On Tue, 28 Nov 1995, Denise Thorpe wrote:
> > Cars flunk inspection for the most
> > stupid reasons. After years of flying through with my 80 B I suddenly
>failed one
> > year because the inspector noted that the gas pedal didn't have a rubber
>pad on
> > it! Aparently this was required in or around l980. Has anyone ever seen a B
>with
> > a rubber pad on the gas pedal? I talked my way out of that one with the
> > supervisor, and the issue has never been raised again.
1980 B's didn't have rubber pads on the gas pedals. If it was
non-original, and legal for sale at the time, they can't squawk about it.
> I just bought two MGB gas pedal pads at the Pasadena MG swap meet. They're
> the cutest little things you ever saw.
And correct only for '65 and before.
> Here in California where there are all kinds of laws about having all the
> smog junk on your car, there are no safety inspections. I guess it's OK if
> we kill people suddenly if our brakes go out, but they don't want us killing
> anyone slowly with smog.
Same thing here in Delaware. They let the biggest pieces of $#!+ on the
road, so long as they don't pollute.
Bill
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billd@doa.net billd@voicenet.com (Bill Duetschler) '71 MGB (daily driver)
"Yesterday, apropos of nothing, one friend said to me 'Do you ever have
days where you just want to get everyone you know together in one place,
have them all take off their clothes, and let nature take its course?'"
--Susan Groppi
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