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21. RE: Springs? (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 10:23:59 -0400
One of the lessons I learned from my racing days is that springs must be allowed to compress and rebound SMOOTHLY, with no tight spots, or binding. This is why there are (at least, there should be) T
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00484.html (8,693 bytes)

22. re: exhaust system downpipe/collector guard (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 10:29:47 -0400
A while back, I promised someone I d get some measurements, and a description of the guard I fabbed and welded onto the frame of my 72, to protect the collector section of my LCB header, where it em
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00485.html (6,830 bytes)

23. RE: Springs? (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 20:31:33 -0400
Sorry, I was referring to the semi-elliptics. I know the 1/4 elliptics never had the pads. Do the 1/4 elliptics actually move??? ;) Bud And 14 layers of Teflon would raise the car how much??
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00511.html (7,439 bytes)

24. RE: Hi, I'm new (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 06:33:48 -0400
The poster was, as I recall, a duplicate of an album cover. The title of the album was Phi Zappa Crappa. A buddy of mine still has his copy (of the album) from the 60s. Although I was "of the age", I
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00603.html (9,023 bytes)

25. RE: My civic duty done today, No LBC (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:38:09 -0400
If I'm reading this post correctly, it sounds like I have more company on the "I got mugged by the IRS, today" list. Ain't "creeping socialism" great?!?!?!?!? Bud Osbourne --Original Message-- From:
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00669.html (9,744 bytes)

26. RE: My civic duty done today, No LBC (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:05:13 -0400
"The guys in charge of both Houses & the Executive" represent, to me, the lesser of two evils. Thanks to those guys, I've been jarred by a major speed bump, instead of hitting a friggin' land mine, w
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00708.html (8,575 bytes)

27. RE: brakes (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:54:43 -0400
With apologies if I'm offering advice already given (I've been away from the office/computer for a few days), but, you are wasting your time trying to revive a system that should be completely rebuil
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00905.html (9,215 bytes)

28. RE: Propeller shaft removal, made easy (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 15:32:04 -0400
Not trying to say "don't do it", but, keep in mind that the tunnel is a very important structural member. If you cut in the wrong area, your car can loose quite a bit of longitudinal and torsional st
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg01004.html (7,962 bytes)

29. RE: found another deep pink Sprite in Seattle...and speaking of (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 09:34:35 -0400
Speaking of guns (one of our List's favorite topics), our local, morning talk radio show went national/international, this week ("spreading like a fungus across the land"), on XM satellite radio (wha
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00375.html (7,696 bytes)

30. RE: Judson See Dee ignition (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 07:15:18 -0400
While the Judson will give you better (longer) breaker point life, and provide a better spark at high rpms, it won't work any miracles in the horsepower department. I used them for years, on a 356,
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00472.html (9,048 bytes)

31. RE: MGB Master Cylinder to Midget fit... (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 05:47:21 -0400
Not sure what the bore sizes are, and I can't recall what year the reservoir fitted to the 72, '73 & '74 Bs AND Midgets first appeared. However, I'm pretty sure that it was on the '71s, also. In fact
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00529.html (7,711 bytes)

32. Moss pains, Carlisle hopes (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 14:43:11 -0400
Getting ready for Import Carlisle, and leaving tomorrow or early Friday. Nothing to sell, but I do need to pick up several items for the 73 Midget that is nearly ready to paint. Also looking for a
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00555.html (8,691 bytes)

33. RE: Classic Carlisle weekend (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 05:45:06 -0400
You pretty much nailed it. Very little rain, after Friday morning. Highs were most certainly in the 60s, and lows in the low 50s were seen/felt each time the sun went behind a cloud (about every 5 m
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00701.html (7,812 bytes)

34. Classic Carlisle.....treasure found (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 09:47:16 -0400
Just wondering if anyone knows anything about what happened to this poor On Saturday morning, at Carlisle, I spied a newly arrived trailer, with a bunch of Brit car sheet metal & glass in it. Upon cl
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00706.html (8,613 bytes)

35. RE: Classic Carlisle.....treasure found (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 11:16:05 -0400
Yeah, that's what we suspect happened. There are a lot of idiots out there, but it would be hard to imagine anyone being stupid enough to cut up a Midget as clean as this one must have been. My barga
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00711.html (9,047 bytes)

36. RE: Classic Carlisle.....treasure found (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 11:53:32 -0400
You know, as clean as this piece is, I'd have been tickled to death to have the other half, no matter if it was bent. Even on a car that has been "pranged", there are ALWAYS some sections that can be
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00714.html (8,825 bytes)

37. RE: Front Brakes WTF?!? (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 20:11:49 -0400
I wonder if the brake pedal shaft bushing has seized on the pedal mounting bolt. When that occurs, the brake pedal does not return, completely, to the "full off" position, which prevents the fluid f
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00735.html (9,046 bytes)

38. RE: Classic Carlisle.....treasure found (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 20:36:02 -0400
No. No trailers for me. I've already got one, which I pull with the truck. When I have to pull a trailer with my sports car, it ceases to be a sports car. If I need to take that much stuff along with
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00738.html (8,777 bytes)

39. RE: Classic Carlisle.....treasure found (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 23:01:25 -0400
Do you mean the blue one, with "lawn ornament" written on it? I thought "lawn ornament" was a bit optimistic! Who snatched up the Sprite Mk II/Midget Mk I tub? The dumb irons were kinked pretty good
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00752.html (8,877 bytes)

40. RE: removing glued foam (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 07:24:59 -0400
I'd stay away from the torch. No telling what type of fumes that stuff will produce, when heated. No matter what, there's no quick & easy (not to mention clean) way of doing it. If it were me (and,
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00760.html (8,558 bytes)


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