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1. Re: Palo Alto (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy); Date: Thu, 6 Sep 90 07:35:21 PDT; What the hell, screw work. I'll be there too, driving something unmentionable in _this_ mailinglist. Look for the geek with the rattiest tweed driving hat you've ever seen, and an inflamed right hand; /html/british-cars/1990-09/msg00055.html (7,936 bytes)
2. Re: More hood/top repair Q's (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy); Date: Thu, 20 Sep 90 07:31:42 PDT; Scott sez: Anyway, once you've got a rivet gun, attaching pop rivets is about as hard as stapling. -- Make absolutely double cross-my-heart-and-spit sure you get aluminum rivets! I just spent several; /html/british-cars/1990-09/msg00228.html (7,553 bytes)
3. Re: MG Prices (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy); Date: Tue, 7 Aug 90 07:51:17 PDT; Alan Dahl asks: -- What is the British car market like in the rest of the country? I've been trying to sell my '78 Midget, "Hershey", here in Seattle the last couple of weeks with very little success; /html/british-cars/1990-08/msg00047.html (8,502 bytes)
4. re: French cars. (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy); Date: Sat, 11 Aug 90 08:47:58 PDT; ____________________________________________________ Yes, I can say FRENCH. It's spelled: Junque. -- Now, now, Mr. Walzer. Be nice. One of the few cars of my murky past that I wouldn't mind owning ag; /html/british-cars/1990-08/msg00099.html (6,910 bytes)
5. Re: Flaky Idle (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy); Date: Tue, 14 Aug 90 09:19:12 PDT; Dan sez: -- When I disengage the clutch the RPM usually dives to about 400 RPM then slowly builds back up to 1200 RPM. Letting the clutch out in neutral adds another 200 RPM to the idle. On cool morn; /html/british-cars/1990-08/msg00127.html (7,589 bytes)
6. Re: Wimpy wipers (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy); Date: Sat, 30 Jun 90 08:08:35 PDT; All this talk of wimpy wipers reminds me of an old Mercedes I once owned. It got to the point that the damned things wouldn't work unless I gave them a shove manually to get them started. New motor b; /html/british-cars/1990-07/msg00017.html (7,375 bytes)
7. SOL song (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy); Date: Sat, 7 Jul 90 13:45:15 PDT; With all this talk of SOL flags and songs, I thought I'd submit this. Next time you see a forlorn specimen by the road, sing this to the song "Luka": Lucas My name is Lucas I live in some british car; /html/british-cars/1990-07/msg00083.html (7,316 bytes)
8. Re: example of Mass. emissions test (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy); Date: Thu, 28 Jun 90 07:19:47 PDT; -- He has an electric fan that comes on when the water temperature at the top of the radiator gets hot enough, and this can knock maybe 100 to 150 rpms off his normal idle of about 950rpm. -- Is this; /html/british-cars/1990-06/msg00198.html (7,282 bytes)
9. Re: Not british, but... (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy); Date: Wed, 2 May 90 00:38:20 PDT; There were some recent postings in rec.autos (On USENET, for those of you without net.access) about Borgwards. The Isabella was a conventional, although refined, West German car exported to the state; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00037.html (6,968 bytes)
10. Re: How hot is hot? (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy); Date: Wed, 2 May 90 00:53:41 PDT; My '79 spit has the same engine; it came stock with a 190 degree F. thermostat. The fan comes on at about 200. The fan runs almost continually when outside temp runs above 100. This is ok; the engine; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00038.html (7,506 bytes)
11. Re: heads (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy); Date: Sat, 12 May 90 08:34:55 PDT; Joe sez: Finally the guy who originally started the job decided to try putting rope inside the cylinders (through the spark plug holes). The method was to feed in some rope, run the starter for a few; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00253.html (7,642 bytes)
12. Re: heads (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy); Date: Sun, 13 May 90 01:31:01 PDT; Miq sez: -- Now about this rope stuff, could someone explain what the theory/trick is supposed to do? I have rebuilt quite a few engines in my time (though there doesn't seem to be as much of it late; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00268.html (8,873 bytes)
13. Re: Identify this car and win... (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy); Date: Fri, 18 May 90 04:47:33 PDT; Ah! The Metropolitan! First sold from '54 to '57 under the Nash and Hudson nameplates, then from '58 to '62 by AMC. (Actual production stopped in '60.) In mid '56 they went from a 73.8 ci OHV 4 w/42b; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00408.html (8,645 bytes)
14. Re: Newsgroup or list? (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy); Date: Sat, 19 May 90 02:12:21 PDT; From Phil: -- No, I like it like this. I would like it to be set up like the autox list, though. When a message is posted on autox, you respond directly to the user with an r command. -- I sorta hate; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00433.html (8,828 bytes)
15. Re: More on Prices (long winded) (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy); Date: Sun, 1 Apr 90 01:33:01 PST; On Scott's posting re: AC Cobra: Great posting! I once had a chance to buy into a 289 Cobra that needed A LOT of work, and passed it by due to other car commitments. (Of which I have talked about on; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00000.html (8,284 bytes)
16. Re: various stuff (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy); Date: Wed, 18 Apr 90 03:46:46 PDT; My mailer has gone gaga, and I can't get it to include text, but here goes..... On the funny Alfa with the "2600" and Zagato" badges: The 2600 range was produced between 1962 and 1968, some 12451 wer; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00133.html (7,903 bytes)
17. Re: '77 MGB engine question (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy); Date: Thu, 19 Apr 90 01:01:38 PDT; On the clanging MGB engine with no cylinder specific symptoms: Might be the thrust washers on the crank. If idle speed drops significantly when clutch is engaged, this is almost sure to be the proble; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00160.html (7,135 bytes)
18. Re: LBC (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy); Date: Fri, 27 Apr 90 05:38:42 PDT; The line goes: "Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way..." And Nick Mason owns the 250GTO, as well as some other neato cars. -- Update on my Spitfire. Yesterday was my semi-annual root ca; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00327.html (8,491 bytes)
19. Aran's Adventures in DMVland (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy); Date: Sat, 28 Apr 90 04:29:16 PDT; Chris sez: (in brief, my brain-dead mailer has stopped allowing included text..) That DMV grants permanent exemptions, a friend with a smog-pumpless Dino is going through the process... -- The Califo; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00355.html (9,736 bytes)
20. RE: TR10 (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy); Date: Mon, 30 Apr 90 02:58:06 PDT; Here are some specs: 948cc (58ci) 40hp@4000rpm 8:1cr 1690 lbs curb weight 1/4 mile=25.8 seconds 147" overall length 30.8 mpg @ 60mph From 1960 Consumer Reports guide to Imports; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00365.html (6,697 bytes)

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