- 141. Re: more nicknames needed (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 20:50:02 EDT
- ??? What is going on with the nickname stuff??? Are we all assuming nicknames now? Sounds like my old 5th Street Gang in my home town--we all had nicknames. Kids just dont do that anymore. --David C.
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00391.html (8,488 bytes)
- 142. Re: My sad story (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 06:20:23 EDT
- << WOW! What a great idea. I will be working on that tonight. I'm gonna patent this and sell it to all the 63-74 spridget owners. Do MGBs and Healeys have this problem or is it unique to Spridgets? F
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00426.html (8,343 bytes)
- 143. New Car (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 06:24:19 EDT
- Hey--think about it--with our short odometers, we get a new car every 100,000 --David C. A blonde tried to sell her old car. She was having a lot of problems selling it, because the car had 250,000 m
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00427.html (7,278 bytes)
- 144. Re: Exhaust back pressure (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 06:30:03 EDT
- << I can't, because they don't. What I have been trying to say is that you can tune a header to help scavenge a cylinder, which is the same as having no backpressure. It is simple - high pressure in
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00428.html (7,392 bytes)
- 145. Re: On Marriage..... (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 06:36:37 EDT
- I actually bought my first LBC, the 1967 Sprite I am currently restoring when my wife was out of the country, in England. When she returned and asked what had been happening, I said "I have a surpris
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00429.html (7,969 bytes)
- 146. Re: My sad story: Color choices (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 16:42:47 EDT
- << Yeah, I actually saw one that was square on one side and round on the other. The guy also glued the badge letters to the sill panel: MIGDET. >> Markl!! That was concours!!! That was the misprinted
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00484.html (9,163 bytes)
- 147. Re: My sad story: Color choices (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 16:58:11 EDT
- << List what are shaved door handles? Ignorance showing again. >> Herb: They are door handles that have all the hair cut off them. --David C.
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00485.html (8,902 bytes)
- 148. Re: It's a sickness! (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 17:05:20 EDT
- I admire, really admire, you guys who had the foresight to hang on to your cars. Congratulations!! I bought a brand new 1966 Austin Healey 3000 BJ8 right off the transport in 1965==loved the car--dro
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00488.html (9,265 bytes)
- 149. Re: My sad story: Color choices (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 21:42:49 EDT
- << Come on up when its 50 below and we'll sit on our 5 gallon bait buckets jigging a frozen minnow through a 6 inch hole in the ice, drinking blackberry brandy complaining how the heater never works
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00525.html (8,396 bytes)
- 150. Re: It's a sickness! (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 21:47:13 EDT
- << I bought my '59 Sprite in January of 1968 for $500 at a used car lot called "Sir Lances Lot" - LOL. >> It wasn't me. . .I swear. . .besides, I have never been to Fullerton. --David C.
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00526.html (8,855 bytes)
- 151. Re: It's a sickness! (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 21:49:44 EDT
- << Ok Ok, sorry, 22 years. >> But it just seems like 2 years, eh Frank??? <G> --David C.
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00527.html (8,977 bytes)
- 152. Re: auto-stick (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 07:57:21 EDT
- << "Manumatic clutch" >> No, Gerard, but another one is the old Buick Fluid drive from the 50's--we used to call them "Slushboxes". Back in those days, with the weightier cars it seemed that when you
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00555.html (7,377 bytes)
- 153. Re: engine removal (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 07:54:16 EDT
- << Quick question - Where is the back chain attached to pull the engine from a 76 Midget? The front bracket is attached, but nothing in the rear. Brent: Opinions will vary, but I liked the rear exhau
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00556.html (7,529 bytes)
- 154. Re: T-Shirts? (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 08:05:59 EDT
- << there is just to much area for two people to cover to show off our Spridgeteer Pride. >> Yeah Brad, and as you get older that area keeps getting bigger and bigger--unless you watch your diet and e
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00560.html (7,568 bytes)
- 155. Door A-Post. (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 13:08:46 EDT
- Hey Guys! I need some expert ideas. I feel very successful on my '67 Sprite body shell this morning--was able to cut away the old driver's side A-Post, position the driver's side door on the new A-Po
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00576.html (8,333 bytes)
- 156. Re: Mark I? (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 15:55:23 EDT
- << Yep. Crash is right. The only true Sprite is the '63. >> Naaaaaahhhhh--I always heard from good authority that it was the '67! --David C
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00581.html (7,709 bytes)
- 157. Re: 1500 Tranny (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 21:05:00 EDT
- << Replace with 5 speed conversion - (Need much info on this but very interested) >> Brent: I understand this is not an option with a 1500. The 5-speed conversions are for the 1275. --David C.
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00591.html (7,791 bytes)
- 158. Re: 1500 Tranny (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 21:19:27 EDT
- << But while its out should I tear it down. >> Brent: You may get lots of opinions on this one, including if it aint broke dont fix it. I am from the false economy school. While I have it out there a
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00593.html (9,060 bytes)
- 159. Re: Air (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 07:39:19 EDT
- I bought a 5hp 25 gal. Craftsman compressor at Sears that is perfectly adequate for my home shop needs. The thing is noisy when running, but it was in the neighborhood of $250-300 and has powered eve
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00604.html (7,110 bytes)
- 160. Fwd: Door A-Post. (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 07:52:41 EDT
- No replies to my post as yet. Surely there are several people on the list who have replaced the A-Post? I just don't want to weld the thing in and find out the door scrapes the ground when it opens,
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00605.html (9,312 bytes)
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