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Re: project to daily driver

To: Ryan Irwin <SixtyOneMG@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: project to daily driver
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 11:12:58 -0700
Cc: Spridget List <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Organization: WFO Racing
References: <DAV60kVXBOlnzGOnXPJ00000824@hotmail.com>
...how much snow and ice do you get?  Our beloved LBC's aren't the best "winter"
cars.
WFO Herb
Klamath Falls.... three to six feet of snow coming in a month or so.

Ryan Irwin wrote:

> I have to sell a car.  Do i sell the precious Midget and pocket $1000 max or
> do i sell the Nissan and pocket $3500?  The Nissan.  But that means i have to
> take the MG from being a work in progress to drivable.
> To do so I need the following things:  (maybe more to make it comfortably
> drivable)
>
> These are for a '61 948cc:
> Valve cover gasket
> Exhaust manifold gasket
> Flasher unit
> Accelerator pedal (I have one in the bucket-o-parts, but i think it's from a
> Fiat)
> Radiator bottom hose (i broke mine getting to the exhaust manifold, don't
> ask)
> Manual brake switch?  i have the hydraulic one, but i need a quick fix
> Hopefully a tachometer that works or a speedo that's not in km/h
> Last but not least... a smooth case tranny.
>
> The tranny i have now works, but sounds like a garbage disposal 1st-3rd gear.
> I can probably drive it without a tach, i just like to have some idea of where
> my rpms are.  This should get me running and legal in the state of Indiana.
> Comfort comes in Stage 2.  By Stage 3, I won't be embarrased to drive it.
> More on that later.  But for now, if you have any of these parts you're
> willing to part with, email me off list at sixtyonemg@hotmail.com
>
> -Ryan Irwin
> '61 MG Midget
> '90 Nissan 240SX



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