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1. Jags, TR's, what's out there? (score: 1): Author: linus!xait!pyrthoth.pyramid.com!robbp@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Rob Pryor); Date: Wed, 2 May 90 12:22:49 PDT; The recent comments about this list being "a Triumph list" and the query about a possible jag list got me thinking about the mix of cars represented by members of the b-c list. A long time ago, someo; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00071.html (8,318 bytes)
2. Re: Car Survey (score: 1): Author: linus!xait!pyrthoth.pyramid.com!robbp@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Rob Pryor); Date: Fri, 4 May 90 17:21:41 PDT; C'mon guys, 'fess up, some of you weren't paying attention to the message I sent. I suggested a 1 to 6 scale, with the following definitions. 1) Mint; show quality 2) Excellent; not show quality, bu; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00124.html (9,286 bytes)
3. Re: Post Coital letdown (score: 1): Author: linus!xait!pyrthoth.pyramid.com!robbp@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Rob Pryor); Date: Tue, 8 May 90 13:51:54 PDT; I know what you mean. I spent two years fumbling around on my own with my first attempt to get a Big Healey on the road. I finally gave it to a professional to finish. I then spent the next two year; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00287.html (9,158 bytes)
4. RE: Car Survey - Last Call (score: 1): Author: linus!xait!pyrthoth.pyramid.com!robbp@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Rob Pryor); Date: Thu, 10 May 90 10:44:54 PDT; Sorry if this is a duplicate posting, but I'm not sure my first mailing attempt made it to the b-c list. As of Thursday, May 10, I have responses from 75 members of the b-c mail list. They are listed; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00288.html (9,770 bytes)
5. RE: car survey - last call (score: 1): Author: linus!xait!pyrthoth.pyramid.com!robbp@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Rob Pryor); Date: Wed, 9 May 90 10:16:20 PDT; As of Wednesday, May 9th, I have responses from 73 members of the b-c list. They are listed below. If your name is not there, I have not recorded your car(s). The names are sorted alphabetically. As; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00289.html (10,180 bytes)
6. Cold air boxs (was RE: Cold Fuel) (score: 1): Author: linus!xait!pyrthoth.pyramid.com!robbp@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Rob Pryor); Date: Wed, 16 May 90 10:19:05 PDT; The Healey 100/4 was offered for a short time with factory mods becoming the 100M ('M' for Le Mans). One of the mods was a 'cold air box', as you describe with air coming directly from the fresh air; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00409.html (7,261 bytes)
7. Re: WANTED: Austin Healey sales literature. (score: 1): Author: linus!xait!pyrthoth.pyramid.com!robbp@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Rob Pryor); Date: Mon, 16 Apr 90 15:45:41 PDT; Moss Motors has reprints of the original available for the 100/4 and 3000. robbp@pyramid.com; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00119.html (7,027 bytes)
8. Appreciating Car Values Again (score: 1): Author: linus!xait!pyrthoth.pyramid.com!robbp@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Rob Pryor); Date: Tue, 20 Mar 90 11:37:21 PST; Today's (3/20/90) Wall Street Journal has an article about cars as "Hot Collectibles". It supports the theory that the rise in car prices is limited to the cars that "Baby Boomers" wanted when they w; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00299.html (8,040 bytes)
9. Re: Disc brakes (score: 1): Author: linus!xait!pyrthoth.pyramid.com!robbp@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Rob Pryor); Date: Sat, 3 Feb 90 10:03:49 PST; I had a similar problem with my Healey back a few years ago, only I found pitting both on the pistons and the caliper body, in the grove where there seal rests. As new calipers were $300 each, I suc; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00014.html (8,655 bytes)
10. Re: Disc brakes (score: 1): Author: linus!xait!pyrthoth.pyramid.com!robbp@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Rob Pryor); Date: Tue, 6 Feb 90 09:37:48 PST; Re: pitted wheel cylinders, master cylinders, calipers. They were the first people I called. Yes they are. I have been impressed with the brake master cylinders that they have done for me. When I cal; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00030.html (7,141 bytes)
11. Re: colors for AH Sprite (score: 1): Author: linus!xait!pyrthoth.pyramid.com!robbp@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Rob Pryor); Date: Fri, 16 Feb 90 10:34:33 PST; If you can find a copy of the factory original parts manual, you should find a list of the factory original paint colors by name. These manuals are becoming more available these days, but you may ha; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00135.html (7,561 bytes)
12. Re: BLH history requests (score: 1): Author: linus!xait!pyrthoth.pyramid.com!robbp@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Rob Pryor); Date: Fri, 1 Dec 89 10:05:52 PST; I did this several years ago with all the cars I had at the time. You can send US dollars with no problem. I sent them a check. I've also had them return a check because they upped their price and I; /html/british-cars/1989-12/msg00004.html (8,219 bytes)
13. Re: 1098 crank (score: 1): Author: linus!xait!pyrthoth.pyramid.com!robbp@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Rob Pryor); Date: Thu, 7 Dec 89 09:52:26 PST; The 10CG serial number denotes 2" mains. I think you are correct that the serial number identifies the engine as originally being in a Sprite. Robb Pryor; /html/british-cars/1989-12/msg00066.html (6,865 bytes)
14. Re: 1098 "A" series - a correction (score: 1): Author: linus!xait!pyrthoth.pyramid.com!robbp@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Rob Pryor); Date: Mon, 11 Dec 89 08:49:14 PST; I've been waiting for my memory to fail me, so when Roger questioned my assertion about 'A' series engine id numbers, I did a little bit of quick research. Boy, was I off base about this! Most of my; /html/british-cars/1989-12/msg00101.html (8,239 bytes)
15. Loose wheels (score: 1): Author: linus!xait!pyrthoth.pyramid.com!robbp@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Rob Pryor); Date: Mon, 11 Dec 89 16:24:50 PST; I remember reading in the "Healey Highlights" back a few years a ago about a guy on tour with the San Jose club. Seems that the group made a pitstop on the way home (home being something like 2-4hrs; /html/british-cars/1989-12/msg00114.html (7,926 bytes)
16. Re: Austin-Healy (Bugeye) Sprite Info (score: 1): Author: linus!xait!pyrthoth.pyramid.com!robbp@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Rob Pryor); Date: Mon, 11 Dec 89 17:16:06 PST; "The Austin-Healey Club, Pacific Center, is a non-profit corp. registered in the state of California. The club is a continent-wide assoc. of people interested in the history. maintenance, restoratio; /html/british-cars/1989-12/msg00115.html (9,617 bytes)
17. Re: engines (score: 1): Author: linus!xait!pyrthoth.pyramid.com!robbp@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Rob Pryor); Date: Tue, 21 Nov 89 17:51:06 PST; Actually, the engine for the A90, a 2.6L 4 cylinder motor, traces its design origins to a British Jeep built during WW II. When Donald Healey came along, Austin had a considerable excess of the units; /html/british-cars/1989-11/msg00006.html (8,027 bytes)
18. Re: Engines (score: 1): Author: linus!xait!pyrthoth.pyramid.com!robbp@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Rob Pryor); Date: Mon, 27 Nov 89 02:11:43 PST; What I meant was that there was no *design* work on the engine. Changing the timing, compression and carburetion, to me, are changes in tuning. These are the kind of changes made for competition, ru; /html/british-cars/1989-11/msg00022.html (8,560 bytes)
19. 1275 vs 1293 (score: 1): Author: linus!xait!pyrthoth.pyramid.com!robbp@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Rob Pryor); Date: Tue, 28 Nov 89 16:07:33 PST; The 3000 started with a pair of 1.75" HD6s, good for 124hp. When the car became the 3000 Mk.II, they went to a tri-carb set-up, using 1.5" HS4s. When they went back to a two carb set-up they chose 1.; /html/british-cars/1989-11/msg00043.html (8,378 bytes)

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