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1. Re: austin conv, land rover smog check (score: 1)
Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 1995 11:35:04 -0500 (EST)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Can he mean a four *passenger* convertible? I believe there were 4 passenger "county" convertibles with 2 doors ("County" refers to a series named after counties--Cambridge, etc
/html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00019.html (8,143 bytes)

2. Re: TR4 gasket compound (score: 1)
Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 1995 16:07:34 -0500 (EST)
Now it can be told. I put new rings in my 54 Metropolitan in 66 before I sold it. Because I lacked access to a ridge reamer (and the ridge was pretty significant), I removed the ridge with a half-rou
/html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00026.html (7,905 bytes)

3. Re: CoBra (score: 1)
Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 1995 14:21:28 -0500 (EST)
That Christopher Ball had written: I am pretty sure that Cobra 4 cylinders were made, and used during the war in stationary power applications (maybe in tanks, too). I think they were used in early p
/html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00057.html (7,631 bytes)

4. Re: Happy new Year - SOAP (score: 1)
Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 1995 11:03:13 -0500 (EST)
Why, I wonder, do I assume I will enjoy talking to an MG owner, whereas I wouldn't make that assumption about a randomly chosen Ford owner? Partly the presumed common interest in lbcs, sure, but many
/html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00084.html (7,530 bytes)

5. Re: Bridget wakes up (score: 1)
Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 1995 12:07:35 -0500 (EST)
I assume the green is hot, and the green with black tracer is ground. I will have to check my car, but I think I followed the Mark I manual. If so, I've been running that way 3 years. Now, the questi
/html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00091.html (9,503 bytes)

6. Re: My MGB is in drydock (score: 1)
Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 1995 15:44:38 -0500 (EST)
Your friend's name wasn't Arlo Guthrie, by any chance?
/html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00101.html (7,833 bytes)

7. Re: taxes (score: 1)
Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 1995 10:40:19 -0500 (EST)
There may be a signficant difference. When I lived in Missouri, the personal property tax on a vehicle was based on its estimated value. They used blue book values, and you could argue with them (oft
/html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00157.html (9,170 bytes)

8. Re: HUMBER PS) 4-door Sprite (score: 1)
Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 1995 16:56:02 -0500 (EST)
Joanne, I won't say that there *isn't* any such thing as a Humber Sprite, but I've never heard of one. If it is a large 4 dr, I would wonder if he might not have said a "Snipe." It strains me to thin
/html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00183.html (8,562 bytes)

9. Re: Crosley Hot Shot (score: 1)
Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 1995 10:20:30 -0500 (EST)
I think most of you must be too young to remember the Hotshot, so you can't form a mental image of it. They are not thick on the ground; I saw one at a car show last year, probably the only one I've
/html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00224.html (13,496 bytes)

10. Re: Crosley Hot Shot (score: 1)
Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 1995 12:20:56 -0500 (EST)
That could be. It brings to mind something I noticed recently. A car mag, I think it was Special Interest Autos, did an article on King Midgets a couple of months ago. One of the cars featured was a
/html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00229.html (7,672 bytes)

11. Re: Mini Moke (score: 1)
Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 10:06:16 -0500 (EST)
A british car enthusiast who has heard of the Hoppenstand but not of the Mini Moke? Well, of course, *everybody* is familiar with the Hoppenstand and the Tasco Town Shopper. But Gee, Dick, what is a
/html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00275.html (8,997 bytes)

12. Re: Wheel covers, headlamps and machine screws (score: 1)
Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 11:33:23 -0500 (EST)
If you mean what I think you mean, there are no threads until the speed nut is turned onto these. The speed nut cuts the "thread." Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Verm
/html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00284.html (7,525 bytes)

13. Re: How do you polish aluminum? (score: 1)
Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 10:33:03 -0500 (EST)
I used aluminum buffing compound I got from Eastwood. Get their catalog by calling 1-800-345-1178. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burling
/html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00319.html (7,574 bytes)

14. Re: my most obscure car... (score: 1)
Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 12:35:49 -0500 (EST)
How about a "the most obscure car I've owned thread?" A Crosley is pretty good, but from about 59-61 I had a '58 Goliath, which I would say trumps a 47 Crosley. Everybody is familiar with the Goliath
/html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00355.html (7,541 bytes)

15. Innocentis abroad... (score: 1)
Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 16:25:33 -0500 (EST)
Remember the recent discussion of Innocentis as spridgets with a special italian body? I don't quite know what to think of the following ad in the Jan 95 Hemmings: 1963 Innocenti convertible, one of
/html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00365.html (6,930 bytes)

16. Re: Crosleys (score: 1)
Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 14:18:20 -0500 (EST)
I had heard of Crosley CoBra sheet metal engines being used as stationary power sources during the war. Their extremely light weight would make it feasible to use them in aircraft, though I had not h
/html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00366.html (8,797 bytes)

17. Re: Obscure cars (score: 1)
Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 10:17:44 -0500 (EST)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Modest, those Italians. I mean, they could have named it the Moretti Super Snipe. Anyway, that's pretty damn obscure, all right. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophys
/html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00384.html (6,862 bytes)

18. Re: Air Compressors/Sandblasting (score: 1)
Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 10:22:16 -0500 (EST)
If you are going to do any quantity, I would recommend a 5 HP compressor coupled with a pressure type sandblaster. But you don't need to guess. Get a catalog of TIP products (Hemmings has their ads),
/html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00385.html (7,531 bytes)

19. Re: Pozidriv screwdrivers (score: 1)
Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 1995 14:37:52 -0500 (EST)
I don't know if the door latch screws are the same on your car as on my bugeye, but chances are they are. My door latch screws take a #3 Pozidrive. I have Snap-on numbers 1-4, but the only screw that
/html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00430.html (8,000 bytes)

20. Bizarre weather & Kermit... (score: 1)
Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 15:57:35 -0500 (EST)
Saturday and Sunday were exceedingly warm, with Sunday the warmest January day ever recorded in Burlington--66 F. The only disadvantage to this less than avid skiier is that the garage floor spontane
/html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00453.html (9,533 bytes)


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