- 41. Re: MGA Coupe (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 10:57:26 EST
- Three years ago, there was a spotless, all original red coupe for sale about a mile from me. The guy was asking $3000. He didn't get it. He ended up keeping it and finding relief for his financial tr
- /html/mgs/2005-04/msg00003.html (7,508 bytes)
- 42. Re: It Rises Again! (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 20:29:09 EDT
- Finally go everything buttoned up on my MGA Mk 2 Deluxe re-restoration project and fired it up again today. It has run once in the last 15 years (now twice). The first time was from the garage up to
- /html/mgs/2005-04/msg00094.html (8,096 bytes)
- 43. Re:Restoration End (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 09:23:44 EDT
- I seem to have come to the end of re-restoring my 62 Coupe. I've put pictures of the finished product up on _http://www.rhodo.citymax.com/page/page/1653190.htm_ (http://www.rhodo.citymax.com/page/pag
- /html/mgs/2005-04/msg00171.html (7,280 bytes)
- 44. Non Car Link to great Bike thing (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 12:59:54 EST
- Amazing link - around the Isle of Man aboard a BMW 1200GS. _http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1242185#post1242185_ (http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1242185#post1242185)
- /html/mgs/2005-03/msg00105.html (6,592 bytes)
- 45. Re: Moss Headers (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:51:54 EST
- Credit where credit is due - the Moss headers for the MGA are well built and actually fit! That may sound odd, but for many years we used to get headers for pushrod and Twincam cars that were designe
- /html/mgs/2005-03/msg00141.html (7,163 bytes)
- 46. Re: 1600 MGA radiators (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 12:23:23 EST
- I took the old one to a 'Good Old-Fashioned Radiator Shop'. The fellow there took a few measurements and ordered me a new core. Then he removed the original top & bottom tanks and attached them to th
- /html/mgs/2005-03/msg00232.html (6,814 bytes)
- 47. Re: Crush Sleeves (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 12:45:09 EST
- Potentially scary is right! Get the torque wrong on the diff pinion nut and you can destroy the collapsible washer, which are reputedly NLA, but then how do axle rebuilders get on? __________________
- /html/mgs/2005-03/msg00233.html (6,605 bytes)
- 48. Restoration Question (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:44:35 EST
- Anyone know for sure what colour the starting handle on the MGA is supposed to be? The ones I have seem to be an orangey red. Bill
- /html/mgs/2005-03/msg00253.html (6,119 bytes)
- 49. MGA Coupe (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:07:46 EST
- I see a decent coupe on Ebay - _http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4539764994&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1_ (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4539764994&ssPageName=ADME
- /html/mgs/2005-03/msg00297.html (7,108 bytes)
- 50. Re: Engine Colour, no- rbb bashing (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 17:19:34 EST
- Maybe it's not the same as chrome cars. Big deal. BMC and BL were too cheap to replace it when it should have been replaced. What'd it get us? 25 years after the B, MG is still struggling to survive.
- /html/mgs/2005-02/msg00022.html (10,306 bytes)
- 51. Re: Ride Height (was Engine Colour, no- rbb bashing) (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 10:19:24 EST
- I have had cbb & rbb's - I like them both for different reasons. One thing about the rbb - speed bumps DON'T rip the exhaust off the car like on a cbb... I also find that the higher ride height is mo
- /html/mgs/2005-02/msg00059.html (7,164 bytes)
- 52. Re: abingdon pillow (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 10:31:22 EST
- I don't hate the Federalised dash, and I can see why some people would actually like it. I guess what puts me off a bit is that it was just the start of BLMC 'cheaping out' on the MGB. New reg requir
- /html/mgs/2005-02/msg00060.html (9,361 bytes)
- 53. Re: Austin (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 12:09:36 EST
- At one point in the book an a story about Austin motors was related. When Austin was told that a car was not ready to be released to the public, he told them to release it anyway and let the customer
- /html/mgs/2005-02/msg00103.html (7,129 bytes)
- 54. Re: Austin (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 16:58:17 EST
- Ah, but all was not lost. Donald Healey grabbed hold of the opportunity to use up those 2660cc engines, and a lot of the mechanical components and designed and marketed the prettiest British sportsca
- /html/mgs/2005-02/msg00110.html (7,779 bytes)
- 55. Re: Austin (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 21:10:44 EST
- Gosh...how about the MGC? What lorry did that come out of? ____________________________________ Same thing as the Healey, although with an updated and arguably slightly improved engine. Not the best
- /html/mgs/2005-02/msg00114.html (6,670 bytes)
- 56. Re: Pumping Your Own (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 15:02:30 EST
- When I go down to Oregon in an MGA I hate it when I have to gas up. It is a race between me and the pump jockey. I have to jump out of the car (which I do not accomplish in as agile a fashion as I us
- /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00091.html (7,324 bytes)
- 57. Re: MGB sway bars (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:35:25 EST
- Paul, MGBs seem to the work best with stiff front and limber rear suspensions. The 3/4" bar with poly bushes, negative camber A-arms, and uprated damper valves is probably your best bet. Forget the 5
- /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00143.html (8,340 bytes)
- 58. No Substitute for Power to Weight (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:16:39 EST
- Want real acceleration? _http://www.tigerracing.com/cars/tiger-z100-main.php_ (http://www.tigerracing.com/cars/tiger-z100-main.php) These little buggers apparently broke the record for 0-60 at 2.9 se
- /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00164.html (6,514 bytes)
- 59. You Can Never Find a Good Horsewhip When You Need One...... (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:48:51 EST
- _http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6212&item=4 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6212&item=4518906732&rd=1) Arghhh! Bill
- /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00176.html (7,411 bytes)
- 60. Leno (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 18:02:52 EST
- When you have a spare half hour, take a look at the articles by Jay Leno on his various projects at _http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/sub_coll_leno/1302941.html_ (http://www.popularmechanic
- /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00197.html (6,450 bytes)
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