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361. Woe and frustration (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 02:57:28 -0700; You all have heard the story piecemeal, via intermittent posts. here it is, as I've written it for another forum.... What is it about merely thinking "I want to enter this race" that causes things to; /html/mgs/2001-08/msg00454.html (15,290 bytes)
362. Re: name that car, LBC content? (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 14:45:36 -0700; As has already been determined, the car is a Messerschmidt. To inject a little LBC content: One sunny afternoon I was in my Sprite, waiting to turn from Hwy 1 onto Hwy 9. I looked in my rearview mirr; /html/mgs/2001-08/msg00500.html (8,189 bytes)
363. Re: New paint job (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 19:18:37 -0700; Having just played the paintjob game, I'd reccomend going one of two ways, either full restoration (what you really want), and figure the body&paint will cost you about $2,000, or cheapass in which i; /html/mgs/2001-08/msg00553.html (9,113 bytes)
364. Re: WOW - Even I don't believe it (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 15:28:39 -0700; What's the specs on this single one? Year, mileage, rust, quality of bodywork...? I sincerely hope that you bought a car from him. -- I've found something worse than listening to an oldies station an; /html/mgs/2001-08/msg00738.html (8,344 bytes)
365. Re: Super-charger (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 15:33:46 -0700; Since I've got to replace the pistons in Jasmine I'm going to drop the CR from 8.8:1 to 8.0:1, just in case I ever find the money to buy a hi-flow supercharger. Are there any specific pistons to look; /html/mgs/2001-08/msg00739.html (7,967 bytes)
366. Re: Engine Cleaning (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 11:26:11 -0700; I'm a big fan of Castrol SuperClean for general parts cleaning. When I need to clean an engine, and I'm in a part of the world where it's legal to do so, I like to take my car to a coinop carwash and; /html/mgs/2001-08/msg00764.html (7,913 bytes)
367. Re: Super-charger (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 13:49:35 -0700; Is this in an MGB? What's the details on the knock sensor etc? The pistons have been ordered. When I last dyno tuned my motor, I noticed that the timing did not seem as steady as I'd like it to be.; /html/mgs/2001-08/msg00799.html (8,508 bytes)
368. Portland area listers (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 09:58:23 -0700; Due to a family emergency, I've got to head up to Portland, probably till next Monday. If I have any free time, are there any SOLs that would like to hook up? Send me your contact info to lrc@red4est; /html/mgs/2001-07/msg00104.html (7,622 bytes)
369. Re: MGB Meets The Fast And The Furious (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 14:31:33 -0700; I don't think that the S2000 is FWD, I know they had AWD wagons, and I'm pretty sure that some of the Honda kei-cars are RWD, plus I don't think that they've made a FWD motorcycle, or generator yet.; /html/mgs/2001-07/msg00130.html (7,856 bytes)
370. Looking for parts, found problems (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 14:13:09 -0700; Hi folks, I'm back. Been busy with a new job, swing dancing, cavorting with pretty women and all those other things that can distract a guy from spending all his free time working on his MGB. I'm get; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00669.html (8,160 bytes)
371. found on the yahoo MGS group.... (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 17:21:53 -0700; I saw this, thought some folks might be interested, it's out of my geographic range... I collect scooters of all types and while searching for a Cushman that I heard about,I found, and bought, a thre; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00787.html (7,869 bytes)
372. Snow White Virus Warning (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 17:55:54 -0700; Someone with a mindspring/earthlink account has had their PC infected with a virus. I only use this lrcar account for these two mailing lists, so it was either sent to the list, or by someone who has; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00788.html (7,932 bytes)
373. Rear Hub Seal (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 00:48:52 -0700; It occured to me that it might be a good idea to replace my leaky rear hub seal before taking the MG to the track next weekend. Lubricated brakes might not wear out as quickly, but they can cause oth; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00806.html (7,221 bytes)
374. Re: Rollbar Camera Mount (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 16:50:22 -0700; My pleasure. They pass without any problems roadracing in the San Francisco region, which is noted for having partcularly picky techs. It is important to back up the mount with a secondary restraint,; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00862.html (7,579 bytes)
375. Re: Running with the Sprites (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 19:10:50 -0700; You wouldn't happen to know if that was the Mk II spridget that I sold him a few years back? Larry -- This may have been a free country, but the upkeep is sure expensive. lrc@red4est.com http://www.r; /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00455.html (7,103 bytes)
376. Almost enough cooling (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 19:21:35 -0700; At the racetrack, my MGBs temperature guage will run up almost to the "hot" mark at the far right. It doesn't actually overheat, and it did start reading higher when I replaced the last broken temp s; /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00456.html (7,193 bytes)
377. Re: USQUEBAUGH (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 14:29:51 -0800; I won't bore this list with my long ramblings about whisky, you can find them at: http://www.red4est.com/lrc/whisky.html If you'd like to try a nice, yet inexpensive, Islay malt, the Bowmore Legend; /html/mgs/2001-02/msg00704.html (7,963 bytes)
378. Re: USQUEBAUGH (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 15:54:06 -0800; I got it at ranch99 in Milpitas. We waited until after we were done tasting the scotch so that 1) we wouldn't screw up our "nose" and 2) we were drunk enough to try durian. -- Honesty and communicati; /html/mgs/2001-02/msg00710.html (9,071 bytes)
379. Re: MG supercharger (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 16:12:34 -0800; Damn, at $3200 I could almost rationalize spending the money. The big problem being that I'm running 8.8:1 compression, and they say that the blower works best at 8:1 or lower. I could theoretically; /html/mgs/2001-02/msg00711.html (9,294 bytes)
380. Re: MG supercharger (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 18:46:32 -0800; I can vouch that not all $20,000 restorations are beautiful. I would guess that I probably have about that much sunk into my MGB. Granted, I didn't do a cosmetic restoration, and some of the money ha; /html/mgs/2001-02/msg00806.html (8,864 bytes)

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