- 121. one more photo..... (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel Thompson <dthompson@gbc.ca>
- Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 10:05:33 -0500
- Just one more, I promise, then I'll go back to work...... http://albums.photopoint.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=104604&a=765752&p=12596276 Daniel58612
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00963.html (7,374 bytes)
- 122. RE: one more photo..... (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel Thompson <dthompson@gbc.ca>
- Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 10:53:34 -0500
- One thing I noticed: there appears to be a strut-brace (usually used on MacPherson strut cars) bolted to the inner fenders. God only knows how much extra rigidity that provides! Daniel58612
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00966.html (8,972 bytes)
- 123. Re: PCV on a different manifold (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 16:30:24 EST
- Either the engine mounts need replacing or equally likely you need to 'modify' the chassis rail where the extractor contacts. Usually, it is the point where the extractor manifold starts to go under
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg01019.html (7,551 bytes)
- 124. Almost a garage additon was Re: Garage Heaters (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 16:30:26 EST
- Hi List, All this talk of garage heaters had got me slightly jealous on account of the fact that I don't have any kind of garage let alone a heated one. I do however, have a cellar where I can take p
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg01020.html (8,389 bytes)
- 125. Re: sun visor holders (score: 1)
- Author: "DANNY RENDLEMAN" <dannyr@flint.umich.edu>
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:28:10 EDT
- So maybe <that's> why mine doesn't have any visors. The DPO had the same problem? So maybe I shouldn't order any from VB or Moss? Or do new ones fit better? Danny 1974 Midget Little Guy
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg01069.html (8,054 bytes)
- 126. looking for a phone number (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel Thompson <dthompson@gbc.ca>
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 12:57:57 -0500
- Anybody know where I can get a phone number for a Sprite owner by the name of Dick Santana? He lives on the West coast (Northern California I think) and owns (owned) a very early '58 Bugeye. Thanks,
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg01074.html (7,681 bytes)
- 127. RE: looking for a phone number (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel Thompson <dthompson@gbc.ca>
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 13:28:20 -0500
- I've got the phone number, thanks! Daniel
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg01077.html (8,145 bytes)
- 128. Re: spark timing question (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 14:31:16 EST
- With a modified engine (assuming yours is) you have to find out what ign advance suits the engine (usually on the rolling road) and then make a note of it for future reference. If the cam is non stan
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg01079.html (6,973 bytes)
- 129. personal phone numbers (no LBC) (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel Thompson <dthompson@gbc.ca>
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 16:19:47 -0500
- In this case everybody is right. This is not the first time I have asked for a phone number or an address over the mailing list. As in the past, I should have asked for an off-list response. Mike is
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg01084.html (7,139 bytes)
- 130. Healey Repro rocker cover (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 16:39:08 EST
- Hi list, I am not sure but I think the company that does the reproduction Healey - alloy rocker cover is: Frogeye Spares Co, Compton House, 71 Burford Road, Chipping Norton, Oxon, OX7 5EE Tel: UK 016
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg01088.html (6,766 bytes)
- 131. Healey Repro rocker cover (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 16:40:23 EST
- Hi list, I am not sure but I think the company that does the reproduction Healey - alloy rocker cover is: Frogeye Spares Co, Compton House, 71 Burford Road, Chipping Norton, Oxon, OX7 5EE Tel: UK 016
- /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg01089.html (6,753 bytes)
- 132. RE: New Moss cat.. (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel Thompson <dthompson@gbc.ca>
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 13:06:41 -0400
- Lots of Bugeyes left the factory with ill-fitting bonnets. Mine has one! Daniel58612
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00012.html (8,400 bytes)
- 133. Re: New Moss cat.. (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 18:15:33 EDT
- Sounds like my car is it a red 69? Daniel1312 << The new Moss catalogue 10/4/99 SPM09 has on its cover a Sprite with an il-fitting bonnet, half of which is louvered! I wont reserve making judgement..
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00024.html (8,134 bytes)
- 134. Re: New Moss cat.. (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 09:59:37 EDT
- Mine has no stripe and wire wheels. Daniel1312
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00047.html (7,665 bytes)
- 135. Re: Alternator/Water Pump Update (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 16:30:43 EDT
- << For 4 years, my spridget "consumed" one lucas alternator per year >> I wouldn't blame the alternator unless it was poorly reconditioned. I have had Lucas alternators from the scrap yard last longe
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00092.html (7,491 bytes)
- 136. Re: Rear Dick Brakes--Serious reply. (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 17:12:02 EDT
- In fact it is the other way round. Because a road car is nearly always heavier than its racing equivalent it can be much harder on brakes than a racing car. Consider a racing Sprite might be as much
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00093.html (8,311 bytes)
- 137. RE: MG's at Mercer (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel Thompson <dthompson@gbc.ca>
- Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 15:57:55 -0400
- No such thing as a too tall girlfriend as far as I'm concerned. We want pictures Larry (or does she have her own web site?!) After all he did say he met her through the net......... Daniel58612
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00136.html (7,733 bytes)
- 138. Vizards bookRe: Someone asked about ISBN #s (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 16:50:34 EDT
- But if you buy it from APT you can get it signed for no extra cost. Daniel1312 << I just place an order for the next edition of Vizard's book on the A-series engine from Amazon.com. It's supposed to
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00142.html (7,205 bytes)
- 139. Re: Alternator/Water Pump Update (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel1312@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 16:50:42 EDT
- Hi David, My Sprite runs an MGB alternator at reduced speed and 160W Halogens. If the standard alternator can't cope I think the battery would run down rather than burn out the alternator. All of the
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00144.html (7,696 bytes)
- 140. RE: question (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel Thompson <dthompson@gbc.ca>
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 09:59:09 -0400
- Anytime you find a "nice bonnet just needing paint" for $300 let me know. I guess we have a different opinion of what constitutes "nice". I currently have 6 "messy" bonnets in my garage that other p
- /html/spridgets/1999-10/msg00198.html (7,755 bytes)
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