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41. Re: April Fools! (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!hercules.acsu.buffalo.edu!tobin@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Mike Tobin); Date: Tue, 3 Apr 90 16:39:05 EDT; I bit too! I tried to think of some way to tell the seller the price for the Healey was WAY low (and do it without pissing y'all off). My reasons for this were threefold: 1. I'm a really nice guy and; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00027.html (7,198 bytes)
42. Re: Looking at a Spitfire. (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!hercules.acsu.buffalo.edu!tobin@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Mike Tobin); Date: Mon, 9 Apr 90 14:57:31 EDT; What to check on $150 Spitfire?!? Does it cast a shadow? mike tobin; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00065.html (6,599 bytes)
43. Re: Courage or Stupidity (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!hercules.acsu.buffalo.edu!tobin@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Mike Tobin); Date: Thu, 12 Apr 90 9:44:13 EDT; Thanks for the Moss interview. Saw him drive in the first-ever race I attended - Laguna Secca 19??, and again last fall at the Glen for the GT-40 reunion. He has always been articulate and willing t; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00078.html (7,212 bytes)
44. Re: Sunbeam Alpines (was: Re: Argh ... not even an april fools joke) (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!hercules.acsu.buffalo.edu!tobin@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Mike Tobin); Date: Thu, 12 Apr 90 14:15:44 EDT; The Alpine is basically is a two-seat Hillman Minx with fins. I went through a couple Minx Convertables. They were pleasant and would walk away from most anyother foreign "compact" of the day - but I; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00086.html (7,970 bytes)
45. Re: Grose Jets.... (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!hercules.acsu.buffalo.edu!tobin@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Mike Tobin); Date: Thu, 12 Apr 90 15:04:29 EDT; Can anything be worse than the stock needles? The reason I've kept my SU fuel pump is that it tells me when I'm pouring gas on the exhaust manifold (clickclickclickclick)! Mike Tobin; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00088.html (7,346 bytes)
46. Re: TR250 (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!hercules.acsu.buffalo.edu!tobin@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Mike Tobin); Date: Mon, 16 Apr 90 11:25:18 EDT; You did have to say Mass didn't you? Where in Mass. No don't tell me! Please don't tell me! I'd have to put it line behind the Healey, the Jag and the Mercedes (it's an old one - sort of a German Hu; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00112.html (7,543 bytes)
47. Re: WANTED: Austin Healey sales literature. (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!hercules.acsu.buffalo.edu!tobin@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Mike Tobin); Date: Mon, 16 Apr 90 14:52:36 EDT; While we're on the subject, what about owner's manuals for Healeys? Anybody know a source for those? MIke Tobin; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00113.html (7,236 bytes)
48. Re: CD175 wierdness revisited (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!hercules.acsu.buffalo.edu!tobin@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Mike Tobin); Date: Tue, 17 Apr 90 12:35:01 EDT; To balance my carbs, I first fought an "SU Tool" - and threw it away after ten minutes. Ever since I've just used the rubber-hose-in-the-ear technique. It's cheap, easy and somehow its just seems "ri; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00124.html (6,998 bytes)
49. Re: hose-in-the-ear (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!hercules.acsu.buffalo.edu!tobin@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Mike Tobin); Date: Tue, 17 Apr 90 18:48:23 EDT; Take a rubber hose a coupla feet long (the size you use for break bleeding works well -before you bleed the brakes!). Put one end in your ear and place the other over the carb opening at a right ang; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00143.html (7,150 bytes)
50. Re: toys (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!hercules.acsu.buffalo.edu!tobin@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Mike Tobin); Date: Wed, 18 Apr 90 18:20:24 EDT; Ask Ms Thatcher which if these is not "European" and the answer is obvious - the Mog. For me its probably the Merc - unless its and old one. The new stuff all looks like it was done by the same peop; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00153.html (7,614 bytes)
51. Re: toys (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!hercules.acsu.buffalo.edu!tobin@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Mike Tobin); Date: Thu, 19 Apr 90 15:43:20 EDT; 15:19:15 1990 (smail2.5/08-31-89)) (Philip J Ethier) 6:20 pm Phil, Aber naturlich, you Maggie and I agree :if "belonging" in this toy box means "European", the "Ash Wonder" is out. However, if belon; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00175.html (10,924 bytes)
52. Re: LBC? (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!hercules.acsu.buffalo.edu!tobin@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Mike Tobin); Date: Fri, 20 Apr 90 9:26:07 EDT; Thanks Darrell, I've wanted to ask the same thing, but didn't want to look stoopid - I just knew that when the answer came back it would be painfully simple. So, how about "SOL"? "Sons of Lucas"????; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00185.html (7,054 bytes)
53. SU Numbers Question (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!hercules.acsu.buffalo.edu!tobin@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Mike Tobin); Date: Tue, 24 Apr 90 8:46:55 EDT; The good summary on SU tuning got me thinking about mine so I went and checked them out last night (it really doesn't get much to get me under the bonnet) and it made me notice something that's puzzl; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00238.html (7,281 bytes)
54. re:TVR trivia (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!hercules.acsu.buffalo.edu!tobin@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Mike Tobin); Date: Wed, 25 Apr 90 7:34:30 EDT; Sounds like more fun than most people can stand! :-) Is that the same stubby TVR that also came with the Ford 289? I always liked that one. If you used the 289, parts would be easier to find! Mike T; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00283.html (7,583 bytes)
55. 101 uses for an old car (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!hercules.acsu.buffalo.edu!tobin@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Mike Tobin); Date: Fri, 27 Apr 90 9:02:33 EDT; The cars are all worth well into six figures, but there they were at 130mph+ on the banking: it must have sounded great!. One guy had more enthusiasm than skill, and trashed the car. He said sometin; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00328.html (7,889 bytes)
56. Re: Rusty floors (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!hercules.acsu.buffalo.edu!tobin@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Mike Tobin); Date: Fri, 27 Apr 90 8:45:18 EDT; Why do you have to leave the top down? In my LBC even with the thing up the phrase "water on the knee" takes on real meaning in the rain. "I got safety tubes and I'm not scared, The brakes are good,; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00336.html (6,931 bytes)
57. Top Down (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!hercules.acsu.buffalo.edu!tobin@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Mike Tobin); Date: Fri, 27 Apr 90 14:22:54 EDT; Neil sez, I had a Hillman Minx ragtop I drove that way. The aerodyanmics were such that at any airspeed above about 10kts I'd stay dry in the rain - just keep moving. Sold it :-(, for a Healey :-),; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00338.html (7,609 bytes)
58. Re: jaguars%alliant.alliant.com (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!hercules.acsu.buffalo.edu!tobin@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Mike Tobin); Date: Fri, 27 Apr 90 14:11:42 EDT; I've got a BBS too, but I like getting everything. We all share so many Of the same parts and travails, I find most it interesting. I also find I'm gaining a better appreciation for the stuff I don'; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00342.html (7,672 bytes)
59. Re: Aran's Adventures in DMVland (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!hercules.acsu.buffalo.edu!tobin@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Mike Tobin); Date: Mon, 30 Apr 90 10:33:02 EDT; I;n thumbing through my Moss catalogue this weekend I noticed that that they didn't have the usual Calif disclaimer " not legal...." associated with the Allison Ignition. ON the same page, it was hit; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00366.html (7,529 bytes)
60. Re: am I nuts? (VTR in Boulder) (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!hercules.acsu.buffalo.edu!tobin@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Mike Tobin); Date: Wed, 21 Mar 90 7:42:32 EDT; Reminds me of a nice story. I was crossing one such section in my Jag 420. It was between Green River and Salina UT. NOTHING, but some of the most beautiful scenery in country. About 2/3s across I s; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00200.html (9,320 bytes)

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