Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Cowboys and Cowgirls, I am always perplexed by these tire size discussions. On my Sprite Mk. II, I originally mounted 165's and had a problem with them rubbing i
Thanks for the info, I guess I will have to look at the exact size when I get home. I still have one of the 165's I took off. I have stock wire wheels, in a wire wheel rear-end. Jay Fishbein East of
Well since were starting true confessions. Here's a good one. The first time I was installing an engine in a Sprite, I couldn't get it in gear, at which point my buddy Peter looked at me and asked:
Boys and Girls, If something is at auction and you decide you are willing to pay, let's say $100.00 for it and someone outbids you, why is it the higher bidder's fault that after the fact, you decide
I will stand up and say that I was just beginning to enjoy your ebay song when it was pulled by the censors. By the way, who has plans to enjoy their car on Christmas Day? With all of these battery
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 08:41:43 Pacific Standard Time
Now here is one rare item. An MG Midget and Austin-Healey Sprite 1500 Factory manual. Just when you thought you knew everything you find out some other twist. Bid high. This one is sure to go up like
You might want to cut down on the amount of sugar in your coffee. :-) I think the listers that "apologize" for using the word thread (I hate that term) are just trying to be funny, but in the end, l
" that must be a fairly rare book, as I have seen no less than 3 of them sell on eBay in the past year for between $40 and $50." Huh? If so, you missed all the other auctions in which the final bids
How silly. The bidding has now reached $76.00! That's $76.00 for a box! If there has been one item that has continually been an acceptable reproduction it is the emblems, front AND rear for both the
It is widely known on the internet that the cars destined for India were dimensionally different from their British cousins, hence the problem with rear deck emblems and wire wheels. Jay Fishbein
<<What more proof do you need? >> I would like pictures, mechanical drawings, a notarized statement from you as the owner, and x-rays of the rear deck. Forward them to excite.com. They will know wher
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 07:10:40 Pacific Standard Time
Regarding the current bid, No Comment. But here is something for discussion: Some, now I said "some", respected Sprite authorities (and I have not made up my own mind on this point, yet.) claim that
They look cool, because they Are cool. Interesting observation on the BL box. I thought it went with the other item in the pic, but maybe not. I will have to look in my '58 books at home for the par
You're taking some license with their text. That's not exactly what appears on their site now, is it? Doesn't it look more like this: "Watch your oil pressure gauge as you drive and stop your engine
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 09:48:54 Pacific Standard Time
$103.00 !!! ???? These guys need a serious tune up and I'm not talking about their car engines. J F No Known Location. Name Withheld To Protect The Parts. Adding multiple dead bolts to all doors. I s
Dear Francorchamps, These "boxes" of NOS parts ARE interesting. This year at Lime Rock, a vendor had a box of NOS SU carbs. Price was $75.00 each which I thought was pretty reasonable. Another vendor