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1. Winter storage (score: 1): Author: gerry@probe.att.com; Date: Wed, 2 Dec 92 11:05:39 EST; I NEVER will put my car up for winter storage again, I did this about 3 years ago and spent almost 1 week during spring time trying to get the car going again. the main problems were : 1 - clutch pl; /html/british-cars/1992-12/msg00014.html (8,480 bytes)
2. Booster (score: 1): Author: gerry@probe.att.com; Date: Wed, 2 Dec 92 12:50:28 US/; Brake boosters: Try sending the booster to : Industrial Brakes 5241 )=Old Sequin Road San Antonio TX 78219 512-661-9658 They will rebuild almost any booster - the price I was quotes was $90-$100 Gerr; /html/british-cars/1992-12/msg00018.html (6,397 bytes)
3. 5-speeds (score: 1): Author: gerry@probe.att.com; Date: Tue, 8 Dec 92 12:45:44 EST; WeRace in OR also sells a Datsun 1200 5 speed conversion for $1200 the last time I enquired, it fits the 1275 Midgets Does anybody know of a 5-speed conversion for the 1500 Midget ? Gerry To Ric Gole; /html/british-cars/1992-12/msg00116.html (6,508 bytes)
4. WeRace Addr (score: 1): Author: gerry@probe.att.com; Date: Thu, 10 Dec 92 08:48:52 EST; Someone in OZ asked for the following - sorry to clog the net - I lost his email address : WeRace OR, USA Tel [503-636-4028 ] Performance parts for Midgets Gerry; /html/british-cars/1992-12/msg00149.html (6,489 bytes)
5. Spit for sale (score: 1): Author: gerry@probe.att.com; Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 13:41:06 EST; There is a 1968 Spitfire for sale at a local garage for $1600. I will be going on Saturday to have a look at it (more curosity than anything else), If anybody is interested I can send more details Ge; /html/british-cars/1992-12/msg00211.html (6,324 bytes)
6. Spit & Stag (score: 1): Author: gerry@probe.att.com; Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 08:25:39 EST; As promised I went to take a look at a 1968 Spitfire Mk III (?) on Saturday. Ths asking price was $1600 which I think can probably be talked down to $1000 (it's been on this garage forecourt for at l; /html/british-cars/1992-12/msg00236.html (7,105 bytes)
7. Spit/Stag & Allison (score: 1): Author: gerry@probe.att.com; Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 13:11:37 EST; Looks like I started some interest by saying that there were a '68 Spitfire and a Stag for sale locally. For those interested parties, both of these cars are located in central New Jersey. Has anybod; /html/british-cars/1992-12/msg00252.html (7,019 bytes)
8. restoration (score: 1): Author: gerry@probe.att.com; Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 11:08:31 US/; I could not agree more - my Scimitar sat in the garage for 6 months without being touched because I lost my enthusiasm over the project. My wife kept at me, telling me to go to the garage and finish; /html/british-cars/1992-12/msg00275.html (7,937 bytes)
9. restoration (score: 1): Author: gerry@probe.att.com; Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 11:15:48 US/; I could not agree more - my Scimitar sat in the garage for 6 months without being touched because I lost my enthusiasm over the project. My wife kept at me, telling me to go to the garage and finish; /html/british-cars/1992-12/msg00276.html (8,315 bytes)
10. Roll-bar (score: 1): Author: gerry@probe.att.com; Date: Mon, 2 Nov 92 16:20 EST; On all the Weber side draft carbs that I have seen, the rubber gaskets are there to isolate the carbs from engine vibration, so that the fuel does not froth in the fuel bowl. Probably - all Weber ma; /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00027.html (7,548 bytes)
11. electrics (score: 1): Author: gerry@probe.att.com; Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 16:24 EST; What I usually do when I work on the electrics, is disconnect the "hot" cable from the battery and using a piece of 14G wire with an in-line fuse, I connect the "hot" cable to the battery terminal.; /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00146.html (6,763 bytes)
12. crankfire (score: 1): Author: gerry@probe.att.com; Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 12:27:39 EST; Tim writes:::: I believ WeRace in Or sells them for Midgets (so maybe Spitfires as well). When I looked into this I found that they were expensive ($800). I haven't looked recently so the price may h; /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00243.html (7,145 bytes)
13. oil pressure (score: 1): Author: gerry@probe.att.com; Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 14:00:15 US/; Stories on low oil pressure : About 3 years ago the oil pressure was starting to get very low on my Scimitar, (it had slowly degraded over the previous 3 years) The cold psi was about 60, warm about; /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00248.html (6,722 bytes)
14. diffs (score: 1): Author: gerry@probe.att.com; Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 09:01:13 EST; This seems excessive, but then it depends on you back-axle ratio (assuming all you guages are working properly). You can calibrate your speedo, by going down a freeway with a stop watch and timing h; /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00339.html (6,812 bytes)
15. Trunnions ! (score: 1): Author: gerry@probe.att.com; Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 16:44:30 EST; PHIL WRITES::: Are you sure about this ? - I though all the weight (or most of it) would be resting on the TOP part of the kingpin (ie the ball-joint), and that the bottom one was along for the ride; /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00382.html (7,205 bytes)
16. Mini/Lotus (score: 1): Author: gerry@probe.att.com; Date: Tue, 24 Nov 92 08:54:17 EST; I agree The first step would be to get David Vizard's book on the A-series engine, from what I remember you can build a 200 HP A-series engine (probably with lots of bucks). I would think that re-en; /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00412.html (7,729 bytes)
17. Weight ! (score: 1): Author: gerry@probe.att.com; Date: Tue, 24 Nov 92 12:49:39 EST; \BTW these cars only weigh 1300 lbs (in racing trim) Every race car I have put together, has evenmtually weighed more that the original car did, (without going to extremes and using fibre-glass - exo; /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00417.html (7,481 bytes)
18. MGB power (score: 1): Author: gerry@probe.att.com; Date: Tue, 24 Nov 92 12:54:25 EST; There is a company in MA called Support Unlimited who deal with adding performance to the MGB engine. they take the "systems" approach to adding power, ie adding a camshaft may not do anything until; /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00418.html (6,598 bytes)
19. Springs (score: 1): Author: gerry@probe.att.com; Date: Tue, 24 Nov 92 16:12:14 EST; I had/have the same problem on my Midget and did the following : Swap the left rear spring for the left right spring. This will give you Midget a pronounced list to the passengers side. However as mo; /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00425.html (7,396 bytes)
20. Midget Motoring (score: 1): Author: gerry@probe.att.com; Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 08:59 EDT; Ahh, it's good to have the Midget back on the road. I spent the last couple of weeks putting in a fairly new engine/gbox because my clutch broke one night coming home from work. I finally have full s; /html/british-cars/1992-10/msg00173.html (7,817 bytes)

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