- 1. Al's Cars (score: 1)
- Author: nvenn@mpc-uk.com (Neil Venn)
- Date: Wed, 2 Aug 95 9:57:28 BST
- I know Al (he's in the same MG club as me), so let me elaborate: '58 Frogeye (collecting dust in a lock-up waiting for the Midget to be finished so that it can be done up for rallying) '74 Midget (co
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00019.html (8,360 bytes)
- 2. Re: Bicycles and midgets. (score: 1)
- Author: nvenn@mpc-uk.com (Neil Venn)
- Date: Wed, 2 Aug 95 10:46:37 BST
- Andy I have experience of carrying my bicycle in my Midget (notice the word _in_). I have a '74 Midget and a Peugeot mountain bike with shock absorbers built into the front forks that are miles bett
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00020.html (9,715 bytes)
- 3. Re: Bicycles and midgets. (score: 1)
- Author: nvenn@mpc-uk.com (Neil Venn)
- Date: Wed, 2 Aug 95 12:07:18 BST
- I remember seeing a kit-car once, a Dutton I think, with a custom built frame that went between the windscreen and the roll-over bar and had fittings on it to take the guys windsurfer. The car was l
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00023.html (9,292 bytes)
- 4. Castle Combe Action Day (score: 1)
- Author: nvenn@mpc-uk.com (Neil Venn)
- Date: Thu, 10 Aug 95 10:33:11 BST
- UK SOL'ers, Saturday week, the 19th August, is the Classic and Sports Car Action Day at Castle Combe - a chance for anyone to take their pride and joy around the circuit for some fast lapping without
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00165.html (7,067 bytes)
- 5. Re: MG Holiday Sweep Stake! (score: 1)
- Author: nvenn@mpc-uk.com (Neil Venn)
- Date: Fri, 11 Aug 95 12:25:09 BST
- Alan and Dave Brooke can be a witness to this. For the past three years a bunch of St ALbans MG Owners club members have joined the Roadrunner Club London to Edinburgh Trial which is held at the end
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00195.html (9,525 bytes)
- 6. Unusual MG spotted (score: 1)
- Author: nvenn@mpc-uk.com (Neil Venn)
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 95 11:06:48 BST
- My girlfriend pointed out a car to me at the weekend that she thought looked interesting. It was an ugly bugger. If I'd seen it before I would have voted for it in the recent ugly-debate on british-c
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00235.html (8,838 bytes)
- 7. For the MG obsessed only (score: 1)
- Author: nvenn@mpc-uk.com (Neil Venn)
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 95 11:19:02 BST
- You know that an early MG works trials team was named after a certain breed of chicken - the Old Speckled Hen team? Yes. Well now, in Tesco (UK Supermarket), you can buy eggs produced by the breed th
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00237.html (7,741 bytes)
- 8. Re: For the MG obsessed only (score: 1)
- Author: nvenn@mpc-uk.com (Neil Venn)
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 95 14:14:43 BST
- To which Kevin Buckley replied: The 'Old Speckled Hen' beer is, as rightly noted, a beer (actually pale ale) brewed in England. It was however brewed by a company called Morland, who are based in Abi
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00243.html (8,389 bytes)
- 9. Re: *YES*! I got a Midget!! (score: 1)
- Author: nvenn@mpc-uk.com (Neil Venn)
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 95 9:59:08 BST
- Congratulations, you've bought yourself a wonderfully fun car that will provide you with many, many hours of entertainment on and off road (that's off road, in the workshop) Your looking in the wron
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00271.html (8,929 bytes)
- 10. Re: wrenching women? (score: 1)
- Author: nvenn@mpc-uk.com (Neil Venn)
- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 95 10:45:27 BST
- My girlfriend is not strictly within the sound of your electrons, and I think if your electrons did get close to her she would run a mile (no offence - she hate computers), but she used to work on h
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00300.html (8,477 bytes)
- 11. Custom Soft Tops (score: 1)
- Author: nvenn@mpc-uk.com (Neil Venn)
- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 95 11:09:34 BST
- Those of you op the MGs list may remember my earlier posting about the MG Magenta (MG 1100-based convertable kit car) well the owner wants a new hood for it. The company that produced the kits is no
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00301.html (7,006 bytes)
- 12. Re: Overdrive in a Midget? (score: 1)
- Author: nvenn@mpc-uk.com (Neil Venn)
- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 95 14:40:57 BST
- Will Zehring replied: Here in the UK a company called Frontline Spridget produce a 5 speed gearbox conversion (Toyota) for the A-series Midget, I posted info a few weeks back, but the A series is ver
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00309.html (8,420 bytes)
- 13. Re: MGB's are different than Bugeyes (score: 1)
- Author: nvenn@mpc-uk.com (Neil Venn)
- Date: Thu, 6 Jul 95 10:17:18 BST
- Remember that Frogeyes did not have winding windows and so had no panel inside the doors, ut they did have a useful pocket. I guess this was true of other early Spridgets too. The later cars with th
- /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00033.html (8,773 bytes)
- 14. Healey Super Sprite (score: 1)
- Author: nvenn@mpc-uk.com (Neil Venn)
- Date: Mon, 10 Jul 95 16:04:13 BST
- I apologise for putting this on the MGs list, specifically to the guy with the Frogeye who is fed up with people saying "What a nice little MG." ;-) Does anybody have an address for the company based
- /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00110.html (7,917 bytes)
- 15. Spridget Mods (score: 1)
- Author: nvenn@mpc-uk.com (Neil Venn)
- Date: Fri, 14 Jul 95 9:47:11 BST
- A while ago I posted the address of Frontline Developments, well I've just seen a new advert and it looks like they've changed their name and address. These guys produce a 5 speed gearbox conversion
- /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00187.html (7,819 bytes)
- 16. MG on TV (score: 1)
- Author: nvenn@mpc-uk.com (Neil Venn)
- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 95 9:31:17 BST
- Did anyone see the Outer Limit on BBC last night? (It's an American show so it may have already been on in the States) The second guy to get seduced by the girl that had been taken over by an alien b
- /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00232.html (7,723 bytes)
- 17. Surrey 95 (score: 1)
- Author: nvenn@mpc-uk.com (Neil Venn)
- Date: Fri, 21 Jul 95 14:41:40 BST
- I've seen lots of ads lately for Yanky lbc gatherings so I couldn't resist: How many of you UK MG owners are hitting Leatherhead this weekend for Surrey 95 the MG Owners Club southern national. St. A
- /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00301.html (7,778 bytes)
- 18. Re: Steering Rack on 72 Midget (score: 1)
- Author: nvenn@mpc-uk.com (Neil Venn)
- Date: Mon, 24 Jul 95 14:52:22 BST
- I didn't know you had to top-up new steering racks. Perhaps I should have RTFM'd! Will a low oil level explain the slight movement I noticed in my steering column this weekend? The movement was alon
- /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00328.html (8,685 bytes)
- 19. MOSS UK & MOSS USA (score: 1)
- Author: nvenn@mpc-uk.com (Neil Venn)
- Date: Mon, 24 Jul 95 15:07:04 BST
- I notice that MOSS is a company that seems to be mentioned a great deal on this list. I have seen it used in the same sentance as VB (Victoria British ?) and also that some of the internet addresses
- /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00329.html (7,711 bytes)
- 20. Spamming (score: 1)
- Author: nvenn@mpc-uk.com (Neil Venn)
- Date: Tue, 25 Jul 95 10:38:35 BST
- Just a warning. A colleague of mine is an other mailing lists to me and they have been spammed by a post offering Free Money, so I expect we will be seeing that soon. Remember. Just delete the post a
- /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00344.html (7,771 bytes)
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