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261. Re: Mk I, Mk II dash / Its a LHD car (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 15:34:51 -0800
It's OK, Jon, that's what I thought you meant. My answer would be "no, the US MK I dash will not be a bolt-in replacement", based on what I could find out. The cowl area is different on a Euro MKII a
/html/mgs/2002-12/msg00227.html (8,556 bytes)

262. Re: 67 gauges (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 19:49:07 -0800
I'm sure all the gauges are the same size 62-67. They did make various changes, some of them probably irrelevant for your purpose (like changing the name from Jaeger to Smiths or vice versa). The fin
/html/mgs/2002-12/msg00235.html (8,779 bytes)

263. Re: 67 gauges (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 19:23:05 -0800
Sorry, Don -- on this list we are usually referring to "Original MGB" (at least in the context of talking about MGBs, that is). I could look it up for you if you can wait until tomorrow sometime... M
/html/mgs/2002-12/msg00255.html (7,243 bytes)

264. Re: 67 gauges (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 09:49:02 -0800
Actually, what I meant (but entirely failed to express <g>) was, I could look up the gauge info in my copy, given some time. Aside: For this sort of thing, I wish I had his timeline data on the compu
/html/mgs/2002-12/msg00283.html (8,380 bytes)

265. Re: eBay alert! (Mini?) (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 16:14:39 -0800
Neon ACR? -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.n
/html/mgs/2002-12/msg00324.html (7,697 bytes)

266. Re: Bad Taste Award December Edition (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 11:00:14 -0800
There is a long tradition (more recently in eclipse) of powering race or record cars with aircraft engines. The Napier-Railton is a famous example. It's a little hard to figure the utility of this pa
/html/mgs/2002-12/msg00388.html (8,816 bytes)

267. Re: Bad Taste Award December Edition (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 12:31:32 -0800
The concept of cruising at 200mph in a late 40s US station wagon is pretty terrifying. I suspect this fellow was, er, embellishing the truth a bit, shall we say. Although, I suppose one could argue t
/html/mgs/2002-12/msg00392.html (8,921 bytes)

268. Re: Sprites & Midgets (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 15:59:59 -0800
Well, for one thing, this is an MG list, so naturally Midgets are a more common topic. <g> They stopped making Sprites earlier, I believe around 1969, while they continued the Midget until 1980. So,
/html/mgs/2002-12/msg00401.html (8,443 bytes)

269. Re: Airplane powered cars - was bad taste (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 10:04:59 -0800
Great story! That Lycoming couldn't have been much of a powerhouse, though, seeing as it was seeded with the under-two-liter Climaxes. And what a clunky-looking thing it was, too. -- Max Heim '66 MGB
/html/mgs/2002-12/msg00419.html (7,499 bytes)

270. Re: Sprites & Midgets (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 12:23:35 -0800
I should post the numbers from my private reply, since it has come up: Approximately 50,000 Frog-eye Sprites. About 129,000 Sprites of all kinds. Leaving 79,000 squarebody Sprites, versus... ...about
/html/mgs/2002-12/msg00422.html (8,913 bytes)

271. Re: Rostyle wheel painting [Spridgets] (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:58:08 -0800
Maybe you'd like "Mite" better? It would certainly be appropriate... -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires /// or try http://www.t
/html/mgs/2002-12/msg00453.html (6,749 bytes)

272. Re: Slightly OT... British bikes (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 19:05:13 -0800
I don't know anything about them myself, but I have two younger brothers who have done a fair amount of messing around with 60s Triumphs, mainly Bonnevilles; some of which were vintage "choppers" com
/html/mgs/2002-12/msg00457.html (8,807 bytes)

273. Re: '78 MG TC! (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 16:13:49 -0800
Yeah, and park it next to your 1948 MGB lowrider limousine! Geez, what is wrong with these people? Another car list I'm on refers to them as "crackheads"... I mean, you're offering a car for sale and
/html/mgs/2002-12/msg00564.html (7,755 bytes)

274. Re: Mag Wanted (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 23:22:17 -0800
Hmmm, my father just might have that issue, but finding it is another matter! If you're really desperate, I could call my brother and have him start digging though boxes. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L761
/html/mgs/2002-12/msg00566.html (6,899 bytes)

275. Re: Old Tire Q (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 14:32:38 -0800
Well, if the tread is still soft, and the sidewalls aren't showing cracks, I don't see why not. I once had some 20+-year-old Michelins with rock-hard, glassy-smooth tread blocks, that were definitely
/html/mgs/2002-12/msg00617.html (7,714 bytes)

276. Re: The answer to "Why are there no listers from China"? (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 10:40:28 -0800
Gee, thanks to great Americans like John Ashcroft, and the friendly legislators who gave us the Patriot Act, several of those items you listed can also get you prosecuted in the good old USA (see bel
/html/mgs/2002-11/msg00008.html (10,641 bytes)

277. Re: Flame 0n (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 15:29:36 -0800
Huh, I wonder, is it really a 75? Looks like a chrome bumper car (well, I mean, the bumper is obvious, but I don't see anything to make me think it's a chrome bumper tacked onto a RB car)... could be
/html/mgs/2002-11/msg00022.html (8,245 bytes)

278. Re: Lazy Me.... (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 14:17:41 -0800
In fact, that's all I can think of for really PITA jobs on my Mk. I, and I once had the engine and transmission out 3 times in 5 weeks. On a Mk.II, anything behind the dashboard probably qualifies a
/html/mgs/2002-11/msg00067.html (8,876 bytes)

279. Re: New lister (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 14:17:41 -0800
Hi Wendell It sounds like you're starting out with the right attitude. I recommend getting some of the many useful books on the subject. Here are a few: The Complete Official MGB Shop Manual, Robert
/html/mgs/2002-11/msg00068.html (9,155 bytes)

280. Re: Lazy Me.... (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 17:26:23 -0800
...and you would be right. I heard about that one on the list and had the shop do it. "Lazy me" is right... I don't know if you can pay anyone enough to do the heater box boogie. And what would that
/html/mgs/2002-11/msg00074.html (8,503 bytes)


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