- 1. Am I crazy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:27:04 -0700
- Well I know it's a given, but I thought it would be nice to get feedback. Question: If you were going to install wire wheels on your car. Would you prefer 2 eared knockoffs, or octagonal knockoffs? W
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00440.html (7,794 bytes)
- 2. Re: Am I crazy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: Zubrovka <zubrovka@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:44:19 -0400
- Hi Kelvin, Call me paranoid, but I would not want the 2 eared knockoffs on a MG. Just too easy for some mean sb to come along with a hammer or heavy object and loosen it up while it's parked. That as
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00444.html (8,171 bytes)
- 3. RE: Am I crazy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: "Larry Hoy" <list@marketvalue.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 11:51:41 -0600
- When I had center lock wheels I replaced the original octagonal knockoffs on my MGB with the 2 eared type... Larry Hoy /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00446.html (8,076 bytes)
- 4. Re: Am I crazy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Parkanzky <parkanz1@msu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 13:55:16 -0400
- What manner of enemy have you made John?!?! Unless sabotage is your goal, there are prob. a lot easier ways to vandalize an MG. I would also not give most rough's the credit, in that I believe that m
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00447.html (8,397 bytes)
- 5. RE: Am I crazy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: Chuck Renner <crenner@dynalivery.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 13:02:35 -0500
- You're paranoid. (You asked us to do it.) :) While possible, I strongly doubt a ruffian would tamper with your knockoffs. Takes thought and effort. And if you're carrying a hammer or heavy object ar
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00450.html (8,602 bytes)
- 6. Re: Am I crazy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Meyer" <wcameyer@msn.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 11:07:25 -0700
- Two-eared - they look SO much better! Bill /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00453.html (7,964 bytes)
- 7. Re: Am I crazy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 15:07:02 EDT
- You probaby are crazy, but what the heck - the eared knock-offs look better and are easier to use, IMHO. No stupid wrench to futz around with. Some of the guys on my Lamborghini group are dead set on
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00458.html (8,709 bytes)
- 8. Re: Am I crazy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: Ajhsys@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 15:11:26 EDT
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gosh, man, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?!?!? Don't you know how DANGEROUS those "eared" knock-offs are? You could get your scarf caught in the wheel and be choked to death! You can
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00459.html (8,807 bytes)
- 9. Re: Am I crazy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:11:01 -0700
- That's pretty darn paranoid, I would say. Where do you live that you think that someone armed with a 2-pound hammer and a malevolent attitude is likely to wander by, and moreover, is likely to go unn
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00461.html (10,152 bytes)
- 10. Re: Am I crazy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: Carl French <leylandauto@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 13:04:49 -0700 (PDT)
- There are few sights greater than the sight of a set of knockoffs flashing in the autumn sun on the car ahead of you on a club ride. As far as originality goes, I think it is to punishing to make som
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00465.html (8,843 bytes)
- 11. Re: Am I crazy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Janacek" <mjanacek@snet.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 17:48:47 -0400
- That was the FIRST change I made to my '79!! Mike '79B /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00471.html (9,173 bytes)
- 12. RE: Am I crazy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordie's Garage" <mg_garage@ameritech.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 19:31:19 -0400
- Of three of us, who all have wire wheeled cars, two like the eared and one the octagonal. We think the ears are easier to use, don't like to hold a wrench while smacking with a hammer. Safety Fast! G
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00476.html (9,072 bytes)
- 13. RE: Am I crazy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: CYNAMONB@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 19:30:10 EDT
- /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00478.html (8,319 bytes)
- 14. Re: Am I crazy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: Leckstein <bleckstein@monmouth.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 20:33:00 -0400
- Thank You Isadora Duncan /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00479.html (9,122 bytes)
- 15. Re: Am I crazy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: MGTD1952@cs.com
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 20:31:16 EDT
- Of the two choices, I'd pick eared. My B has eared, my GT has the octagon, and I just think the ears have it. Now if I could have any choice, I'd go for the 3-eared Borrani style... Steve in NJ /// o
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00482.html (8,839 bytes)
- 16. Re: Am I crazy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: "MonteMorris" <mmorris@nemr.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 21:11:40 -0500
- I wanna sharpen my knockoffs up so I can drill them into the car driving next to me on the freeway. Call me Bond, James Bond. Can't do that with Octogons. Monte ' in the autumn sun on the car ahead o
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00484.html (9,539 bytes)
- 17. Re: Am I crazy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 23:01:25 -0500
- I would think that the average vandal wouldn't know what a knockoff is. In the same vain, a young punk car thief probably wouldn't know to pull out the manual choke. He couldn't start a cold MG engin
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00489.html (9,950 bytes)
- 18. Re: Am I crazy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: MGTD1952@cs.com
- Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 05:32:54 EDT
- Those were the 3-eared Borrani type, weren't they? Steve in NJ /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00498.html (8,731 bytes)
- 19. Re: Am I crazy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Meyer" <wcameyer@msn.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 08:17:22 -0700
- Bill /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00504.html (8,821 bytes)
- 20. Re: Am I crazy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: "David Breneman" <idcb@airborne.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 11:06:13 -0700 (PDT)
- Dodd, Kelvin SEZ - I consider myself a "reasonable purist". For instance, my MGA 1500 I'm restoring has a 5-bearing MGB engine in it. The PO put it in, and I don't have a 1500 engine to replace it wi
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00515.html (9,679 bytes)
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