- 1. Re: Child seat in a roadster (score: 1)
- Author: hert@worldaccess.nl (Hertog)
- Date: Mon, 05 Jan 98 16:50:09 GMT
- Solution: put the kid in front and the wife sideways in the back. I have put a child seat a couple of times in the right hand seat, and the kids (15 and 30 months old now) love it. But only for a slo
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00276.html (7,221 bytes)
- 2. Re: American Sports Car Trivia? No, LBC trivia! (score: 1)
- Author: hert@worldaccess.nl (Hertog)
- Date: Tue, 06 Jan 98 10:55:17 GMT
- And here's one I'd really like to know: how many parts (components) in an MGB? Peter 74B
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00402.html (6,659 bytes)
- 3. Re: Engine Swaps (score: 1)
- Author: hert@worldaccess.nl (Hertog)
- Date: Tue, 06 Jan 98 10:55:20 GMT
- More sort of German Ford/GM. Peter 74B
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00403.html (6,857 bytes)
- 4. Re: 5 cylnder engines (score: 1)
- Author: hert@worldaccess.nl (Hertog)
- Date: Wed, 07 Jan 98 13:42:10 GMT
- Then stopped doing that, it's 4, 6 or 8 now, but many with 5 valves per cylinder. BTW I drove a 10 cylinder American muscle car last weekend. The Viper was fun until it started to rain. Very scary on
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00514.html (7,577 bytes)
- 5. Re: One last American car question. (Now with LBC) (score: 1)
- Author: hert@worldaccess.nl (Hertog)
- Date: Wed, 07 Jan 98 14:32:11 GMT
- Both C5's also happen to have the same profile, when seen from the side and no attached.
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00516.html (7,216 bytes)
- 6. Re: MG Color Names (score: 1)
- Author: hert@worldaccess.nl (Hertog)
- Date: Fri, 09 Jan 98 14:38:21 GMT
- Would that be the same as 'Maroon'? You can see that color at my homepage www.worldaccess.nl/~hert. BTW: I never understood what our American cousins meant with the expression 'TREE-HUGGERS'. Since l
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00641.html (6,722 bytes)
- 7. Re: Detroit auto show (score: 1)
- Author: hert@worldaccess.nl (Hertog)
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 98 13:43:16 GMT
- John McEwen <mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca> schreef: There was a carmaker called Panter or Panther, but I have to check some old books to see where it came from. They had a Panther Lima, IIRC, a six wh
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00799.html (6,797 bytes)
- 8. RE: Definition of "Thunderbirds" (score: 1)
- Author: hert@worldaccess.nl (Hertog)
- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 98 13:50:56 GMT
- Aan 14-01-98 23:33, in bericht <EDA05BE5C3D2D011AB4B00A024E9B822C2B5CA@apd-exch01.aerojetpd. co, KILE, PAUL D <Paul.Kile@Aerojet.com> schreef: Paul, was the Ford named after the flying team? It's fun
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01039.html (8,381 bytes)
- 9. RE: Going on a Beer Thread (off topic) (score: 1)
- Author: hert@worldaccess.nl (Hertog)
- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 98 13:51:02 GMT
- Duvel and Leffe (for mainstream breweries). For Christmas I got a true beer bible, I forgot the name of the book but it's written by Michael Jackson (!). Very recommended for anyone who likes his hop
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01040.html (7,318 bytes)
- 10. Re: Petrol (or should that be gas?) (score: 1)
- Author: hert@worldaccess.nl (Hertog)
- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 98 13:20:39 GMT
- All oil companies here (Holland) phased out leaded petrol last year. It was replaced by a product with lead-like properties, and it's sold at every filling station. I was a bit apprehensive at first
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01317.html (8,430 bytes)
- 11. Allen Humour (score: 1)
- Author: hert@worldaccess.nl (Hertog)
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 98 10:31:09 GMT
- The BBC is running a series of Dave Allen compilations. In one of his routines he did impressions of car sounds by their names. Ferrari a long howl, Rolls Royce very silent, you get the idea. MG was:
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01435.html (6,664 bytes)
- 12. Wiper chrome (score: 1)
- Author: Hert <hert@worldaccess.nl>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 10:28:43 +0100
- The thread on wipers reminded me of a question I wanted to ask. My 74B roadster (ex-California) has three black wiper arms. Underneath the black paints seems to be bright chromework, that can be seen
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01581.html (7,344 bytes)
- 13. Re: Wiper chrome (score: 1)
- Author: Hert <hert@worldaccess.nl>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 17:49:43 +0100
- it looks like flakes, and I can scratch some off with my fingernails. Any recommendations for chemical strippers? Thanks, Peter
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01618.html (7,812 bytes)
- 14. Re: Wiper chrome (score: 1)
- Author: Hert <hert@worldaccess.nl>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 10:56:46 +0100
- Thanks to everybody who sent a reply on my question on the Here's what I'll do: since the wiper arms look chipped anyway, I am going to try to carefully take the paint off one. If that looks good, th
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01708.html (7,634 bytes)
- 15. Re: On Cats and Cars (score: 1)
- Author: Hert <hert@worldaccess.nl>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 10:13:11 +0100
- When designing a new Camaro, Chevrolet always put a cat into a full size model. If the cat did not die of embarrassment within an hour, they went back to their drawing boards. Peter (Who wonders what
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01934.html (6,579 bytes)
- 16. Re: sacrifices (score: 1)
- Author: hert@worldaccess.nl
- Date: Mon, 01 Dec 97 14:06:29 GMT
- Buying a good MG and not driving it for some years .... A real sacrifice was made by my wife: we bought the B in spring a couple of years ago when we just got married. The first two summers she was p
- /html/mgs/1997-12/msg00005.html (6,832 bytes)
- 17. Re: (NO LBC) Was "RE: TR7 - Good or Bad" now American Technolog (score: 1)
- Author: hert@worldaccess.nl
- Date: Wed, 03 Dec 97 08:35:19 GMT
- Aan 3-12-97 3:25, in bericht <01BCFF60.6A454880@pm220.bluegrass.net>, DANIEL <danray@bluegrass.net> schreef: And you could use some new history books too. Peter 74 B
- /html/mgs/1997-12/msg00192.html (8,043 bytes)
- 18. Antw: Re: (NO LBC) Was "RE: TR7 - Good or Bad" now American Tec (score: 1)
- Author: hert@worldaccess.nl
- Date: Wed, 03 Dec 97 17:19:59 GMT
- OK, but just quickly because this is a car list. I have always been taught: The classic ancient democracy: Greece The classic modern democracy: England (although there's still no constitution and th
- /html/mgs/1997-12/msg00211.html (7,893 bytes)
- 19. Antw: Vacation (score: 1)
- Author: hert@worldaccess.nl
- Date: Thu, 04 Dec 97 10:38:15 GMT
- <snip> Actually, the Vectra is a German Opel, another GM subsidiary and I think the largest manufacturer in Europe. Only in England the thing is called a Vauxhall, the car is built (assembled?) there
- /html/mgs/1997-12/msg00246.html (7,458 bytes)
- 20. Re: [Fwd: Fwd: Men Getting Even:] (score: 1)
- Author: hert@worldaccess.nl
- Date: Thu, 04 Dec 97 10:38:08 GMT
- At a family dinner a while ago my mother-in-law sat between me and her other son-in-law. I started: 'When our mother-in-law passes on, do we bury her or do we cremate her?' My brother-in-law finishe
- /html/mgs/1997-12/msg00247.html (6,955 bytes)
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