- 261. Re: Bumper cars in Portland Oregon! (score: 1)
- Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:04:07 -0800
- 2000 pounds? A couple hundred more for the SI, but that's still pretty light...heavier than a Sprite, but not heavier than an MGA.
- /html/spridgets/2007-01/msg00849.html (8,904 bytes)
- 262. Re: Re[2]: Bumper cars in Portland Oregon! (score: 1)
- Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:09:20 -0800
- Same here in Southern CA...Falcons, Valiants, and Ramblers don't rust, but British cars do. BZ
- /html/spridgets/2007-01/msg00851.html (9,091 bytes)
- 263. Re: Help Please, brake line leak (score: 1)
- Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:17:10 -0800
- I'd never heard of them, but I did a Google search and it turns out a good friend of mine is the local distributor. Small world. BZ
- /html/spridgets/2007-01/msg00882.html (7,350 bytes)
- 264. Re: Passing on info from AHSTC (score: 1)
- Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:35:35 -0800
- Hw does this affect the 50th anniversary plans?
- /html/spridgets/2007-01/msg00913.html (6,764 bytes)
- 265. Re: Cotter pin nut size (score: 1)
- Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:37:59 -0800
- Anything marked Crescent should fit.
- /html/spridgets/2007-01/msg00921.html (6,729 bytes)
- 266. Re: What happened to the Bugeye with the trunk? (score: 1)
- Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:50:31 -0800
- I kind of liked it. I could see paying $100 or so for that rear deck.
- /html/spridgets/2007-01/msg00940.html (6,874 bytes)
- 267. Re: Modern Oils Issues (score: 1)
- Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>
- Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 10:09:02 -0800
- You don't change oil because it's old. You change it because it gets dirty, and it's the dirt particles that wear out your engine. I don't care what kind of oil it is...when it looks dirty, change i
- /html/spridgets/2007-01/msg00968.html (6,985 bytes)
- 268. Re: Road Tunes? (NO LBC) (score: 1)
- Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:36:24 -0800
- Can you plug in a good turntable and cartridge, or are you stuck with the cheap Chinese stuff? You're not going to get great quality if the whole setup costs less than a name brand cartridge. BZ
- /html/spridgets/2007-01/msg01044.html (7,103 bytes)
- 269. Re: Road Tunes? (NO LBC) (score: 1)
- Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:39:01 -0800
- Huh?
- /html/spridgets/2007-01/msg01066.html (6,959 bytes)
- 270. Re: LBC Boot Lids (score: 1)
- Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:15:43 -0800
- I don't think it would be very difficult to make one. If you don't have the tools, skills, or time, try the local hot rod shop. They won't know what a sprite is, but they'll know what a trunk is and
- /html/spridgets/2007-01/msg01097.html (6,872 bytes)
- 271. Re: LBC Boot Lids (score: 1)
- Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:04:59 -0800
- The Bugeye rear end is much more rigid. To mount my Mkll on the rotisserie, I had to weld in braces to keep it from flexing around the wheel arches. In addition to no trunk, the Bugeye is much more
- /html/spridgets/2007-01/msg01111.html (7,128 bytes)
- 272. Re: Good Grief! AR Silverstone Mags (score: 1)
- Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:14:19 -0800
- AR still makes the Silverstones and most of their other vintage styles, but not in 13". Silverstones are only available in 15". Some of the others still come in 14". I just put a set on my Ranchero.
- /html/spridgets/2007-01/msg01121.html (7,424 bytes)
- 273. Re: Steering wheel nut (score: 1)
- Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:50:03 -0800
- There was more than one thread size, and more than one spline size.
- /html/spridgets/2007-01/msg01126.html (7,390 bytes)
- 274. Re: Spray Paint for Wire Wheels (score: 1)
- Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:59:29 -0800
- Isn't that the rust proof stuff with the label that says not to use it as a primer or under other paint?
- /html/spridgets/2007-01/msg01198.html (7,604 bytes)
- 275. Re: Spray Paint for Wire Wheels (score: 1)
- Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:30:16 -0800
- I'll have to check out the Rustoleum. I have a few different brands of cold galv. at the shop, and they're all very specific about DO NOT APPLY TOPCOAT OR USE AS A PRIMER. If Rustoleum makes one I c
- /html/spridgets/2007-01/msg01206.html (7,833 bytes)
- 276. Re: Spray Paint for Wire Wheels (score: 1)
- Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:13:18 -0800
- Steel Wheels from Plasti-Kote is/was really good. It's been banned here in California for over ten years, although I'm still hording a few cans. I don't know whether it's still available in the other
- /html/spridgets/2007-01/msg01234.html (7,610 bytes)
- 277. Re: Spray Paint for Steel Wheels (score: 1)
- Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:20:56 -0800
- I had mine powder coated, installed Kuhmo 155-80's, filled with nitrogen, and spin balanced with the weights on the back side. It was fun. BZ
- /html/spridgets/2007-01/msg01235.html (6,651 bytes)
- 278. Re: Late model Midget/MGB horn? (score: 1)
- Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:05:32 -0800
- I thought they took the horn switch off of the steering wheel when they went to the 1275 in the mid-sixties. I think my wheel is for a '66, and it has no button. It's the 2nd banjo style, whatever ye
- /html/spridgets/2007-01/msg01240.html (7,965 bytes)
- 279. Re: Late model Midget/MGB horn? (score: 1)
- Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:32:04 -0800
- OK, if you believe the Moss catalog...the '67 had a horn button, the '68 did not. The wheels look the same, but the one with the horn button is $90 more. BZ
- /html/spridgets/2007-01/msg01243.html (8,054 bytes)
- 280. Re: Late model Midget/MGB horn? (score: 1)
- Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:27:33 -0800
- It will interchange with the side curtain models though, and it's a handsome and available wheel. BZ
- /html/spridgets/2007-01/msg01256.html (8,734 bytes)
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