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41. Re: 2 effing cool (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 09:25:26 -0800
Thanks! That's all I need is another irresistable tempatation to fill my driveway. Somebody on the list has GOT to get that car. That is a beauty. With a spruced up engine bay and a hot 1275 w/5sp...
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00010.html (7,555 bytes)

42. too cool Austin PU (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 20:08:06 -0800
Damn! I can't quit revisiting this item ( ebay 4627565435 )and trying to figure out how to make it work. I'm out of inside garage space and the MINI and daughter #2's Honda already fill the curb out
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00027.html (6,639 bytes)

43. Re: BE bonnet tie-downs (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 11:04:17 -0700
Hi Ed. In the same situation, I chose DZUS fasteners. they are virtually flush with the bonnet sheet metal and do the job. I can send you a photo of how they are set-up. Very simiple to fabricate and
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00045.html (7,767 bytes)

44. head ID (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 19:56:26 -0700
Can someone tell me if any heads other than 1275 had the temp sensor hole? Did the 1098 have a head with this hole? Thanks, Glen
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00068.html (6,441 bytes)

45. 1275 for the Austin (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:41:02 -0800
I went to Stockton today and got the last 1275 that I know of in a N. Calif. junkyard. Next stop, the machine shop and then stick on all the parts retired fron the turbo bugeye's earlier motor to mak
/html/spridgets/2006-03/msg01242.html (6,588 bytes)

46. el cheepo rebuild (yeah, right!) (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:35:42 -0700
I finally got a chance to tear apart the junkyard 1275 I dragged home the other day. There was a wasp nest inside one of the carbs, another inside the #2 cylinder. The plugs had been out for a long t
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00229.html (9,108 bytes)

47. bustercluster question (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:21:01 -0700
Already asked but not answered.... Where does Buster live? Close enough for a road trip in turbo-bugeye? Glen Byrns
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00371.html (6,932 bytes)

48. Re: bustercluster question (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:18:34 -0700
Anaheim? Too perfect, sign me up. My bugeye came from So.Cal as did I. I'll load the tools into the boot and cruise down the coast. My boyhood best friend lives about a block from Disneyland so I'm s
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00379.html (7,186 bytes)

49. Re: bustercluster question (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:26:57 -0700
If I'm in the turbo-bugeye, you better have a Mustang 5.0 liter in your Morris or I'll be licking the peanutbutter out of a Stan's doughnut in Westwood before you hit Lebec. (Imagine white glove bei
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00380.html (7,265 bytes)

50. Re: bustercluster question (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:52:44 -0700
Is there a tentative date for this little conclave? Best for me is June or July or early August. I'll be gone from the end of August to mid-September, and the local all Brit show is third Sunday in M
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00426.html (8,089 bytes)

51. Re: Sopranos and X (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 07:45:39 -0700
"If women don't find you handsome, at least let 'em find you handy." Pretty much the motto of any Spridgeteer, eh?
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00614.html (7,951 bytes)

52. Re: Hi, I'm new (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 07:48:41 -0700
The poster was "Phi Zappa Crappa" and it was practically required dorm room decor for 1970. Next to it would be the poster of Janis Joplin with one breast exposed, and the fake official looking post
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00615.html (9,051 bytes)

53. SPRING!! (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:11:33 -0700
No not the rusty 1/4 elliptic type, the "boidies choipin" in the trees type. After 6 months of endless rain that would have driven a Seattle native to suck on a shotgun, the sun is out and its 70 deg
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00729.html (7,046 bytes)

54. Re: Real LBC chatter..... (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:37:43 -0700
Remove the three cam retaining plate bolts through the holes in the face of the gear. Turn the block upside down to drop the lifters out of the way (presuming the pushrods are out) and then just pull
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00790.html (7,297 bytes)

55. Re: Bugeye Group..... BusterCluster (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:55:09 -0700
I've only done two ribcases, but I'm good at following the book and I'm willing to give it a go. The one I just rebuilt from the junkyard works great, synchros are good and it doesn't lock in 2nd or
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg00899.html (7,944 bytes)

56. Re: Bugeye Steering Column (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 07:56:15 -0700
The left motor mount should have a factory provided scallop in the edge of the left side mount that allows clearance of the steering shaft. If your mount has a straight edge striking the steering co
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg01066.html (7,574 bytes)

57. Re: Venus and Mars (little LBC) (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:25:51 -0700
I'm 53 and heading out for our little 2000 foot climb mountain bike nightride this evening. It takes longer than it did 10 years ago, and the descent is a bit slower. I notice that the major differen
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg01143.html (9,195 bytes)

58. 1275 head (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:40:31 -0700
Sure as can be, the 12G940 head on my junkyard 1275 has a biga$$ crack. Anybody want to sell me a 12G940 or any other 1275 head? After I proudly told the machine shop guy how I got all the rust off w
/html/spridgets/2006-04/msg01159.html (7,094 bytes)

59. Bustercluster beverages (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 15:20:58 -0700
I know its still quite early, but I may have arranged for a large quantity of adult beverage to come down with me in the Austin. I helped a friend strip out a Toyota 4runner motor and he offered to r
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00065.html (7,195 bytes)

60. Re: Bustercluster beverages (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 08:49:23 -0700
Lately he has been using the soft drink concentrate containers. He has a custom fridge that holds four of them upright and pressurizes them with a remote CO2 tank. The taps are built in the door. He
/html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00092.html (8,076 bytes)


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