- 21. MGA's on TV (score: 1)
- Author: "David Littlefield" <dmeadow@flash.net>
- Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 16:01:38 -0500
- Was I the only one to see the 3/4 page ad in the Wall Street Journal week before last? A HUGE picture of a MGA Twin Cam. The ad was for an insurance company and the theme was that the company had hel
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00139.html (6,370 bytes)
- 22. Re: Parts suppliers? (score: 1)
- Author: "David Littlefield" <dmeadow@flash.net>
- Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 16:29:15 -0500
- Who is the "best" often depends on what you're looking for and whether you are willing to trade convenience for price. Moss is a good place to find something with little effort, but Moss has to get t
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00140.html (7,691 bytes)
- 23. Re: Basic Tools (score: 1)
- Author: David Littlefield <dmeadow@flash.net>
- Date: Sun, 06 Oct 1996 15:34:25 -0700
- In <961003224627_324562101@emout07.mail.aol.com>, DBGaither@aol.com A couple of months ago, I broke down and did something I NEVER do-- bought something advertised on a TV infomercial. I believe that
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00218.html (9,832 bytes)
- 24. Re: SU question (score: 1)
- Author: "David Littlefield" <dmeadow@flash.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 11:53:06 -0500
- SU actually was actually shortened from its original designation SUA, which stood for Stinks Up Abingdon. Stinks Up Abingdon was formed by the factory plumber at MG, who was tired of cleaning rotten
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00441.html (8,124 bytes)
- 25. Re: FW: Engine Rebuild (score: 1)
- Author: "David Littlefield" <dmeadow@flash.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 11:09:29 -0500
- I was in Pep Boys (a large discount auto parts store here in Texas and I believe started in California) this past week. They had a display advertising rebuilt short-block engines for numerous makes o
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00728.html (8,194 bytes)
- 26. Re: SAFETY ALERT! Holding Plug leads (score: 1)
- Author: "David Littlefield" <dmeadow@flash.net>
- Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 12:47:07 -0600
- <snip I believe you mean Vi(s)e Grips, which is actually a brand name, although used generically by Americans to mean locking pliers (the adjustable kind), much as the term Crescent Wrench (again a b
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg01138.html (7,717 bytes)
- 27. Re: SAFETY ALERT! Holding Plug leads FWIW (score: 1)
- Author: David Littlefield <dmeadow@flash.net>
- Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 22:30:35 -0800
- Say, did he happen to have two big bolts sticking out of each side of his neck? I think I saw him in a movie. -- David Littlefield Houston, TX --"Experience is recognizing a mistake the second time y
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg01169.html (7,309 bytes)
- 28. Re: Engine Additives (score: 1)
- Author: "David Littlefield" <dmeadow@flash.net>
- Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 13:07:37 -0600
- I recently read a pretty thorough study on the Internet that debunked all additives like Slick 50. Sorry, but I don't have the URL, but you can find a thread in the rec.autos.tech newsgroup in which
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg01191.html (7,472 bytes)
- 29. [Fwd: Re: Rebuilding an MGA 1500] (score: 1)
- Author: David Littlefield <dmeadow@flash.net>
- Date: Sun, 01 Sep 1996 10:16:13 -0700
- Message-ID: <32264C12.68BF@flash.net> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 19:04:02 -0700 From: David Littlefield <dmeadow@flash.net> Reply-To: dmeadow@flash.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b5a (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00003.html (10,499 bytes)
- 30. [Fwd: Re: Hahns wood dash console piece] (score: 1)
- Author: David Littlefield <dmeadow@flash.net>
- Date: Sun, 01 Sep 1996 10:20:09 -0700
- Return-Path: 100233.1357@CompuServe.COM id WAA05901; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 22:24:41 -0400 Date: 31 Aug 96 22:23:52 EDT From: Lin Ison <100233.1357@CompuServe.COM> To: David Littlefield <dmeadow@flash.net>
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00004.html (6,925 bytes)
- 31. Reply: Advice on buying a 70 BGT (score: 1)
- Author: David Littlefield <dmeadow@flash.net>
- Date: Fri, 06 Sep 1996 20:10:22 -0700
- Let me get this straight (don't you love letters that begin that way?). You're going to buy a GT with a black interior and no A/C as a daily driver in Texas? You're a braver (and sweatier) man than m
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00184.html (7,411 bytes)
- 32. Re: MG A/C (score: 1)
- Author: David Littlefield <dmeadow@flash.net>
- Date: Sat, 07 Sep 1996 19:04:00 -0700
- Thanks for the offer, but my post was for the benefit of the fellow that was looking to buy an a/c-less BGT for driving in Texas. I am not currently attempting such a project myself, although you nev
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00191.html (6,718 bytes)
- 33. Re: 1600 miles in a BGT (score: 1)
- Author: David Littlefield <dmeadow@flash.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 20:54:08 -0700
- (snip) A big Texas YEEEEEHAAAAAH! Go Lee, Jr. Go! Roadtrip time! Hope the car is everything you want and more. Whatever you do enjoy yourself and let us know how it goes. You realize first your firs
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00613.html (7,613 bytes)
- 34. Re: mgs@autox.team.net digest #388 Sun Sep 22 02:05:02 MDT 1996 (score: 1)
- Author: David Littlefield <dmeadow@flash.net>
- Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 09:35:57 -0700
- (snip) Just in case anyone has any doubt, look on the back of a bottle of antifreeze. The one in my garage says that a 50/50 mixture will raise the boiling point to 226 degrees, versus 212 for water
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00744.html (7,990 bytes)
- 35. Stub Axles and Suspension Bushings (score: 1)
- Author: David Littlefield <dmeadow@flash.net>
- Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 19:54:26 -0700
- I'm currently in process of restoring a '51 TD and I'm working on the front suspension. Two questions: 1. Unfortunately, one of my stub axles (the part that sticks out from the back brake plate and i
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00798.html (8,338 bytes)
- 36. Re: Freeze plug for MG TC (score: 1)
- Author: David Littlefield <dmeadow@flash.net>
- Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 21:51:25 -0700
- The following information came to me via direct e-mail from an enthusiast in Florida, in response to one of my posts (in which I quoted my ant-freeze bottle as showing a 14 degree increase in boilin
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00850.html (11,054 bytes)
- 37. Re: Antifreeze (score: 1)
- Author: David Littlefield <dmeadow@flash.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 19:34:13 -0700
- Jason:- Now this may just be unsubstantiated rumor that might end up in the urban folklore newsgroup, but I seem to recall reading somewhere that GM and other car manufacturers had warned that use o
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00875.html (7,374 bytes)
- 38. Re:Stub Axles and Suspension Bushings (score: 1)
- Author: David Littlefield <dmeadow@flash.net>
- Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 19:21:41 -0700
- Thanks to all (and there were many) that responded to my original post regarding my rusty stub axle and suspension bushings. Although opinions varied, I learned some basic things: 1. I _was_ overly c
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00955.html (7,146 bytes)
- 39. Re: Fiat Bashing/accident prone (score: 1)
- Author: David Littlefield <dmeadow@flash.net>
- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 18:46:41 -0700
- OUCH! Southerners are taking quite a beating here. First you call us "Yanks", which after some explanation Bubba's gonna figger out that that's short for Yankee. The next thing you'll see is about a
- /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00624.html (9,785 bytes)
- 40. Re: Rebuilding an MGA 1500 (score: 1)
- Author: David Littlefield <dmeadow@flash.net>
- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 19:02:33 -0700
- Get two things: A really, really, really good machine shop and a Haynes MGA manual (if you can find one). I rebuilt my 1962 MGA (1622) engine a few years ago with no experience and no one to help me
- /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00625.html (9,656 bytes)
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