- 1. Re: Black and Yellow Plates? (score: 1)
- Author: RW <prndl@pacbell.net>
- Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 23:11:10 -0800
- What's the big deal about just about anything in the collector car hobby? It's only a big deal if it's a big deal for you. For many of us in California, having an original "black plate" car means th
- /html/mgs/2005-04/msg00014.html (7,757 bytes)
- 2. Re: OT: Looking for Pocket Bike suggestions (score: 1)
- Author: RW <prndl@pacbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 16:45:27 -0800
- Two under-14 kids killed in the last 6 months in my small town on these. I almost backed over a 9 year old riding an electric one in the street this Fall. Lotsa' luck. -- Rod Williams 1967 MGB
- /html/mgs/2005-03/msg00100.html (6,793 bytes)
- 3. Re: accelerator cable (score: 1)
- Author: RW <prndl@pacbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 07:54:40 -0800
- I just had the same experience with my '66 B. I pulled the new cable apart, dusted the inner cable with powdered graphite lock lube, and reassembled. Smooth as a baby's bumm. -- Rod Williams Petalum
- /html/mgs/2005-02/msg00270.html (6,523 bytes)
- 4. Re: Roundabouts (score: 1)
- Author: RW <prndl@pacbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 19:56:27 -0800
- By French law, when you enter the Place de la Concord your auto insurance is void until you exit the round-about. My first driving experience in Paris was driving a 15 pass mini-bus that we had hire
- /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00059.html (8,379 bytes)
- 5. Re: MGB Speedo: To Repair or Not Repair (score: 1)
- Author: RW <prndl@pacbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 20:02:14 -0800
- I've had two MGB speedos repaired and re-calibrated by Palo Alto Speedometer. Both times for about a buck quarter. They are near where I live so I can go there. Both times they did very good work. I
- /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00060.html (6,986 bytes)
- 6. Air Cleaners (score: 1)
- Author: RW <prndl@pacbell.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 19:55:02 -0800
- I just removed the air filter covers from my '67 B, stripped them to repaint, and discovered that one is galvanized and one is not. One has obviously been replaced from new but that got me wondering,
- /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00429.html (6,419 bytes)
- 7. Re: E-bay listing - Fraud? (score: 1)
- Author: RW <prndl@pacbell.net>
- Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 17:33:13 -0700
- You're too nice in your reply. Rats like this have spam-bots that send out thousands of messages to all kinds of ads. I've gotten practically the same message from ads I've placed on Craig's List fo
- /html/mgs/2004-10/msg00126.html (7,533 bytes)
- 8. Re: An essential need for another British Car Magazine (score: 1)
- Author: RW <prndl@pacbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 18:06:54 -0700
- I always appreciated British Car magazine for what it was; a "down home" publication for people who enjoyed the spirit of owning their British cars and enjoyed seeing what other people's experience
- /html/mgs/2004-10/msg00229.html (8,501 bytes)
- 9. MGB/5-speed trans (score: 1)
- Author: RW <prndl@pacbell.net>
- Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 16:53:52 -0700
- Howdee List. I'm considering installing one of the Ford Sierra type 9 5-speed transmission packages into my 1967 MGB this winter as I am rebuilding the engine and lots of other running gear. I'd like
- /html/mgs/2004-10/msg00413.html (6,695 bytes)
- 10. Re: Seat Belt (score: 1)
- Author: RW <prndl@pacbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 09:10:07 -0700
- I bought the Moss 3-point belts for my '67 and they didn't work very well. Because the anchorage for the shoulder belt is designed to hang vertically from the B pillar in "normal" application, it do
- /html/mgs/2004-09/msg00084.html (8,614 bytes)
- 11. Re: Seat Belt (score: 1)
- Author: RW <prndl@pacbell.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 06:22:03 -0700
- Paul, No, my experience is only with the non-inertia, manual style belts. I kludged the problem by clipping a small, 2" plastic bar clip across the belts near the back mounting point. That stopped t
- /html/mgs/2004-09/msg00104.html (7,324 bytes)
- 12. "Primrose: The Mark of Shame?" (score: 1)
- Author: RW <prndl@pacbell.net>
- Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 17:18:40 -0700
- My '67 B is PP, original paint and 68K original miles, and is being prepared to undergo a total restoration and will be repainted in the same PP. My '67 Jag E-type was also PP. Of the 14 British cla
- /html/mgs/2004-08/msg00447.html (7,458 bytes)
- 13. Re: Gauge repair shop (score: 1)
- Author: RW <prndl@pacbell.net>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 20:29:52 -0700
- Palo Alto Speedometer http://www.paspeedo.com/ Cheers, -- Rod Williams Petaluma, California 1967 MGB
- /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00239.html (6,808 bytes)
- 14. Re: Engine Bay Pictures (score: 1)
- Author: RW <prndl@pacbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 20:21:40 -0700
- David, Let me know what you're looking for and I'd be happy to email some digi-pix of my car shot to order. Or I could post higher resolution ones on my website. My B's not *totally* original but it
- /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00015.html (6,684 bytes)
- 15. Re: Spam Spam Spam (score: 1)
- Author: RW <prndl@pacbell.net>
- Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 15:31:09 -0700
- I don't really know how, I just know the name of the junk mail filter I use. It's called SpamSieve and it makes *no* mistakes. It takes about a month to train. You mark the mail you receive as eithe
- /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00157.html (7,832 bytes)
- 16. Re: De-Smog or Re- Smog ? (score: 1)
- Author: RW <prndl@pacbell.net>
- Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 14:09:47 -0700
- A few years back, here in California, they temporarily changed the smog laws to bring older cars back into the smog compliance regulations. For about a year and a half there were lots and lots of ca
- /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00247.html (8,075 bytes)
- 17. Re: I need tires (score: 1)
- Author: RW <prndl@pacbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 15:05:22 -0700
- I have Yokohama Avid H4s on MY '67 B roadster. They're 185/70 R14. That's a *lot* of rubber on the road for the MGB but they are fantastic tires at a reasonable price. You will notice the rear end h
- /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00354.html (7,238 bytes)
- 18. Re: gas problem solved (score: 1)
- Author: RW <prndl@pacbell.net>
- Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 18:53:32 -0700
- I had my speedo repaired and calibrated at Palo Alto Speedometer. www.paspeedo.com For about a hundred and twenty five bucks they did a great job. I had mine recalibrated to precisely match my new t
- /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00597.html (7,077 bytes)
- 19. Diff change-o (score: 1)
- Author: RW <prndl@pacbell.net>
- Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 19:43:14 -0700
- Just bought a tube diff to replace the one on my 67 'B that the PO ran for some time with no lube at all. Toasted the ring/pinion. The new diff is OK except that a PO cut off the thread and post for
- /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00169.html (6,719 bytes)
- 20. Walk in MG (score: 1)
- Author: RW <prndl@pacbell.net>
- Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 19:29:15 -0800
- 45 minutes or so north of San Francisco is Sears Point Raceway (yeah, all right, "Infineon Raceway at Sears Point". Sheesh!) There is a store there, "Wine Country Motor Sports". They sell helmets, s
- /html/mgs/2004-04/msg00038.html (6,773 bytes)
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