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61. Re: TR6 tires (score: 1)
Author: tj@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 92 13:46:05 CST
There is a survey from the Volvo mailing list available from the mail server at ingr. I won't repost it here because of the length (but I've sent a copy to Dean Z.). To request the article, send a m
/html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00440.html (6,908 bytes)

62. '66 Miata? (score: 1)
Author: tj@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 92 11:34:54 CST
On page 14 of the April '92 Road & Track, a Maury Green of Pleasanton, California, writes "If the Mazda Miata is the British roadster of the Nineties, then...." Below that is a picture of his '66 Spi
/html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00562.html (6,879 bytes)

63. Re: Roadster vs. Convertible? (score: 1)
Author: tj@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 10:26:34 CST
Then there's the ever-confusing DHC (drop-head coupe)... -- T.J. Higgins | tj@alpine.b17a.ingr.com | Intergraph Mapping | Huntsville, AL "Start every day off with a smile and get it over with." -- W.
/html/british-cars/1992-01/msg00016.html (7,287 bytes)

64. Re: Assorted Luantic Ramblings (score: 1)
Author: tj@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 8:31:53 CST
My white Sunbeam Alpine is named "Eddie the Eagle," in honour of Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, the UK's only Olympic ski jumper (perhaps even the UK's only "alpine" sportsman, but I'm not sure of that)
/html/british-cars/1992-01/msg00117.html (8,276 bytes)

65. Re: Naming Cars (score: 1)
Author: tj@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 11:11:38 CST
Checking Roget's for Satan we find: devil; Beelzebub; Lucifer; Mephistopheles; serpent; demon; etc. You could also go with Diablo (Spanish for devil) or Teuful (German). My choice would be Lucifer s
/html/british-cars/1992-01/msg00143.html (8,162 bytes)

66. Re: Naming Cars (score: 1)
Author: tj@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 93 7:38:43 CST
I assume this offer has no expiration date? "By the time I get to Phoenix" -- Glen Campbell -- T.J. Higgins | tj@alpine.b17a.ingr.com | (205) 730-7922 Intergraph Corp. | Mapping Sciences Division | H
/html/british-cars/1992-01/msg00165.html (8,190 bytes)

67. Re: What is it about these things? (score: 1)
Author: tj@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 15:41:48 CST
Beautifully put! Surely I'm not the only one who wishes Scott Fisher #1 were still on this net. :^( I feel certain that he and Andy would appreciate each other in ways the rest of us mere linguistic
/html/british-cars/1992-01/msg00289.html (8,133 bytes)

68. Re: Wounded LBC dignity... (score: 1)
Author: tj@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 14:36:09 CST
Imagine a brand-new XJ-S with this kind of crap on it. Last night, while perusing the new (February) issue of "British Car," (which is specially devoted to Jaguar), I happened upon the article about
/html/british-cars/1992-01/msg00322.html (7,789 bytes)

69. Re: Starters (score: 1)
Author: tj@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 91 10:43:44 CST
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ There you have it: either push-start or manually crank your TR6. Electric starters are for wimps :-) -- T.J. Higgins 205-730-7922 | higgins@ingr.com (Inter
/html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00039.html (7,105 bytes)

70. Re: New gifs on hoosier.utah.edu (score: 1)
Author: tj@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 91 8:37:09 CST
These GIFs are also available on the mail server at ingr.com. -- T.J. Higgins 205-730-7922 | higgins@ingr.com (Internet) Mapping Sciences Division | uunet!ingr!higgins (uucp) Intergraph Corp. M/S IW1
/html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00156.html (8,203 bytes)

71. Re: New gifs on hoosier.utah.edu (score: 1)
Author: tj@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 91 11:34:51 CST
Another good trick is to set something up in your crontab to change your root window to a new picture every hour or two. -- T.J. Higgins 205-730-7922 | higgins@ingr.com (Internet) Mapping Sciences D
/html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00167.html (8,423 bytes)

72. Re: We don't need this, was: ticking noise (score: 1)
Author: tj@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 91 15:18:11 CST
I was always taught that people who used Bad Words did so because they weren't "educated" and thus didn't have a vocabulary that allowed them to express themselves in a more socially acceptable way.
/html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00231.html (7,334 bytes)

73. Re: Engine swaps; good 'uns & bad 'uns (score: 1)
Author: tj@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 91 12:36:11 CST
[interesting list deleted] There's a guy in our club who has a TR6 with a Pinto engine. It is a very well-done conversion, I believe it won first place in the modified class at the Memphis Britcar sh
/html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00313.html (7,651 bytes)

74. fuel economy (score: 1)
Author: tj@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 91 7:29:39 CST
The January 1992 issue of Motor Trend has a short article about fuel economy, in which they list the 10 best and worst autos. The 10 best are all Japanese: 2 Suzukis, 4 Geos, and 4 Hondas. Here are t
/html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00381.html (7,276 bytes)

75. Re: British Cars, Miatas (score: 1)
Author: tj@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 91 8:29:12 CST
More like $40,000 The convertible is more like $65,000, don't know about the coupe. Our car club puts on a Britcar display at a local mall every year in June. Last year, the nearest Jaguar dealer bro
/html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00448.html (7,308 bytes)

76. Re: What would you do with $250? (score: 1)
Author: tj@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 91 14:17:32 CST
This reminds me of a humorous story from Mad magazine way back around the time catalytic converters were first being proposed as law. A reporter is interviewing people on the streets: Reporter: Woul
/html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00567.html (8,063 bytes)

77. Re: Pictures (score: 1)
Author: tj@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 91 8:13:32 CDT
For those of you who don't have FTP access, all of Rod's pictures (and a few others) are available via e-mail from server@ingr.com. They are sent in uuencode format, so you will need the uudecode pro
/html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00083.html (7,116 bytes)

78. Re: plastic windows (score: 1)
Author: tj@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 91 8:57:11 CDT
Back in '88, when I first joined this forum, I asked basically the same question Jim Muller asks. Here is the response I received from that grizzled Brit-vet, Scott Fisher: I also saved something fro
/html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00330.html (9,232 bytes)

79. Re: RE>re- Classic car auto ins (score: 1)
Author: tj@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 91 15:23:45 CDT
NOTE: This message has no British car content GEICO is the ringleader in attempts to ban radar detectors. In addition to the one-claim-and-you're-out method of doing business, they will cancel you if
/html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00395.html (7,898 bytes)

80. Re: why the ballast resistor (score: 1)
Author: tj@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 91 12:46:09 CDT
It was in January 1991. I saved 4 articles, they are attached below. Unfortunately, I didn't save the original article which contained the Midget wiring diagram that is referred to. -- T.J. Higgins 2
/html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00481.html (17,070 bytes)


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