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1. PREVIOUS OWNER BASHING (score: 1): Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>; Date: 10 Oct 91 13:35:44; Yeah is is hard to belive what the proverbial "former owner" (aka "Meathead former owner") has done to cars. ** I once bought a nice little Datsun 1200 coupe from this guy. Shortly after buying it, t; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00176.html (8,259 bytes)
2. Re: PREVIOUS OWNER BASHING (score: 1): Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdln.spd.hp.com>; Date: Thu, 10 Oct 91 16:55:50 PDT; I recently bought a tr6. One of the many "improvements" made by the former owner was substituting hose clamps for the U-bolts that hold the steering rack. He also used hose clamps for muffler clamps; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00190.html (7,968 bytes)
3. Re: PREVIOUS OWNER BASHING (score: 1): Author: phile@pwcs.StPaul.GOV (Philip J Ethier); Date: Thu, 10 Oct 91 18:08:30 CDT; Well, I think I have told you all about this one, but it is hard to beat the relocated gas caps on the Europa. The guy moved them from the top of the rear deck to the sides of the sails, in square re; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00191.html (8,730 bytes)
4. Re: PREVIOUS OWNER BASHING (score: 1): Author: rkg@XamenEk.ateq.com (Richard George); Date: Fri, 11 Oct 91 08:13:05 PDT; My GT6 came with a transmission tunnel cover and interior fabricated out of plywood (complete with wood screws into the body to hold it all together...), household carpet padding, and was covered wit; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00199.html (8,441 bytes)
5. Re: PREVIOUS OWNER BASHING (score: 1): Author: sfisher@Pa.dec.com; Date: Fri, 11 Oct 91 12:02:44 PDT; As we all know, there's no such thing as a free Lancia.; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00207.html (7,760 bytes)
6. Re: PREVIOUS OWNER BASHING (score: 1): Author: Wayne Angevine <angevine@badger.Colorado.EDU>; Date: Fri, 11 Oct 91 15:31:17 -0600; What's the most off the wall mod I've seen my meathead former owner do? Well, does shimming the rod bearings with brass shim stock count? Wayne; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00213.html (8,111 bytes)
7. PREVIOUS OWNER BASHING (score: 1): Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>; Date: 14 Oct 91 08:56:38; Reply to: PREVIOUS OWNER BASHING Folks, I think I have a new winner in the "P.O.B." contest. This is from my friend Dave. Once upon a time, Dave bought a E-type coupe. He found that the frame had bee; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00235.html (8,414 bytes)
8. Re: PREVIOUS OWNER BASHING (score: 1): Author: key@cs.utk.edu; Date: Mon, 14 Oct 91 12:43:39 EDT; '73 TR6 There's the splicing of the low-beams into the side marker lights on a BRAND NEW wiring harness. All I had to do was replace high-low beam column switch. He even swapped the leads for markers; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00239.html (8,221 bytes)
9. Re: PREVIOUS OWNER BASHING (score: 1): Author: robbp@pyrthoth.pyramid.com (Rob Pryor); Date: Mon, 14 Oct 91 10:28:10 -0700; This sounds similar to what I found on the first Big Healey I bought. The firewall and footwells had been cut out, apparently to allow for a much larger bellhousing (like maybe for a big V-8). They; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00243.html (8,873 bytes)
10. Re: Previous owner bashing (score: 1): Author: mason@ftp.com (Stark Raving Mason); Date: Tue, 15 Oct 91 15:29:46 -0400; Not a car, but very british: 1971 Triumph Daytona 500cc purchased from Don Hutchinson Cycles, Wakefield, Ma: All 4 valve guides loose in their elongated holes, the ends of the valves were mushroomed; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00267.html (9,091 bytes)
11. previous owner bashing (score: 1): Author: muller@sunrise.alliant.com (Jim Muller); Date: Tue, 15 Oct 91 18:15:45 EDT; This qualifies as a previous-owner's-garage bash. Early members of this list will remember this story. When I bought my Spitfire, I asked about the extra switch under the dashboard. Seems the origina; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00279.html (11,081 bytes)
12. Re: previous owner bashing (score: 1): Author: william sadler <wsadler@copper.ucs.indiana.edu>; Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1991 11:43:55 -0500; My father and I once repaired the generator on the '65 B (now in Roger G's possession) by supergluing the wire back onto the magnetic brush. As a matter of fact, I think it might still be that way. H; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00285.html (8,242 bytes)
13. Re: previous owner bashing (score: 1): Author: miq@chromavac.corp.sgi.com (Miq Millman); Date: Wed, 16 Oct 91 10:53:47 PDT; Didn't you know that superglue is not a conductor? I guess it works though. -- Miq Millman -- miq@sgi.com or {decwrl,pyramid,ucbvax}!sgi!miq 415 335 1041; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00286.html (8,103 bytes)
14. Re: previous owner bashing (score: 1): Author: Set the Transmorgifier to 'Gila Monster'!!! <tobin@neagp.enet.dec.com>; Date: Wed, 16 Oct 91 11:41:45 PDT; Superglue is great stuff! My starter in the spit has a good amount of it inside. For some unexplicable reason, two of the brushes were twice as worn as the other two, so I put some rigid foam on top; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00288.html (8,466 bytes)
15. Re: previous owner bashing (score: 1): Author: garnett@theory.TC.CORNELL.EDU (Roger Garnett); Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1991 09:09:41 EDT; This could be why the generator stopped working a couple weeks ago... Roger; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00363.html (8,051 bytes)
16. Re: previous owner bashing (score: 1): Author: william sadler <wsadler@copper.ucs.indiana.edu>; Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1991 10:47:58 -0500; Oops. Maybe I shouldn't have said anything. Though, we did make that repair at least 15 years ago. I discovered another problem Saturday morning with my carbs. The bottom of the jet on the rear carb; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00368.html (9,851 bytes)
17. Re: previous owner bashing (score: 1): Author: william sadler <wsadler@copper.ucs.indiana.edu>; Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1991 11:38:40 -0500; Oops. I meant to send that to just Roger. But if anyone knows why my car idles great then backfires and has no power when in gear send me a note. I suspect a vacumn leak, but I jsut can't find it. Wi; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00372.html (7,712 bytes)

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