- 1. Advice (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 15:04:47 -0500 et>
- I finally got mad at the '71 yesterday because the list of problems kept getting longer, so I shipped it off for a mechanic to check it out. So far the clutch will need replacing, carbs rebuilt, all
- /html/spridgets/2002-02/msg00697.html (7,982 bytes)
- 2. Re: Advice (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 17:37:10 -0500
- Find out how much they want for the other Midget outright, and buy it. . . . then you'll have 3. :) R.D. --Original Message-- yet, and even has some minilite replicas. He said he'd trade that car fo
- /html/spridgets/2002-02/msg00699.html (6,884 bytes)
- 3. Re: Advice (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 22:13:03 -0500 FILETIME=[585C0B10:01C1B8F5]
- Sounds like you've already made your decision and are looking for someone to blame if it was the wrong decision. Bob getting longer, so I shipped it off for a mechanic to check it out. So far the clu
- /html/spridgets/2002-02/msg00709.html (8,088 bytes)
- 4. RE: Advice (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 22:33:30 -0500 et>
- No, mostly just talking out loud and looking for some assurance. It's like using a lifeline and letting the audience vote. Did I just make a "Who Wants to Be a Rich Guy" reference? Aaargh! Anyway, fi
- /html/spridgets/2002-02/msg00711.html (7,442 bytes)
- 5. Re: Advice (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 10:49:14 EST
- What a nice reply Bob..not.... Adrian, I understand completely, and while I love my midget and was able to rationalize the purchase because it was "cheap" I truly would have been happier had I spent
- /html/spridgets/2002-02/msg00717.html (7,486 bytes)
- 6. Re: Advice (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 11:06:18 -0500
- Broken Record Time. Save money and save time by "importing" a solid, rust-free car from the Southwest. There are members of this list that will gladly assist you if they are in the area of the car yo
- /html/spridgets/2002-02/msg00719.html (7,670 bytes)
- 7. advice (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 15:38:29 FILETIME=[6D75E4E0:01C05563]
- hello fellow gearheads,i'm looking for a recommendation.i would like to know if there is a good book available on hotrodding the 1500.any suggestions? thanks. the phantom troublemaker _______________
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00910.html (7,025 bytes)
- 8. Re: advice (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 10:46:53 -0600
- With all the trouble associated with making them run dependably, now you want to hot rod one!? You really need to consider a 1275!!!!! Brad (the not-so-phantom troublemaker)
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00911.html (7,779 bytes)
- 9. Re: advice (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 12:09:26 EST
- << hello fellow gearheads,i'm looking for a recommendation.i would like to know if there is a good book available on hotrodding the 1500.any suggestions? >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I think th
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00913.html (8,080 bytes)
- 10. Re: advice (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 07:33:45 -0500
- Come on Brad, Lets not start that thread again. Do you have any real world experience with a 1500 or are your comments all hearsay?? I will insist, to the day I die, that the 1500 is not a bad engine
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00930.html (9,673 bytes)
- 11. Re: advice (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 10:28:06 -0600
- That was the purpose of the comment was because he wants to "hot rod" it. to hot rodding a Chevy vs a Ford. You can do either but it is generally cheaper to do a Chevy based on the availability of pe
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00931.html (7,921 bytes)
- 12. Re: advice (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 17:03:29 -0500
- I will insist, to the day I die, that the 1500 is not a bad engine. This is true but it isn't a "good" engine either. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ The bug in the rice bowl http://www.exit109.com/~
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00941.html (7,983 bytes)
- 13. Re: advice (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 14:51:53 -0800 (PST)
- If you two can't play nice...We'll have to separate the both of you at the next Pa. Rally! :o))))) Dan == Dan Dwelley 77 Midget Alexandria, Va. __________________________________________________ Yaho
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00947.html (8,363 bytes)
- 14. Re: advice (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 22:38:42 -0500
- Lots of Spitfires running around quite successfully with 1500's. That's also probably the best place to go looking for information on hopping them up, probably starting with the Triumph 1500 Competit
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00962.html (8,292 bytes)
- 15. Fw: advice (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 00:26:23 -0500
- "It's a three bearing four cylinder, so don't over rev it! Yet owners regularly over rev the heck out of it, and then complain when it breaks." I had an early model Spitfire that I bought for $110. I
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00968.html (7,880 bytes)
- 16. Re: advice (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 08:42:48 -0500
- Maybe not great, but I would have to say good. Larry Larry Macy 78 Midget Keep your top down and your chin up. Larry B. Macy, Ph.D. macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu System Manager/Administrator Neuropsy
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00977.html (8,506 bytes)
- 17. Re: advice (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 09:55:34 EST
- << I will insist, to the day I die, that the 1500 is not a bad engine. This is true but it isn't a "good" engine either. >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Guys, guys, guys...let's keep in mind that th
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00981.html (8,512 bytes)
- 18. Re: advice (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 09:24:42 -0600
- TOBY!!!!!!!!!! What do you charge to make a "SpridgetBowl 2001" shirt. White black stripes, logo on left breast and a CB vs RB theme on the back?!?!?
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00982.html (8,040 bytes)
- 19. Re: advice (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 07:34:09 -0800
- As regards the 1500 engine, I think the old shop owner in the movie Christine says it best, " You just can't camoflage a turd " << I will insist, to the day I die, that the 1500 is not a bad engine.
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00983.html (9,074 bytes)
- 20. Re: advice (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 10:39:04 -0500
- Pssst Allen I have had my USA spec 76 Midget over 100 mph. Not the 78 I currently have tho. Once was enough. Larry Larry Macy 78 Midget Keep your top down and your chin up. Larry B. Macy, Ph.D. macy@
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00984.html (8,182 bytes)
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