- 1. good shops (score: 1)
- Author: Charles N Horton <carolus@MIT.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 09:23:17 EDT
- Used to be a great place up in Mass called Custom Automotive, who started out as a full-custom street rod shop but ended up taking "ordinary" cars to pay the rent. Having designed and assembled some
- /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00210.html (6,769 bytes)
- 2. turbo'd V8s (score: 1)
- Author: Charles N Horton <carolus@mit.edu>
- Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 08:32:05 EDT
- How about the engine side of it? Does the engine hold up well running with the turbo boost? If the engine is sufficiently robust, perhaps you could get a turbo from something Japanese in a junkyard
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00461.html (6,792 bytes)
- 3. smog laws (score: 1)
- Author: Charles N Horton <carolus@mit.edu>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:10:02 EDT
- That would be the case with rational smog rules. But to give an example from the vintage Landcruiser list: One guy lives in a state with visual inspections. Awhile back, he replaced the carburetor w
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00627.html (6,911 bytes)
- 4. Rip Van MGB Starts to Snore... (score: 1)
- Author: Charles N Horton <carolus@MIT.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 20:38:19 EDT
- In my search for a project MGB, it looks like I've found one. It's a '65 with 130k miles (I may name it Methuselah?) but it's all there. It has sat for 20 years, more or less (the owner claims 8, but
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg01206.html (7,703 bytes)
- 5. Who had the TR6 with the lousy engine? (score: 1)
- Author: Charles N Horton <carolus@mit.edu>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 09:52:16 EDT
- Sorry for the WOB, but my computer was wonky yesterday and I don't think the message went out. Somebody was advertising a TR6 with a dead engine -- could you get in touch with me? Thanks, Charles.
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg01237.html (6,491 bytes)
- 6. Who had the $800 TR6? (score: 1)
- Author: Charles N Horton <carolus@mit.edu>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 09:58:07 EDT
- Argh! Someone posted to this list about a TR6 with a dead engine for $800. I tried to get in touch with you but my computer wasn't interested. (This computer prefers the MG, I guess? :) Obligatory MG
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg01665.html (6,396 bytes)
- 7. '80 MGB, tatty -- to buy or not to buy? (score: 1)
- Author: Charles N Horton <carolus@MIT.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 22:05:45 EDT
- I'm considering an '80 MGB, in need of a new clutch. How much does a clutch replacement run? I don't have much in the way of equipment for doing it myself, so I'd probably need to have a shop do the
- /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00561.html (8,358 bytes)
- 8. Re: '80 MGB, tatty -- to buy or not to buy? (score: 1)
- Author: Charles N Horton <carolus@MIT.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 23:23:12 EDT
- And as if to demonstrate my "half-vast" knowledge about these things, I neglected to mention where I am. (Thanks, Ed! :) I am in Pittsburgh, PA. Charles.
- /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00571.html (6,865 bytes)
- 9. Re: Is a "B" really worth it!?? (score: 1)
- Author: Charles N Horton <carolus@MIT.EDU>
- Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 14:15:20 EDT
- Adventures I've had since getting Gandalf a month after my sweet 16: + Learned to shift a 3speed manual with no synchro on 1st gear. Discovered a year later that the trans was broken, after learning
- /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00980.html (9,738 bytes)
- 10. Re: Budget (score: 1)
- Author: Charles N Horton <carolus@MIT.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 09:01:51 EDT
- Back in high school, one of my friends drove a Miata and more than one person I knew had a "mechanic's speacial." (special, excuse me; I can't erase on this terminal)k BTW, a 200hp V-8 conversion wi
- /html/mgs/1998-06/msg01020.html (8,982 bytes)
- 11. RE: Simple Thermostat question (score: 1)
- Author: Charles N Horton <carolus@MIT.EDU>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 15:41:09 EDT
- You want the chain, or gears. Belts are a dumb idea. Compare: You see all sorts of modern designs, from Hyundais to BMWS, for sale cheap after catastrophic engine failure. (Nearly got a '93 Elantra
- /html/mgs/1998-06/msg01122.html (7,667 bytes)
- 12. Re: From: Charles N Horton <carolus@MIT.EDU> (score: 1)
- Author: Charles N Horton <carolus@MIT.EDU>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 20:28:23 EDT
- Point taken, but I suspect most of those failures were not caused by timing problems. As has been thoroughly hashed out here, an MG is not a Toyota. You don't get 200,000 miles from a rebuild. All e
- /html/mgs/1998-06/msg01141.html (6,544 bytes)
- 13. screwdrivers (score: 1)
- Author: Charles N Horton <carolus@MIT.EDU>
- Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 08:24:00 EDT
- You mean you've never had to use a screwdriver handle to pound a nail? Charles. (Duct tape, baling wire, zip-ties, and other car repair tools :)
- /html/mgs/1998-06/msg01730.html (6,552 bytes)
- 14. speakers (score: 1)
- Author: Charles N Horton <carolus@MIT.EDU>
- Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 08:26:38 EDT
- Second that about detachable-face vs. removable stereos. You will start out putting the removable unit in your trunk or under the seat, leaving a mount in the dash that tells a thief, "Hi! Please loo
- /html/mgs/1998-06/msg01731.html (6,717 bytes)
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