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1. RE: spridget transporting with a dolly, or... (score: 1): Author: Tim Osborne <timos@microsoft.com>; Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 12:40:13 -0800; I tried to use a car dolly (the Sprite had no drive shaft, engine, tranny, nuthin) and it didn't work. The reason was (I think) my hitch ball wasn't off the ground enough. The ramps the car drives u; /html/spridgets/1999-12/msg00296.html (10,640 bytes)
2. RE: Heater switch? -- Little LBC - now NO LBC. (score: 1): Author: Tim Osborne <timos@microsoft.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 13:31:51 -0800; Let me take a crack at this, so to speak. Lightning isn't really DC, except maybe over a very small time delta - but then so is AC current! Most lightning strikes I know of don't last too long (fortu; /html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00910.html (16,722 bytes)
3. RE: Jaguar conversion (score: 1): Author: Tim Osborne <timos@microsoft.com>; Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 11:17:21 -0700; I will pay dearly for this comment, but I believe a properly maintained Jag engine is very reliable as a daily driver. Not cheap if you pay others to do the work, though. A Chevy engine in a Jag? It'; /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00195.html (8,301 bytes)
4. RE: Jaguar conversion (score: 1): Author: Tim Osborne <timos@microsoft.com>; Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 15:08:21 -0700; I can agree with that if the conversion is reversible and the original engine is kept in the garage somewhere.... :) Someday, who knows, maybe the XJS will be deserving. At the rate they hit the car; /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00216.html (9,297 bytes)
5. RE: Complete wast of time, Was: Getting Out The Vote (Update) (score: 1): Author: Tim Osborne <timos@microsoft.com>; Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 13:20:56 -0700; Warning to Videophiles: My Amazon copy of The Italian Job was an extremely disappointing EP-speed dupe. About four feet of video tape for a two hour movie. I shoulda griped about it. tim Amazon has i; /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00503.html (9,806 bytes)
6. RE: What's Wrong With This Or Is This Guy Crazy??? (score: 1): Author: Tim Osborne <timos@microsoft.com>; Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 12:12:06 -0800; Here's another ad from him. Same year, very similar description, different price: http://www.classifieds2000.com/cgi-cls/ad.exe?P1+C14+A0+R577232+Q257369552+V iewAdDetails 1961, Austin fiberglass aft; /html/spridgets/1999-03/msg00624.html (9,116 bytes)
7. RE: Stop the insanity (score: 1): Author: Tim Osborne <timos@microsoft.com>; Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 12:24:05 -0800; Re: the "me too" and non-tech messages....I get my internet at work - I can't imagine what this would be like at 28.8. My heartfelt sympathies to those on modems - you *need* unlimited hours. Where a; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00909.html (11,724 bytes)
8. Your expert advice requested (was RE: subscribers) (score: 1): Author: Tim Osborne <timos@microsoft.com>; Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 15:26:31 -0800; OK, you asked! ;) I've got a good 68 Sprite donor body that I am preparing for a transplant of innards from a 67 car that runs well but is pretty rusty (sills, floors, bonnet, rear, etc). I'd love to; /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00089.html (8,675 bytes)
9. RE: Your expert advice requested (was RE: subscribers) (score: 1): Author: Tim Osborne <timos@microsoft.com>; Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 16:05:34 -0800; Thanks all for the encouragement. Never thought about obliterating that shock frame ID with paint. Looks like we have some dry weather coming up this week so I can start in earnest. Ulix, how's that; /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00098.html (8,631 bytes)
10. RE: Distributors interchangeability (?) (score: 1): Author: Tim Osborne <timos@microsoft.com>; Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 09:42:42 -0800; My '67 1275 Sprite somehow had a Midget 1500 distributor in it and it ran just fine - but then again the curves may have been off. I did swap in the "right" distributor later and then add a Ignitor (; /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00402.html (8,807 bytes)
11. [humour] Completely, absolutely and totally off subject, zero LBC content, bandwidth wasting (score: 1): Author: Tim Osborne <timos@microsoft.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 14:40:39 -0700; Almost inspired me to write some Spridget Haiku -- almost. tim -- Sony has announced its own computer operating system now available on its hot new portable PC called theVaio. Instead of producing th; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg00338.html (11,280 bytes)
12. RE: Rear Axle Leak (score: 1): Author: Tim Osborne <timos@microsoft.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 09:40:54 -0700; I used the screwdriver trick (in desperation) trying to get the seals out in time for an ABFM meet a few months ago... I assumed there was a better way, since one slip of the screwdriver and you've g; /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00909.html (8,598 bytes)
13. RE: 2-1998 Sprite Models Announced (score: 1): Author: Tim Osborne <timos@microsoft.com>; Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 13:31:22 -0700; Nice way to sell some restored Sprites. ;) 15K pounds - that's like 25K US, right? Does the UK have safety laws? This is not a comment on Bugeye safety, but rather a comment that it's nigh impossible; /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg01018.html (11,078 bytes)
14. RE: newbie looking for insurance (score: 1): Author: Tim Osborne <timos@microsoft.com>; Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 15:09:05 -0700; That's what PhotoShop is for. ;) tim; /html/spridgets/1998-07/msg00292.html (9,185 bytes)
15. RE: Vancouver All British Field Meet - my first. (score: 1): Author: Tim Osborne <timos@microsoft.com>; Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 15:37:23 -0700; Hey all, There were *three* Sprites - but then again mine was *not* impeccably cared for. ;) I'm working on it, though, with a much nicer body shell getting ready for prep and paint at home. It was t; /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00295.html (10,283 bytes)
16. Grose Jets (score: 1): Author: Tim Osborne <timos@microsoft.com>; Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 16:54:08 -0700; I'm thumbing through the Moss catalog and "Grose Jets" jumps out at me. Can someone give me the lowdown on these? Do they replace the float assembly, or are they a replacement for the usual needle a; /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00300.html (7,121 bytes)
17. Prep work (was RE: New Bugeye owner to the group!) (score: 1): Author: Tim Osborne <timos@microsoft.com>; Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 13:15:13 -0700; I haven't seen any answers to Dave's previous post - I also am interested in people's opinions and experiences re: prep work. There was a burst of list activity in January about this, but I'd be curi; /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00348.html (8,403 bytes)
18. RE: 1275 timing advance (score: 1): Author: Tim Osborne <timos@microsoft.com>; Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 15:06:33 -0700; Definitely check the distributor - I somehow had a 45D4 *points type* distributor in my 67 Sprite - which apparently was never a Sprite distributor (the M*dg*t had an electronic form for 1500s, I thi; /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00494.html (9,057 bytes)
19. Mutual Spridget sighting (score: 1): Author: Tim Osborne <timos@microsoft.com>; Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 20:32:44 -0800; Someone beeped at me this Saturday near Ravenna Ave. in Seattle as our two LBCs passed each other - was that someone on this list? Sorry, I was too stunned to respond in kind. ;) Nice looking car, BT; /html/spridgets/1998-03/msg00144.html (6,989 bytes)
20. Question about serial numbers, etc. (score: 1): Author: Tim Osborne <timos@microsoft.com>; Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 17:23:04 -0800; Help is requested from the cognoscenti: All of the various books I have describe the serial number of my newly acquired Sprite MkIV as being on a plate on the inner left hand wheel valance. Unfortuna; /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00126.html (8,926 bytes)

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