- 121. Re: Condensate all over the LBC!! (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 10:41:37 -0500 (EST)
- I don't think you would be wrong to install extra ventilation as a general rule. But I would include a door or something to allow you to shut it off. If you bring a wet or snowy car into a garage, ex
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00431.html (10,651 bytes)
- 122. Re: Leaking ball joint boots - auto but not LBC (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 17:52:26 -0500 (EST)
- I don't specifically know diddly about american iron, or much of anything else, but professorial honor requires that I not let lack of any knowledge prevent me from answering a question. In all proba
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00454.html (8,679 bytes)
- 123. Re: MG comraderie (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 09:44:08 -0500 (EST)
- Here in rural Vermont, USA, drivers on country roads often wave in that restrained way. When I lived in Chicago, Illinois, drivers also gave each other a one-fingered wave, but that was different, mo
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00473.html (7,630 bytes)
- 124. Re: MG magazine, long (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 10:37:13 -0500 (EST)
- Speaking for myself, a big problem is geography. I belong to AH Club of America. Heck will freeze over before they have any events close enough for me to participate. I have to wonder if my $40/year
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00509.html (8,057 bytes)
- 125. Re: MG magazine (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 15:36:35 -0500 (EST)
- all ads" > and that's not a compliment, but maybe the USA is different. After a series of I subscribe to three british car mags, and the amount of advertising is amazing. They aren't cheap magazines,
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00532.html (7,333 bytes)
- 126. Re: weight.... (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 22:27:47 -0500 (EST)
- snip Sounded good, up to the part about midgets. If the car weighs less while the unspring weight stays the same, the ratio of sprung to unsprung weight goes down, not up, and according to your openi
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00633.html (7,599 bytes)
- 127. Re: was 79 MGB FS now Maintanance of automobiles (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 14:57:48 -0500 (EST)
- <snip> David, I think this is totally inappropriate. I can forgive you a certain tendency to speak before you think, but in this instance I cannot imagine what has possessed you. Jim obviously regret
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00715.html (8,229 bytes)
- 128. Re: Tire wear (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 15:28:27 -0500 (EST)
- Yes, insufficient toe in can give that wear pattern. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 65
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00717.html (7,070 bytes)
- 129. Re: All is well, all is truely well (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 21:56:45 -0500 (EST)
- Reminds me of my misspent youth. I spent half my college years fiddling with old cars. One morning I had to take an exam, and woke up to -7F (given that my cars were all 6v, this was a formidable pro
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00917.html (8,094 bytes)
- 130. RE: Help needed... (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 11:08:16 -0500 (EST)
- I think a word of warning is needed here. The reason you lift only one rear wheel is that it won't work if both rear wheels are off the ground--turning one forward will turn the other backward, leavi
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00972.html (8,911 bytes)
- 131. Re: S.U.s or Webers (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 21:45:19 -0500 (EST)
- A likely explanation is that the engine was simply running cooler than the temp the carbs were adjusted at. Put in a 180 or 190 thermostat, and maybe a bit of cardboard over part of the radiator to c
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01053.html (8,770 bytes)
- 132. Re: yellow leather? (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 21:55:42 -0500 (EST)
- You have primrose paint on black leather seats, and can still say "cheers?" What a guy. I suspect you will have to recolor the seats to cover the yellow. I can't imagine how you might remove it witho
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01148.html (7,965 bytes)
- 133. California... (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 13:42:16 -0500 (EST)
- One of every seven people in the US lives in California. Why? WRG Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT gibbons@northpole.med.uvm
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01184.html (7,821 bytes)
- 134. Re: mga coupe prices (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 13:54:02 -0500 (EST)
- Will, An A coupe is attractive,it is comparatively rare, and in the springtime and fall it should be wonderful to drive. If he has a B roadster, he can drive that when it is hot. To every MG, there i
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01187.html (7,589 bytes)
- 135. Re: California... (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:09:20 -0500 (EST)
- On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Nina Barton wrote regarding why one of every seven people in the US lives in California: Sounds fabulous. I guess that explains it. It is just gosh-awful here in Vermont. I know
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01213.html (10,309 bytes)
- 136. Re: B weight? (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 18:17:04 -0500 (EST)
- 15.5 x 112 = 1736 787 x 2.2 (lbs/kg) = 1731 Close enough for government work. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT gibbons@north
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01251.html (8,356 bytes)
- 137. Re: B weight? (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 22:36:39 -0500 (EST)
- My keen eye detects a difference of 40 pounds between unladen weight and kerbside weight. Obviously, the kerbside weight does not include a driver, even an anorexic one. If we assume a pint of gas we
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01261.html (9,508 bytes)
- 138. Re: California... (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 13:42:38 -0500 (EST)
- For the record, I love CA's weather and scenery (except when it is shaking, flooding, or frying). But it seems to me there are too many people there, with the result that they have to be regulated to
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01284.html (8,365 bytes)
- 139. Re: Eared knockoffs (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 12:45:01 -0500 (EST)
- It was a dancer, Isadora Duncan. I doubt that sad accident was what they were thinking of, otherwise they would also have banned long scarves. Why be half safe? My Alpine has *three-eared* knock offs
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01310.html (7,308 bytes)
- 140. re: the End? (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 10:24:12 -0500 (EST)
- I offer a comment and a possible explanation. It seems odd to me, but true nevertheless, that those on this list have generally a lower (and I think more realistic) view of LBC value than some outsid
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01378.html (10,051 bytes)
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