When my MGTD's exhaust system fell off in Ohio on a long trip (yes, I was
really stupid), I took a coat-hanger (also a necessity when driving old Brit
cars, along with duct tape), yanked it out from under the car and kicked it
over to the side of the road. Ran it pipeless until I sold the car, and the
new buyers didn't mind because it sounded so good. :)
And then, crossing over the Missouri river, my hard top (replacing the very
ragged soft-top) almost went into the river when a gust of wind came along.
That's when the coat hanger came back into use to better fasten the top
down.
--Pat Kelly
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>From: "Anthony Tabacco" <atabacco@california.com>
>To: "Richard Urschel" <osp13@mybluelight.com>
>Cc: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: Rules and Miata dress code
>Date: Fri, Dec 13, 2002, 8:17 AM
>
> Rich, on the way to the dealer trade an 1100 Sprite for a TR4A, the entire
> exhaust system of the car fell out on the road. I just stopped and picked it
> up (we always carried gloves, remember?) and stuck it in the passernger
> seat. The dealer took that pretty much in stride. Funny thing is that the
> same thing later happened to the TR, and they have that split system with
> the resonator and everything. Hey, I've had intake manifolds, rear
> splines(!!!), generators, fall off.
>
> Tony
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Urschel" <osp13@mybluelight.com>
>> Beats me. As a driver of an old British car the
>> peculiar wording of 13.2.K allows me to remove
>> anything I want since it's going to fall off anyway.
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