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no attachment? no pic.... Robert B. Houston Texan in NM 73 Midget and others John Bernard Books (The Shootist): "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I expect the same from them." rbhouston@... 35735... MORE
Well, I voted for Kerry three times aleready, but she is wayyyyyyyyy behind. Anybody know if any LBJ operatives are still alive? Robert B. Houston Texan in NM 73 Midget and others John Bernard Books (The Shootist): "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I expect the same from them." rbhouston@... 35727... MORE
Can someone let me know where the serial # ID tag is positioned on the dash of a 76? When the car was painted the body show filled the holes. Thanks Steve Quandt "smquandt" 35721... MORE
Chuck...do not be mislead by compression ratios which could be had back when leaded ("manly") octanes were available . Today's unleaded "garbage" octanes require a little more thought in this di rection, assuming a cast iron head and the ignition advance curve you're probably working with, along with a "mild" cam with relatively little duration which will favor maximum "trapping" of the combustion gases in favor of the low end of the useable rpm spectrum (torque.. as in street application). With aluminum heads you can go about a point higher than with cast iron, all else being equal. Also,... MORE
Dear Friends, I am asking my friends for a small favor. A friend of mine, Kerry McCall/Smith has entered a competition to win being the host cook on a Food Network Cooking Show. The winner will get to star for 6 episodes on the Cooking Channel full network. The way it works is each contestant entered a short video on them cooking and talking about why they should have their own cooking show. Kerry entered and sent in a video made by someone you know, who shall go nameless. (if nothing else, you might enjoy the video.) Somehow she... MORE
Anyone remember a model # for the Isuzu trooper starter that is supposed to fit a Spridget? I seem to remember this was a bolt in substitution. I installed the pertronix night before last, but the engine wont turn over fast enough to fire. I've changed just about everything but the starter, so I guess that's next. Robert Houston Texan in New Mexico 73 Midget 63 TR4 An appeal to arms and the God of hosts is all that is left us. But we shall not fight our battle alone. There is a just God that presides over the... MORE
Hi, We send out our Texas Auto Events Listing from our main website. If anyone would like to recieve it,please go to - http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/macsclubhouse Sign on and you'll recieve it. Thanks Mac "Clarence McMillin" 35697... MORE
Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ Frank Clarici 35698... MORE
Hi, Mac here. Would anyone like a listing of Texas Auto Events?? Mac "Clarence McMillin" 35684... MORE
Just to add insult to injury, I happen to have an engine stand for an "A" engine that I would give to someone that could use it, But I'm in Troutdale, OR, a suburb of Portland, OR. No shipping. Bob, Troutdale, OR If no takers, I will try to donate it to the Austin Healey Club of Oregon. "Robert Webb" 35673... MORE
FYI For any car addicts (british or non-british) in SoCal area needing a car fix this winter, there will be a Car Show (charity event) in San Juan Capistrano, CA this February 5th, Saturday. I missed last year's show but from pics it looked like a good turn-out of several hundred. Cars will be mostly classic, muscle & hot rod American iron, but there will be some British as well (pics show Big Healey, Jags, Cobra). I will be there with my Bugeye, & I expect a friend & his son to be there with their Bugeye & RB... MORE
I just found a 58 Bug-eye project in Concord (SF East Bay-area) CA. that I thought I'd pass along. I haven't seen the car and I'm real tempted to but if I do go there'd be a big chance that I'd also bring it home=85 so I'm not going. Besides, my wife would kill me if I brought another project home. Fell free to contact Charlie via email at WELLSC@... Good luck to whoever gets this car. I have no financial interest in this deal. -Drew Drew, I got the car through a neighbor about 3-4 years ago. I... MORE
Yeah... California has really gone over the top on classic car "emissions". It's all part of a political agenda in this particular respect, obviously. Has nothing to do with air polution really. I mean my Vizardized '74 1340 almost made it by CT emissions and was only "out" by 50 ppm hydrocarbons or less than .05 CO, depending upon which side of the correct ignition timing we chose to go. And this thing had a VP3 cam, 45DCOE and got 90+hp to the rear wheels. When properly tuned and maintained, most emissions non-equipped vehicles can get by the criteria... MORE
_ http://webplaza.pt.lu/public/lsandt/gb/info.htm_ ( http://webplaza.pt.lu/public/lsandt/gb/info.htm ) Robert Houston Texan in New Mexico "... Mr. Clinton, sir, America didn't trust you with our health-care system. America didn't trust you with gays in the military. America doesn't trust you with our 21-year-old daughters, and we sure, Lord, don't trust you with our guns." Charlton Heston rbhouston@... 35627... MORE
A friend of mine is intrested in redoing his XJ 6 interior. Seats, carpets and headliner. I tried Moss, but no help. Anyone know of a supplier? Thank you, Bill French Hilton Head, SC '59 Bugeye '73 RWA frenchww@... 35618... MORE
Well, my windshield search is finally over. I just won one off of ebay. The funny thing is, the shipping is going to be more than the cost of the windshield assembly. Oh well. Yes it is not new, but it is certainly cheaper than new and also it will be better than the cracked one that I have. I know you all were on the edge of your seats wondering when I would find a windshield and get my Midget back on the road form my post from about 6 months ago, so now you can all relax.... MORE
Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD Assistant Professor, Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, GA, USA Senior Editor, Molecular Vision, http://www.molvis.org/molvis mailto: jboatri@... Jeff Boatright 35603... MORE
Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD Assistant Professor, Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, GA, USA Senior Editor, Molecular Vision, http://www.molvis.org/molvis mailto: jboatri@... Jeff Boatright 35598... MORE
Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD Assistant Professor, Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, GA, USA Senior Editor, Molecular Vision, http://www.molvis.org/molvis mailto: jboatri@... Jeff Boatright 35591... MORE
I recently had the pleasure of having dinner with Kevin and Cathy Valentine in Pennsylvania. Over dinner we of course discussed Spridgets, and I told him how I was having trouble with mine running rich and was contemplating a change of carburetors. Kevin pointed out that most carb problems are electrical and asked if I had checked the points. Well, I still haven't but I did decide to make them a moot problem by ordering a Pertronix Ignitor. The question is, I replaced the stock coil on my 73 Midget, 1275 last year. Will this coil function well with... MORE
Hi jim, I will try to drive by his shop this week and see if I can get his number. The hardtop I have was from the high desert at the base of the San jacinto mountains in San Bernardino County CA. The one he has was from a sports car shop in LA County. I don't think he has any clue what most of this is, as he is not a Brit car guy. He just owned the building the shop was in. -Spence "spencer_baker" 35574... MORE
RB. I think it is! Pa PS: You made me do it! "Paul Asgeirsson" 35567... MORE
Thanks Paul and Robert for your kind words. Robert, I guess, coming from Texas, you would hardly know what real rust looks like!! Actually, the saga behind this is that I was looking for a car that definately needed lots of work doing. I wanted something that I could rebuild with my son, who was then in his mid teens. We needed the father / son bonding thing and both needed something to keep us off the streets! So we learnt together, how to weld, rebuild an engine and respray. Well, mechanical stuff I was used to, but paint... MORE
Apology fully accepted Robert! {;-) Have a Happy 2005! and Ed, the offering and accepting of an apology does not mean that either side has changed their views or somehow "backed down" on the matter in question. It simply means that we do fully respect each other as individuals, with individual rights and beliefs. The fact that I still think that the list is not the place for long non LBC rants such as this has no bearing on my "right" to own my LBC. Short rants, cats, jokes music - it is all good. Its just the long,... MORE
Don't be so angry, RBH.... "they" haven't lost their minds Bob, they've just forgotten the fact Europeans were responsible for two World Wars in the last century and have forgotten (obviously) who provided the majority of the manufacturing capacity (not to mention some "human" help) that bailed them out.... and most especially so in the case of France. And of course, in bailing them out, we also bailed ourselves out for not doing so would ultimately mean the bogeyman would shortly be threatening our shores in very short order, otherwise. There's every good reason to believe FDR knew the... MORE
