I hope that Scott isn't recommending motorcycle fork oil just
because he knows that I pour a lot of the stuff into my old
Armstrongs.
Well, not entirely. I believe it's a recommended optional
procedure from the Healey Store, though I'd check on that
before I gave it their seal of approval. Anyway, it's a
known fix.
I just got a new (rebuilt, probably) pair
of front Armstrongs with competition valves, and will be installing
them tonite probably.
Yay! Let us all know how they work; the gating factor
seems to be swinging in favor of an ITC Midget for me,
so I'll want to know your source for these shockers
sometime later this summer. (Though I got a possible
line on an Alfetta that would put me smack in ITB. Well,
either you or Larry will be seeing a lot of me in your
mirrors next year!)
Oh, I'm racing my MGB at Laguna Seca on Sunday. Wish me luck!
Wish I could be there, but we're camping in Yosemite
this weekend. If you have to be somewhere other than
a race track, I guess it will do.
Just gotta finish putting the front suspension back together, and
install the S.S. braided brake lines and the new rear brake shoes
and the header and new exhaust system and check the compression
and maybe mill the head down, etc... And as Larry would advise me,
the round rubber things stay down on the flat black thing, and the
headlites point forward...
And as *I* would remind you, "Do as I say, not as I do..."
Of course, on your MGB, there is no shiny side to keep up.
--Scott "Slapped upside the head by a homily" Fisher
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