 70. Re: restoration courses (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 20:55:54 -0400
- I don't think I would take my beloved LBCs to someone who simply took these courses, no more than I'd trust them to the high school auto shop. I'd sure like to take those courses though. A local voca
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00198.html (8,775 bytes)
- 71. Re: Horns (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 21:45:11 -0400
- New horns are something like $21 each from Moss. You can get them through George Merryweather for 25% less and with free shipping. When mine went, it was a lot easier and quicker to just buy new, an
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00229.html (7,852 bytes)
- 72. touch-up paint (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 23:49:25 -0400
- Does anybody know what, if any, of the available colors of little bottles of touch-up paints at the local auto parts store will match, or closely match, the Glacier White on my '71 Midget? I could ha
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00231.html (7,672 bytes)
- 73. NON LBC / A/C question (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 00:06:37 -0400
- Sorry for the non-LBC post, but you folks are so knowledgeable and have been a great help in the past, so I thought someone here might know - I had the air conditioning system in the Probe checked ou
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00232.html (8,512 bytes)
- 74. Re: NON LBC / A/C question (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 17:26:32 -0400
- Launch the Fords? I can't do that! I need the pickup to haul MG parts, and the Escort and Probe are only partially mine. Besides, the Probe is a fun car (though nowhere near as much as a Midget) and
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00251.html (8,046 bytes)
- 75. Re: Dilemma (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 20:49:30 -0400
- Here's what you do: Pack it all up in boxes, put my name and address on them, take them to UPS, and ship them to me. I will give the car a good home and even put it together again someday. You can r
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00265.html (10,977 bytes)
- 76. Re: CARB HOOK-UPS (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 19:07:08 -0400
- Why not just install a charcoal canister? Try a few junkyards and see if you can find a junked spridget you can take a charcoal canister from. Open it up, dump out the old charcoal and fill it with
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00385.html (7,850 bytes)
- 77. NO LBC / Another use for cats (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 11:18:29 -0400
- Hey listers, Check out http://www.johnstons.org/roy/pages/cat.html This might be a fun activity to organize for a British car meet. (-8 -NORY Don't assume that because you have found one problem, you
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00548.html (7,757 bytes)
- 78. Re: Lucas - Addition to Family (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 17:24:32 -0400
- Congrats on the addition! Let's hope he's better behaved than the real (-8 -NORY Don't assume that because you have found one problem, you have found the ONLY problem. '71 5-speed Midget (my new baby
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00606.html (8,494 bytes)
- 79. 5-speed questions (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 21:03:06 -0400
- Some questions for those with the Datsun 5-speed conversion: I just got my speedo adapter & cable from Rivergate. The instructions are ok, but not very detailed for the mechanically-challenged. Since
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00656.html (9,074 bytes)
- 80. Re: 5-speed questions (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 22:41:54 -0400
- Okay, how did you mount the metal to the box? I don't know if I want to cut an access hole in the floor. Maybe I can find an existing rust hole to work through. (-: -NORY Don't assume that because yo
- /html/spridgets/1998-06/msg00658.html (8,209 bytes)
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