- 21. Miata Mystery (score: 1)
- Author: rush@mnementh.Metaphor.COM (Ed Rush)
- Date: Mon, 3 Aug 92 11:25:02 PDT
- Funny thing. I saw one yesterday, somewhere between Cupertino and Mountain View. (BTW, its hood was down.) I've never seen one with the wooden-beads seat covers, either. (I think mine, at $6 each, a
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00017.html (7,438 bytes)
- 22. lbcs and Lbcs for sale around San Jose (score: 1)
- Author: rush@mnementh.Metaphor.COM (Ed Rush)
- Date: Fri, 7 Aug 92 14:44:51 PDT
- Seen recently in the SJ Mercury News (all telephone numbers are area code 408): Rolls Royce '74 36,000 mi. White. Exc cond. Left hand dr. LWB. $25,000. 244-7730 day, 378-9037 eve. Rolls Royce '71 Sil
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00153.html (7,239 bytes)
- 23. reupholstery (score: 1)
- Author: rush@mnementh.Metaphor.COM (Ed Rush)
- Date: Mon, 10 Aug 92 12:32:27 PDT
- Actually, I did get a shop to all that on my TR3A seats. I bought the Moss kit (you got instructions???) and decided it was beyond my abilities to figure it out. They charged me $300, but did a good
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00177.html (7,335 bytes)
- 24. Re: reupholstery (score: 1)
- Author: rush@mnementh.Metaphor.COM (Ed Rush)
- Date: Tue, 11 Aug 92 17:37:07 PDT
- Yes it is, and no I haven't, yet. I have tracked various leads, none of which have panned out. I have also told the Triumph Travellers club and the Santa Clara Police. If anyone here hears informati
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00222.html (7,279 bytes)
- 25. Re: Jap-powered TR3, and an idea (score: 1)
- Author: rush@mnementh.Metaphor.COM (Ed Rush)
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 18:11:22 PDT
- Gee, thanks, Daren. :-) Actually, if the "original lump" is in good condition, I'd be interested. What part of the world are you in, Bary? (Update for anyone interested: I haven't found the scoundre
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00360.html (7,257 bytes)
- 26. Re: was funny story (score: 1)
- Author: rush@mnementh.Metaphor.COM (Ed Rush)
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 15:43:44 PDT
- Daren Stone <DSTONE@SC9.intel.com> sez "Cutter" is short for "stonecutter," as southern Indiana is full of limestone quarries and the cutters thereof are not renowned for their Rhodes Scholarship qua
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00452.html (7,438 bytes)
- 27. Re: Monterey Historics (brief report) (score: 1)
- Author: rush@mnementh.Metaphor.COM (Ed Rush)
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 16:57:53 PDT
- The Monterey Historic Car Races made for an outstanding day. I only wish I could have come back Sunday for more. (Next year, it's both days for me!) I owe thanks to TeriAnn for pointing out several i
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00515.html (8,209 bytes)
- 28. Re: British-American translation (score: 1)
- Author: rush@mnementh.Metaphor.COM (Ed Rush)
- Date: Tue, 7 Jul 92 11:59:57 PDT
- acg@hermes.dlogics.com sez: Uh, just to be meticulous, "near side" and "off side" come from the days when vehicles had fewer horsepower -- one, to be exact. The near side (left) is the side from whic
- /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00110.html (7,207 bytes)
- 29. Re: Corrections to British <-> American Terms (score: 1)
- Author: rush@mnementh.Metaphor.COM (Ed Rush)
- Date: Wed, 8 Jul 92 14:16:56 PDT
- The early Volkswagon Beetles, and probably some other cars, actually had a semaphore -- a physical arm that extended from the side of the car. So, you don't have to weasel out of it after all. I've n
- /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00145.html (8,607 bytes)
- 30. Re: brolly (score: 1)
- Author: rush@mnementh.Metaphor.COM (Ed Rush)
- Date: Wed, 8 Jul 92 14:26:47 PDT
- Why, it's an umbrella! How did the next van-borrower know where to find you? And was it a particularly expensive-looking brolly? And isn't it about time to meet at the local and get pissed? -- --
- /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00146.html (6,767 bytes)
- 31. South Bay SoL lunch Monday (score: 1)
- Author: rush@mnementh.Metaphor.COM (Ed Rush)
- Date: Wed, 8 Jul 92 18:54:21 PDT
- To the world outside of Silicon Valley: please excuse this use of your bandwidth, but I don't think one can use "Distribution:" in a mailing list as one would in a newsgroup posting. To South Bay SoL
- /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00157.html (7,907 bytes)
- 32. Re: 1996 MGB RV8 in Road & Track (score: 1)
- Author: rush@mnementh.Metaphor.COM (Ed Rush)
- Date: Fri, 10 Jul 92 11:51:48 PDT
- ^^^^^^^^ A reference to its brake system, I assume. :-) --Ed
- /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00210.html (7,510 bytes)
- 33. Re: Car colors (score: 1)
- Author: rush@mnementh.Metaphor.COM (Ed Rush)
- Date: Tue, 14 Jul 92 11:06:51 PDT
- In 1980, when I moved from a drab brown Datsun wagon to an "Inca Gold" (yellow) Midget, I got three speeding tickets my first year, while driving more slowly than I had with the Datsun. Also, I read
- /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00262.html (7,855 bytes)
- 34. Re: From: rush@mnementh.Metaphor.COM (Ed Rush) (score: 1)
- Author: rush@mnementh.Metaphor.COM (Ed Rush)
- Date: Tue, 14 Jul 92 11:33:53 PDT
- Heh, heh. A few years ago, when I made a fast drive from London to Penzance and back, I neglected to ask the basic motorway speed before I started. "Ah, well," said I, "I'll just follow the traffic.
- /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00263.html (7,376 bytes)
- 35. blisters on the hindquarters (score: 1)
- Author: rush@mnementh.Metaphor.COM (Ed Rush)
- Date: Fri, 17 Jul 92 15:05:02 PDT
- You've undoubtedly seen those wooden-bead seat covers that have gotten popular in the last half-year or so. I got one about a month ago, and I can get into my black seats in the San Jose afternoon s
- /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00352.html (7,170 bytes)
- 36. Re: Throw away... (score: 1)
- Author: rush@mnementh.Metaphor.COM (Ed Rush)
- Date: Sat, 18 Jul 92 14:25:08 PDT
- While agreeing with your basic point (personally, I've never owned a car with air conditioning other than the natural kind), I can't help but recall one trip to Reno-Tahoe in the Midget, when it was
- /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00355.html (8,086 bytes)
- 37. Mike Gettel, "British Motor Mechanic" (score: 1)
- Author: rush@mnementh.Metaphor.COM (Ed Rush)
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 11:33:58 PDT
- Mike Gettel, doing business as "British Motor Mechanic" in Santa Clara, Calif., has closed up and disappeared -- with my TR3A motor, radiator, and associated stuff. (The body is in a body-and-paint s
- /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00505.html (7,625 bytes)
- 38. Re: VIN plates (score: 1)
- Author: rush@mnementh.Metaphor.COM (Ed Rush)
- Date: Tue, 2 Jun 92 11:12:14 PDT
- I believe the DMV paperwork for my TR3A matches the commission number (TS 66235 L). Berry Kercheval suggested that you have a TR3A and might let me inspect and measure it to see where the front-apro
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00039.html (7,459 bytes)
- 39. Re: SOL Logos - The Continuing Saga (score: 1)
- Author: rush@mnementh.Metaphor.COM (Ed Rush)
- Date: Thu, 4 Jun 92 16:57:22 PDT
- On polo shirts: they don't have to be embroidered; I, too, have some that are printed. On decals: I have finally tracked down a place that can do "Staticals" -- plastic decals that attach by a static
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00090.html (8,397 bytes)
- 40. Re: iron-ons (score: 1)
- Author: rush@mnementh.Metaphor.COM (Ed Rush)
- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 11:23:30 PDT
- Back when I used a dot-matrix, impact printer (Imagewriter I), I bought a ribbon whose ink was for iron-on transfer. I used it once, unsatisfactorily. In the current times, I think we should let Pat
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00264.html (7,100 bytes)
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