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1. Mods (score: 1): Author: "S. Allen" <sallen3663@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 09:19:14 -0500; I'm generally for anything that makes a T-type more reliable or safe that doesn't subtract from originality. To that end I put a solid-state fuel pump and electric ignition in my TD. You can't tell t; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00306.html (7,935 bytes)
2. Re: Mods (score: 1): Author: Eric <eric@erickson.on.net>; Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 01:17:25 +1030; Hmmm, I guess that rules out some modifications like this TC: http://www.erickson.on.net/mgb/tcspecial.html By the way, it is a V8 and it goes REAL FAST, too :-) -- Eric '68MGB MkII Adelaide, South A; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00307.html (7,438 bytes)
3. RE: Mods (score: 1): Author: "Larry list account" <list@marketvalue.net>; Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 07:40:38 -0700; After you lowered the rear end did you add neon lights in the wheel wells? Larry Hoy; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00308.html (7,174 bytes)
4. Re: Mods (score: 1): Author: David Breneman <david_breneman@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:51:04 -0800 (PST); I'd like to see if there is any reliable information that these third brake lights make any difference at all. In the 1980s, when they were first required, there was some novelty value that caught yo; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00317.html (8,134 bytes)
5. Re: Mods (score: 1): Author: Bullwinkle <yd3@nvc.net>; Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 14:53:54 -0600; I'd like to see if there is any reliable information that these third brake lights make any difference at all <<<Snip>>> IMO it would make some difference based on the driving style of person behind; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00321.html (8,212 bytes)
6. RE: Mods (score: 1): Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:27:34 -0500; "I really doubt they have any effect at all." "...organizations that profit from such regulations like the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00323.html (8,100 bytes)
7. Re: Mods (score: 1): Author: <ptegler@cablespeed.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:54:15 -0500; well although it's not one of my MG's, I've mounted a third brake light up above the rear hatch on my Triumph GT6. It HAS been a big saver in the fact that such small lights on an MG (or Triumph) and; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00324.html (10,084 bytes)
8. Re: Mods (score: 1): Author: Eric Erickson <eric@erickson.on.net>; Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 09:49:32 +1030; Depends who you believe - are these guys reliable/credible? http://www.dot.gov/affairs/1998/nht1698.htm Eric '68 MGB MkII Adelaide South Australia; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00325.html (8,054 bytes)
9. Re: Mods (score: 1): Author: "Bob Donahue" <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 19:08:14 -0500; I don't think daytime headlights are safe. With the bulbs on ALL the time, they burn out often. Of course, I don't know they're burned out until I'm caught in the middle of no-where and night falls.; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00326.html (9,689 bytes)
10. Re: Mods (score: 1): Author: "Bob Donahue" <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 19:37:34 -0500; How about ABS brakes? Didn't the insurance industry statistics show they weren't helping at all? I swear my ABS brakes are trying to kill me. If one of my wheels is in muck when I come to a stop sign; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00327.html (10,013 bytes)
11. Re: Mods (score: 1): Author: "Oliver" <sumton@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 21:24:21 -0600; perhaps one mounted on the luggage rack would be a good idea - think i'll look into it!; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00336.html (10,810 bytes)
12. Re: Mods (score: 1): Author: "James Schulte" <schultejim@msn.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 23:39:58 -0800; I agree. My truck starts to hydroplane on water when I brake in wet weather and it feels like I'm never going to stop. ABS has it's problems like anything else. I always liked pumping my own brakes; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00337.html (10,465 bytes)
13. RE: Mods (score: 1): Author: David Breneman <david_breneman@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 22:05:53 -0800 (PST); Jobs for the self-perpetuating bureaucracy. That's the point of most regulations we suffer under today. Remember, a regulation isn't a law. It's a rule issued by an agency granted the *power* to issu; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00340.html (8,349 bytes)
14. Re: Mods (score: 1): Author: David Breneman <david_breneman@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 22:45:38 -0800 (PST); The NHTSA? No. They were the agency that wanted to ban convertibles in the 1970s, and did ban the MGB-GT. To quote Mel Brooks in "Blazing Saddles": "We gotta protect our phoney-baloney jobs, gentleme; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00342.html (8,272 bytes)
15. Re: Mods (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 09:44:19 -0000; Most 3rd brake lights are LED and as such light up faster and instantly both of which are an aid to seeing them when you aren't looking directly at the back of the car in front. High-level lights nea; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00344.html (8,852 bytes)
16. Re: Mods (score: 1): Author: Paul Root <ptroot@iaces.com>; Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 07:50:48 -0600; The Kansas Turnpike exists only to pay for itself. About 15 years ago, it was in danger of being completely in the black and therefore they had a big construction project to revamp all the tollbooths; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00346.html (8,099 bytes)
17. Re: Mods (score: 1): Author: Barrie Robinson <barrie@look.ca>; Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 10:01:17 -0800; I got headlights from LBC Co and they were very cheap - on special. When I got them I was puzzled as they had two bulbs - obviously one for 'running lights'. It was easy to wire them up as such so my; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00347.html (9,842 bytes)
18. Re: Mods (score: 1): Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>; Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 12:09:47 -0800; Forgive my possible contradiction, but you can't steer with the brakes locked, since the front wheels won't be turning. That's exactly the issue the ABS is supposed to address. The problem is that it; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00352.html (8,650 bytes)
19. Re: Mods (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:40:37 -0000; That is precisely what I meant! (I'm deeply hurt you thought otherwise ...) I would far rather pump the pedal myself and can feel the shock retardation just as the wheels lock, this does not seem to; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00398.html (8,936 bytes)
20. Re: Mods (score: 1): Author: David Breneman <david_breneman@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 09:36:11 -0800 (PST); Yes, but I'd maintain that a lot of this was due to the novelty value. I remember Pacific Northwest Bell cars having them, too. I remember it because it was novel. What I'd like to know is what happe; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00401.html (8,465 bytes)

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