- 1. gry words (score: 1)
- Author: jhoward@atlas.usno.navy.mil (James D. Howard)
- Date: Thu, 3 Nov 94 12:13 EST
- I did a grep on our online dictionary here, and came up with angry gryphon hungry What is a gryphon? Our dictionary is for spell checking, not definitions. James
- /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00094.html (6,252 bytes)
- 2. Re: Tow vehicle -> XJ-6 -> 4 seat TD (score: 1)
- Author: jhoward@atlas.usno.navy.mil (James D. Howard)
- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 94 13:23 EST
- I'll second that. My father installed a tachometer so he could get his YA to perform. He had taken the engine to Stage II tune, and the car would be at least drivable in Washington DC traffic. He dr
- /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00275.html (7,642 bytes)
- 3. Things to do along I-40 in my MGB (score: 1)
- Author: jhoward@atlas.usno.navy.mil (James D. Howard)
- Date: Thu, 9 Jun 94 11:42:47 EDT
- I am going to be driving from Washington DC to Flagstaff, AZ next week. I will spend the first night in Knoxville, TN, with relatives, and the last night in Santa Fe, NM with friends, and camping out
- /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00350.html (6,842 bytes)
- 4. AZ MGB wanted (score: 1)
- Author: jhoward@atlas.usno.navy.mil (James Howard)
- Date: Wed, 23 Mar 94 11:11:44 EST
- The Navy has decided that I should spend lots of time in Flagstaff, AZ for the next year or so, which is fine by me since I have met the most wonderful girl out here and she seems to enjoy cars as mu
- /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00527.html (6,763 bytes)
- 5. Trouble in the Flagstaff boating lake? (score: 1)
- Author: jhoward@atlas.usno.navy.mil (James Howard)
- Date: Thu, 24 Mar 94 12:00:58 EST
- Now, my knowledge of US geography is a little sketchy, but I'm not sure I recognise Flagstaff Arizona as a well-known seaside resort. Norfolk, Va, yes, San Diego, Ca, most definitely, but Arizona - y
- /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00569.html (7,097 bytes)
- 6. MG RV8 lecture (score: 1)
- Author: jhoward@atlas.usno.navy.mil (James Howard)
- Date: Sat, 26 Feb 94 19:28:04 EST
- The emissions in Japan are indeed as strict as California's, but the safety regs are not nearly so. Cars don't have to have 5 mph bumpers, and I doubt they have to go through the 35 mph crash tests.
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00705.html (7,356 bytes)
- 7. Junker laws. (score: 1)
- Author: jhoward@atlas.usno.navy.mil (James Howard)
- Date: Sun, 27 Feb 94 22:28:32 EST
- That is easy for me. My daily driver is now a 1967 MGB/GT. I was born in 1970. Today is my birthday as a matter of fact.
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00712.html (6,481 bytes)
- 8. LBC's in Japan - trip report (score: 1)
- Author: jhoward@atlas.usno.navy.mil (James Howard)
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 94 13:31:02 EST
- I spent two and a half weeks over Christmas with my parents in Tokyo. I thought you all would be interested in the LBC's I saw over there. First off, there are Mini's all over. They are a fad right n
- /html/british-cars/1994-01/msg00237.html (10,545 bytes)
- 9. LBC's in Japan - trip report (score: 1)
- Author: jhoward@atlas.usno.navy.mil (James Howard)
- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 94 10:40:39 EST
- thanks. Go ahead and print it. James
- /html/british-cars/1994-01/msg00472.html (6,425 bytes)
- 10. I'm off to Arizona (score: 1)
- Author: jhoward@atlas.usno.navy.mil (James Howard)
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 93 14:28:06 EST
- I head out to Arizona next week - to spend 2 weeks in Flagstaff. Anyone on the list going to be out there? My Dad just returned from Tokyo for a business trip. He said he saw an MG RV8 parked at the
- /html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00040.html (6,645 bytes)
- 11. New member of the stable. (score: 1)
- Author: jhoward@atlas.usno.navy.mil (James Howard)
- Date: Mon, 20 Dec 93 11:54:37 EST
- I just bought a new car - a silver 1967 MGB/GT! 118K miles, rebuilt engine and suspension, and NO RUST. Now I can bear to take my roadster off the road for a much needed paint job. One question for y
- /html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00428.html (6,793 bytes)
- 12. MGB Tyre Pressures (score: 1)
- Author: jhoward@atlas.usno.navy.mil (James Howard)
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 93 02:52:11 EDT
- I read recently in Road & Track's technical column that you can pump up with modern tires to the maximum pressure printed on the sidewall, without worrying about the center of the tread wearing prema
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00214.html (6,634 bytes)
- 13. Berkshire British Motor Club; Our trivia contest (score: 1)
- Author: jhoward@atlas.usno.navy.mil (James Howard)
- Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 15:39:07 EDT
- In a similar vein, I just took a girl to lunch today. She was telling me how her whole family has always had stick shift cars. Then one day, she borrowed a friend's automatic. She was at a traffic li
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00298.html (8,456 bytes)
- 14. Dewars GIF (score: 1)
- Author: jhoward@atlas.usno.navy.mil (James Howard)
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 93 16:02:22 EDT
- He has to love all those sheep rubbing up against his car - now he doesn't have to wax it!
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00604.html (6,476 bytes)
- 15. switches (score: 1)
- Author: jhoward@atlas.usno.navy.mil (James Howard)
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 93 15:23:37 EDT
- It finally happened. The last of the original switches on my 72 MGB died. When I got the car 2+ years ago, at 90K miles, all the switches except the heater fan worked. A year later, while driving on
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00203.html (7,159 bytes)
- 16. MGB starter woes - and justice. (score: 1)
- Author: jhoward@atlas.usno.navy.mil (James Howard)
- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 93 11:42:21 EDT
- Maybe electrical problems on British Cars are contagious, or maybe the cars gods have a sense of humor. When my MGB would not start after work on Monday, I grudgingly asked a coworker to give me a ri
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00224.html (10,410 bytes)
- 17. Followup on my starter. (score: 1)
- Author: jhoward@atlas.usno.navy.mil (James Howard)
- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 93 16:02:30 EDT
- I have replaced the starter in my MGB after finding out what happens when you drive the car with the starter running. Funny how if one thing goes wrong, everything else does too. I pulled the distrib
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00274.html (7,387 bytes)
- 18. SOLs in Alexandria (VA, not Egypt) (score: 1)
- Author: jhoward@atlas.usno.navy.mil (James Howard)
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 93 14:10:15 EDT
- Any SOLs interested in getting together in the Alexandria, VA area? I just discovered that I will be there Sun evening and Mon. evening for a surprise business trip. Jim jfuerstenberg@dcmdc.dla.mil (
- /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00812.html (6,944 bytes)
- 19. Mini Moke spotted (score: 1)
- Author: jhoward@atlas.usno.navy.mil (James Howard)
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 93 14:19:28 EDT
- I saw the first Moke I have ever seen on this side of the pond yesterday. Bright red, with a roll bar and Virginia tag 'MY MINI'. James
- /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00814.html (6,364 bytes)
- 20. HRG Engineering (score: 1)
- Author: jhoward@atlas.usno.navy.mil (James Howard)
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 93 14:34:38 EDT
- In one of my MGB books at home, there is a short piece on a crossflow head for the B-series engine available from HRG. Actually, come to think of it, it might have been for the XPAG engines used in t
- /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00926.html (6,686 bytes)
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