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1. Re: Jensen GT (score: 1): Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>; Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 10:46:56 -0700; They're safe, for now at least. The Jensen GT is what happened when Kjell Qvale decided the MGB-GT was a really good idea. It's basically the Jensen-Healey with a fixed roof and rear hatch, like not; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00231.html (10,655 bytes)
2. Re: Value of CB Midget (score: 1): Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>; Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 11:15:32 -0700; Several things have occurred to me throughout my years of LBC ownership: 1. The Car Wardrobe factor. Depending on how complex one's life is, it may become desirable to have separate cars, each optimi; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00232.html (12,307 bytes)
3. Re: Wire Wheels, Just "Fishin" (score: 1): Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>; Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 18:05:12 -0700; Excellent wheels -- I used them on a '71 MGB. The difference when I mounted them on the car -- from old wires with only a couple of spokes missing to new, balanced alloys -- was staggering. I ran 185; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00258.html (10,134 bytes)
4. Re: wheels (score: 1): Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>; Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 17:01:06 -0700; You'd notice it mostly in turn-in -- the feeling of intial corner entry. That, of course, is assuming that you get wheels that are wider than your stock steel rims (which is almost inevitable, given; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00335.html (10,317 bytes)
5. Tire width (score: 1): Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>; Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 17:12:24 -0700; Andy Webster's question about alloy wheels led to tire width, which reminded me of something. My first LBC ('74 GAN5) came with the stock tires -- Michelin XZX, in something like 145R-13, on Rostyles; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00336.html (9,584 bytes)
6. Re: 72 Fuel Pump (score: 1): Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>; Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 17:32:34 -0700; Well, if it shuts off altogether, your car quits running. That's when you coast to the side of the road, get out the wire-wheel hammer, and whang the trunk. This un-freezes the points and you can usu; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00338.html (9,781 bytes)
7. Re: Jensen GT (score: 1): Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>; Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 10:58:30 -0700; I know that film (also starring Bella Darvi and Anthony Quinn) under the name "The Racers." Well worth watching -- *stupid* movie, *great* cars. They reprise the famous Varzi-Nuvolari duel in the Mil; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00532.html (9,835 bytes)
8. Re: New top (hood) installation (score: 1): Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>; Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 13:44:25 -0700; The old saw about measure twice -- cut once really applies here. Get a yellow grease pencil for making your alignment marks. I traced a yellow line around the front of the top where it would cross ov; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00541.html (9,163 bytes)
9. Re: electrical stuff (score: 1): Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>; Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 14:33:22 -0700; Till just before you have to get somewhere important, or through the end of driver's school, failing just before time to qualify for your first road race. Yes. Use a 45D4 if at all possible, in place; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00543.html (13,324 bytes)
10. Re: speaking of fuel.... (score: 1): Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>; Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 14:46:12 -0700; Probably unnecessary, unless you've had major head work/piston replacement done with an eye toward improving performance. Your '69 would have come *from Abingdon* with an 8.8:1 CR, which means you sh; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00545.html (11,503 bytes)
11. Re: Help... Getting over my head rapidly (score: 1): Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>; Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 16:49:53 -0700; [symptoms that coincide with a massive air leak] You've almost certainly popped something in the intake tract that is causing a *major* vacuum leak -- no doubt the backfire blew a plug out of a manif; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00561.html (14,265 bytes)
12. Re: Commemorative Cars (score: 1): Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>; Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 17:14:17 -0700; I sometimes describe the Morgan as the only replicar made by the original manufacturer and sold under the original marque. That, of course, gets round the issue of the Caterham Seven, which is the on; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00564.html (10,005 bytes)
13. Re: Morris vs British Leyland (score: 1): Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>; Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 20:33:03 -0700; Hoo boy! Which is better, Zen Buddhism or Sufi Islam? :-) One piece of information I've heard is that as installed in the Spitfire, the 1500 has *much* better underhood airflow than it does in the Mi; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00727.html (10,826 bytes)
14. Re: Morris vs British Leyland (score: 1): Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>; Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 20:36:50 -0700; Okay, mebbe THIS crowd will get it... Who saw Road and Track's PS comparison photo of the then-new XK-8 opposite the then-new DB-7 and thought, "Hey, it's the Pinto and Bobcat, now value priced at $1; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00729.html (9,421 bytes)
15. Re: TV (score: 1): Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>; Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 21:35:48 -0700; Last Sunday (Mother's Day), my 2-1/2 year old son Charlie and I sat out in front of the smoker while three pounds of country spare ribs slow-cooked to perfection under the lid. I taught Charlie to sa; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00733.html (9,454 bytes)
16. Re: Morris vs British Leyland (score: 1): Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>; Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 09:21:05 -0700; But which Morgan do you mean -- the Morgan with the Buick engine, or the Morgan with the Fiat engine? :-) (Explanation: the Morgan +8 uses the Buick-derived 3.5L aluminium V8. At one point several ye; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00769.html (12,837 bytes)
17. Re: Morris vs British Leyland (score: 1): Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>; Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 10:23:30 -0700; No. According to Cecil Kimber, M.G. stands for sports cars. By the time The M.G. Car Company had been established (even before they took over the old Pavlova Leather Works in Abingdon), Cecil Kimber'; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00781.html (10,708 bytes)
18. Re: Morris vs British Leyland (score: 1): Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>; Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 10:48:17 -0700; ...a slight omission, when I said that I would concede the point to anyone who made a case that many Triumph engines were in-house, proprietary designs. They were not *exclusively* sports-car engines; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00784.html (11,738 bytes)
19. Re: old radios (score: 1): Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>; Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 10:49:15 -0700; Q: What does "../" stand for? A: Jack the Ripper learning Morse code. --Scott; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00785.html (7,561 bytes)
20. Re: Scott Fisher? (score: 1): Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>; Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 10:53:14 -0700; My wife has occasionally looked at a Peter Egan column and handed it back to me saying, "Does he *know* he's writing about your life?" That proves we're different guys. Oh, I'm certainly charmed by B; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00787.html (8,033 bytes)

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