From bugi1960 at gmail.com Sun Jan 1 07:05:06 2023 From: bugi1960 at gmail.com (Philip Nase) Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2023 09:05:06 -0500 Subject: [Spridgets] [EasternOshitGroup] Eastern USA coming up on midnight...soon! In-Reply-To: <1355391935.6127542.1672546874617@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1355391935.6127542.1672546874617@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <3E82180E-4690-4818-AEBB-9F717F30E406@gmail.com> A metaphor for life itself, thanks Chuck. Happy New Year. Phil Nase Applebachsville, PA > On Dec 31, 2022, at 11:21 PM, crusaderchuck55 at aol.com via groups.io wrote: > > ? > We are wishing everyone a > HAPPY NEW YEAR! > Be safe , Be well and wishing a much better year than the last! > May Nothing leak and everything run properly. > Chuck > ------------------------ > > spridgets at autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/pnase at me.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stanbmason at aol.com Sun Jan 1 09:32:58 2023 From: stanbmason at aol.com (stanbmason at aol.com) Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2023 16:32:58 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Spridgets] 2023 Sprite Midget Race Series References: <29493245.4944169.1672590778042.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <29493245.4944169.1672590778042@mail.yahoo.com> Spridgeteeeeerrrrssss! Happy New Year for a great 2023 SMRS and celebration of 65 years of Sprite Production. SMRS Race Dates are:-?GingermanMay 5-7,-? Blackhawk June 16-17,?-?Waterford Hills July 21-23-?Grattan 11-13 end of season awards I wanted to mention the great You Tube Site "All Things Vintage Racing" that Steve Coleman has started with many interesting videos on Racing Sprites along with cool details on his 2 cool Proto Type Sprites.? One of these Youtube video highlights his LeMans Sprite Coupe :?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ5-D6NlHfw More details on upcoming events will be forwarded in the near future. Enjoy a Spridgetly 2023!Stan Mason -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stanbmason at aol.com Sun Jan 1 09:35:00 2023 From: stanbmason at aol.com (stanbmason at aol.com) Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2023 16:35:00 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Spridgets] Fwd: 2023 Sprite Midget Race Series In-Reply-To: <29493245.4944169.1672590778042@mail.yahoo.com> References: <29493245.4944169.1672590778042.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <29493245.4944169.1672590778042@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1420649943.4726007.1672590900467@mail.yahoo.com> Spridgeteeeeerrrrssss! Happy New Year for a great 2023 SMRS and celebration of 65 years of Sprite Production. SMRS Race Dates are:-?GingermanMay 5-7,-? Blackhawk June 16-17,?-?Waterford Hills July 21-23-?Grattan 11-13 end of season awards I wanted to mention the great YouTube Site "All Things Vintage Racing" that Steve Coleman has started with many interesting videos on Racing Sprites along with cool details on his 2 cool Proto Type Sprites.? One of these Youtube video highlights his LeMans Sprite Coupe :?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ5-D6NlHfw More details on upcoming events will be forwarded in the near future. Enjoy a Spridgetly 2023!Stan Mason -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From soavero at yahoo.com Sun Jan 1 10:47:31 2023 From: soavero at yahoo.com (Ron Soave) Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2023 11:47:31 -0600 Subject: [Spridgets] Fwd: 2023 Sprite Midget Race Series In-Reply-To: <1420649943.4726007.1672590900467@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1420649943.4726007.1672590900467@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <433750CF-27F1-4A51-B305-371D7A662658@yahoo.com> Thanks, Stan. Blackhawk is a 3 day event as always, June 16-18. Grattan?s month is August. Ron Soave > On Jan 1, 2023, at 11:01 AM, stanbmason--- via Spridgets wrote: > > ? > Spridgeteeeeerrrrssss! > > Happy New Year for a great 2023 SMRS and celebration of 65 years of Sprite Production. > > SMRS Race Dates are: > - Gingerman May 5-7, > - Blackhawk June 16-17, > - Waterford Hills July 21-23 > - Grattan 11-13 end of season awards > > I wanted to mention the great YouTube Site "All Things Vintage Racing" that Steve Coleman has started with many interesting videos on Racing Sprites along with cool details on his 2 cool Proto Type Sprites. One of these Youtube video highlights his LeMans Sprite Coupe : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ5-D6NlHfw > > More details on upcoming events will be forwarded in the near future. > > Enjoy a Spridgetly 2023! > Stan Mason > ------------------------ > > spridgets at autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/soavero at yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bertshirey at zoominternet.net Fri Jan 6 12:33:31 2023 From: bertshirey at zoominternet.net (Bert Shirey) Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2023 14:33:31 -0500 Subject: [Spridgets] Midget Won't Idle Down Solved Message-ID: <004001d92205$c2a822c0$47f86840$@zoominternet.net> Hi, Guys and Gals: A while ago I posted a ?mystery? problem with the 1965 MK II Midget that I recently passed on to my friend Jim. The car had a chronic issue in that it was idling at about 1500 RPM and no amount of tinkering would bring the idle down to the correct 900-1000 RPM. This condition also was causing difficulty engaging 1st gear from stop, I suppose because the synchros thought the car was moving. I will tell you what the problem turned out to be. I had the Midget 57 years to the day from new and maintained it myself since it came off warranty. Some say it is one of the nicest unrestored survivors around. Anyway, about nine years ago at about 55K miles, my wife, Sandy, and I (Sandy was my co-mechanic from the get-go and knew as much about fixing Spridgets as I pretend to.) did a major maintenance on the car. We did rod bearings, valve adjustment, ignition, fuel pump, hydraulic flush, tranny and diff, and more, just about everything on the 50K to-do list. One lesson: Don?t try to do so much at once that you don?t know where you screwed up. While we were at it, we installed a new set of HS2 carbs that I got on sale from Victoria. Nothing wrong with the originals, but the new ones looked real shiny. Another lesson: If it ain?t broke, don?t fix it. Believe me, you don?t own British cars for over half a century without learning how to set up SU carbs. When I was 18 I thought I knew it all, but, in fact knew nothing. Nudging 80, I realized maybe I knew something, so I was making progress. If I live to 100 could be I will have learned a lot, finally, but by then I will be too old to be dangerous. I don?t know whether living to a ripe old age is God?s reward for a life well lived or God?s punishment for not living life well enough. Go figure. Back to the mystery, not long after that big maintenance project, Sandy got sick. The only thing that girl ever did to hurt in 50 years was to die. She got me on that one. So, I knew the idle was wrong but didn?t drive the Midget much nor feel like messing with it without my best buddy. Imagine Tom Hanks in that movie. ?Hey, Wilson, help me figure out what?s with my Midget.? Like that. Later, after I got myself together, my back went out, so I had another alibi for neglecting the Midget. Finally, I realized time had come to let my cars go. First I passed our Bugeye that we had 31 years to my friend Steve, then after screening the suitors of the Midget, I watched her, mysterious fast idle and all, go off to Jim. Jim promised not to drive the Midget in the rain and vowed to solve the idle problem. Getting to the point of all this, here?s what Jim found: First of all the front tappet side cover gasket was leaking and the attached crankcase vent canister had developed perforations. This resulted not only in an oil leak, but also in, we believe, a vacuum leak that would interfere wit mixture adjustment. But that was not the actual cause of failure to idle down. The actual cause (And this my be helpful to you sometime.) was the mixture adjustment hardware on the new carbs. The adjustment nut is ? the thickness of the original, and the threads are finer. To adjust the mixture, we normally turn the nut up till the jet is even with the bridge of the carb body, then down 12 flats. The carbs being otherwise in good order, that gets the mixture pretty close, usually within a couple flats, more or less. Trouble was, because of the different nut on the new carbs, 12 flats would not do it. It took 22 flats. The over lean mixture resulting from improper adjustment and the supposed vacuum leak skewed the idle. Jim says the Midget is running beautifully now. Why didn?t I think of that ? Cheers, Bert Shirey. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From weslake1330 at gmail.com Sat Jan 7 15:38:08 2023 From: weslake1330 at gmail.com (Weslake1330) Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2023 22:38:08 +0000 Subject: [Spridgets] Another guess the project Message-ID: Hi list, Since the list is quite quiet at present here is another guess the project - at an early stage. Regards Daniel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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On Sat, Jan 7, 2023, 4:46 PM Weslake1330 via Spridgets < spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote: > Hi list, > > Since the list is quite quiet at present here is another guess the project > - at an early stage. > > Regards > > Daniel > ------------------------ > > spridgets at autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/dtwoerpel at gmail.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From weslake1330 at gmail.com Sun Jan 8 02:39:37 2023 From: weslake1330 at gmail.com (Weslake1330) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2023 09:39:37 +0000 Subject: [Spridgets] Another guess the project In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Nope. On Sat, 7 Jan 2023 at 23:07, Rick Fisk wrote: > It's the beginnings of a Stop sign. > > > On Jan 7, 2023, at 5:39 PM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets < > spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote: > > > > ? > > Hi list, > > > > Since the list is quite quiet at present here is another guess the > project - at an early stage. > > > > Regards > > > > Daniel > > > > ---------------------- > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From weslake1330 at gmail.com Sun Jan 8 02:40:31 2023 From: weslake1330 at gmail.com (Weslake1330) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2023 09:40:31 +0000 Subject: [Spridgets] The other side of the project Message-ID: This might help. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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On Sun, Jan 8, 2023 at 4:36 AM Billy Zoom via Spridgets < spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote: > Is it some sort of circle thingie? > > ------------------------ > > spridgets at autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/tequila.brad at gmail.com > -- DON JULIO 1942 http://tequilabrad.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From weslake1330 at gmail.com Sun Jan 8 11:52:12 2023 From: weslake1330 at gmail.com (Weslake1330) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2023 18:52:12 +0000 Subject: [Spridgets] The other side of the project In-Reply-To: <966AECAF-7D6B-4A5A-95A8-BA6D622A17A4@billyzoom.com> References: <966AECAF-7D6B-4A5A-95A8-BA6D622A17A4@billyzoom.com> Message-ID: Yes, it is. On Sun, 8 Jan 2023 at 10:10, Billy Zoom wrote: > Is it some sort of circle thingie? > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From weslake1330 at gmail.com Sun Jan 8 11:52:34 2023 From: weslake1330 at gmail.com (Weslake1330) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2023 18:52:34 +0000 Subject: [Spridgets] The other side of the project In-Reply-To: References: <966AECAF-7D6B-4A5A-95A8-BA6D622A17A4@billyzoom.com> Message-ID: Nope, but a good guess. On Sun, 8 Jan 2023 at 17:23, Brad Fornal wrote: > A spacer to put a different gear set in the rear axle? > > On Sun, Jan 8, 2023 at 4:36 AM Billy Zoom via Spridgets < > spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote: > >> Is it some sort of circle thingie? >> >> ------------------------ >> >> spridgets at autox.team.net >> >> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html >> Suggested annual donation: $12.75 >> >> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets >> http://autox.team.net/archive >> >> Unsubscribe/Manage: >> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/tequila.brad at gmail.com >> > > > -- > DON JULIO 1942 > > http://tequilabrad.com/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From weslake1330 at gmail.com Sun Jan 8 11:57:52 2023 From: weslake1330 at gmail.com (Weslake1330) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2023 18:57:52 +0000 Subject: [Spridgets] And the project is. . . Message-ID: I thought you guys (and gals) would get it from the second photo because that's a diff gasket glued to 2 mm aluminium plate. All it will be is a blanking plate to put on any axle casing that doesn't have a diff (actually a final drive assembly/aka pumpkin) in it, to stop dirt, crap, metal filings, sawdust, and mice, etc getting into the casing. I might have enough metal left over to make a pair of end caps for each end of the axle casing as well. I guess if you have a clean garage you don't need to think about this sort of project? Happy New Year Spridgeteers Daniel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On Sun, 8 Jan 2023 at 18:53, HealeyRick wrote: > Thinking his Spridget didn't have enough fluid leaks, Daniel decided to > manufacture diff gaskets from sheet steel. > > On Sun, Jan 8, 2023 at 5:04 AM Weslake1330 via Spridgets < > spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote: > >> This might help. >> ------------------------ >> >> spridgets at autox.team.net >> >> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html >> Suggested annual donation: $12.75 >> >> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets >> http://autox.team.net/archive >> >> Unsubscribe/Manage: >> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/healeyrik at gmail.com >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dtwoerpel at gmail.com Sun Jan 8 18:47:37 2023 From: dtwoerpel at gmail.com (Dave and Terri Woerpel) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2023 19:47:37 -0600 Subject: [Spridgets] And the project is. . . In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Have all sorts of manifold blanking plates bur no diff plate, only one diff and it's in use. Question: what di you use to seal the drain plugs on the diff and transmission? Mine are weeping a bit. No they're not sad. ? DW '59 :() '59 MGA 1500 Waukesha WI "Pay It Forward" On Sun, Jan 8, 2023, 2:37 PM Weslake1330 via Spridgets < spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote: > I thought you guys (and gals) would get it from the second photo because > that's a diff gasket glued to 2 mm aluminium plate. All it will be is a > blanking plate to put on any axle casing that doesn't have a diff (actually > a final drive assembly/aka pumpkin) in it, to stop dirt, crap, metal > filings, sawdust, and mice, etc getting into the casing. I might have > enough metal left over to make a pair of end caps for each end of the axle > casing as well. > > I guess if you have a clean garage you don't need to think about this sort > of project? > > Happy New Year Spridgeteers > > Daniel > ------------------------ > > spridgets at autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/dtwoerpel at gmail.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kgrudo at aol.com Sun Jan 8 22:12:08 2023 From: kgrudo at aol.com (KENNETH RUDOLPHY) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2023 05:12:08 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Spridgets] MG clubs in DFW area? References: <1805601292.5139841.1673241128341.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1805601292.5139841.1673241128341@mail.yahoo.com> Moving to DFW from suburban Chicago. Trying to decide if I should take my work in progress 1970 Midget.? Are there any hands-on enthusiasts in the DFW area? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From billyzoom at billyzoom.com Sun Jan 8 22:39:37 2023 From: billyzoom at billyzoom.com (Billy Zoom) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2023 21:39:37 -0800 Subject: [Spridgets] MG clubs in DFW area? In-Reply-To: <1805601292.5139841.1673241128341@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1805601292.5139841.1673241128341.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1805601292.5139841.1673241128341@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <3156C7F1-D62C-448D-97C7-546189923626@billyzoom.com> Take some curves & corners with you too. You?ll need them. From weslake1330 at gmail.com Sun Jan 8 23:37:40 2023 From: weslake1330 at gmail.com (Weslake1330) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2023 06:37:40 +0000 Subject: [Spridgets] And the project is. . . In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The gearbox is a new 5 speed and doesn't leak (or weep), The diff plug (69 and on the axle casing) is a new (ish) plug and I use PTFE tape on it. On Mon, 9 Jan 2023 at 01:47, Dave and Terri Woerpel wrote: > Have all sorts of manifold blanking plates bur no diff plate, only one > diff and it's in use. > > Question: what di you use to seal the drain plugs on the diff and > transmission? Mine are weeping a bit. No they're not sad. ? > > DW > '59 :() > '59 MGA 1500 > Waukesha WI > "Pay It Forward" > > On Sun, Jan 8, 2023, 2:37 PM Weslake1330 via Spridgets < > spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote: > >> I thought you guys (and gals) would get it from the second photo because >> that's a diff gasket glued to 2 mm aluminium plate. All it will be is a >> blanking plate to put on any axle casing that doesn't have a diff (actually >> a final drive assembly/aka pumpkin) in it, to stop dirt, crap, metal >> filings, sawdust, and mice, etc getting into the casing. I might have >> enough metal left over to make a pair of end caps for each end of the axle >> casing as well. >> >> I guess if you have a clean garage you don't need to think about this >> sort of project? >> >> Happy New Year Spridgeteers >> >> Daniel >> ------------------------ >> >> spridgets at autox.team.net >> >> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html >> Suggested annual donation: $12.75 >> >> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets >> http://autox.team.net/archive >> >> Unsubscribe/Manage: >> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/dtwoerpel at gmail.com >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ezanner at gmail.com Sun Jan 15 16:34:35 2023 From: ezanner at gmail.com (Erick Zanner) Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2023 18:34:35 -0500 Subject: [Spridgets] car for sale! In-Reply-To: <74589330.416284.1662295722815@mail.yahoo.com> References: <74589330.416284.1662295722815.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <74589330.416284.1662295722815@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Spridgeteers - my car is for sale as a roller. Details at the Buy Sell Trade forum on the MGEXP website. Thanks! Erick Zanner On Sun, Sep 4, 2022 at 8:48 AM wrote: > Spridgeteers! > > I thought I would pass along the most recent online Victory Lane Magazine > article on Grattan 2022 and our Spridget Race. Chauncey Moran does not > only take great photos of our cars in the rain, but also wrote this > article. Thanks Chauncey for your dedication to VSCDA and the Sprite > Midget Race Series. > > Here is the online article > https://www.flipsnack.com/victorylane/victory-lane-vol-37-issue-9-september-2022/print-pdf.html > > Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend > Stan Mason > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From ddoiron at cox.net Wed Jan 18 09:57:54 2023 From: ddoiron at cox.net (W David Doiron) Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 09:57:54 -0700 (MST) Subject: [Spridgets] 1425 project Message-ID: <610846843.2085916.1674061074870@myemail.cox.net> Dear List, David Anton no longer does machining, so who knows what the offsets are for a 73.5mm bore? thanks, W David Doiron From weslake1330 at gmail.com Fri Jan 20 13:28:59 2023 From: weslake1330 at gmail.com (Weslake1330) Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 20:28:59 +0000 Subject: [Spridgets] Tapping a thread and learning new stuff Message-ID: Hi List, Well I thought I learned how to tap a thread at school in 'Metalwork' lessons (passed with CSE grade 1) but rarely cut a thread/tap a thread these days. I think the last ones I did was when I was making handbrake rods for my Sprite using Stainless Steel (and had a lot of help from a friend with a lathe for some of the parts). Anyway Youtube managed to suggest this clip for me and I found it interesting. I haven't finished it yet (or ripped a copy . . .) but wanted to paste a copy here. I'm up to the part where thread go/no go gauges are used. Now while I know what a go/no-go gauge is (used in some eligibility checking in motorsports scrutineering) I never knew there were specific thread go/no-go gauges and since I found some on ebay I might get a couple. That way even if I never use them, one day when I am dead and buried and someone is checking out my tool kit they'll think I really knew my stuff! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33wfSMsUbuc Regards Daniel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dtwoerpel at gmail.com Mon Jan 23 14:27:27 2023 From: dtwoerpel at gmail.com (David Woerpel) Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 15:27:27 -0600 Subject: [Spridgets] Club Magazines Message-ID: Hello Listers, I've recently downsized and have disposed or given away a large number of automotive magazines.? My present dilemma is what to do with my club magazines.? I have the Healey Chatter/Marque from about 1977 on (a few walked off somewhere) and NAMGAR magazines.? I've kept them mostly for the tech articles.? Are there archives of these articles so I can recycle the boxes of magazines?? Does anybody want them?? Shipping would be horrid I would think.? I've kept /Motor, /the early/Road & Track/(the Bond /Peter Egan years). /Octane/ will be recycled, which tears me up because of the quality of photos and articles.? Can't keep everything.? Let me know what you think about keeping the Healey and MGA magazines. Sun's out today but it's 25* so Sprite is tucked away. Thanks for any response.? Be well, Dave W '59 :{) '59 MGA 1500 Waukesha WI "Pay It Forward" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From refisk at chartermi.net Mon Jan 23 15:51:59 2023 From: refisk at chartermi.net (Rick Fisk) Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 17:51:59 -0500 Subject: [Spridgets] Club Magazines In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7A53159E-72D4-4369-A293-E8BE6453F05C@chartermi.net> A few years ago I tried to give away a complete set of the "British Car" magazine, from before Tim Suddard bought it and turned it into Classic Motorsport. They went to the recycler in the end. :-( Rick > On Jan 23, 2023, at 5:21 PM, David Woerpel via Spridgets wrote: > > ? Hello Listers, > > I've recently downsized and have disposed or given away a large number of automotive magazines. My present dilemma is what to do with my club magazines. I have the Healey Chatter/Marque from about 1977 on (a few walked off somewhere) and NAMGAR magazines. I've kept them mostly for the tech articles. Are there archives of these articles so I can recycle the boxes of magazines? Does anybody want them? Shipping would be horrid I would think. I've kept Motor, the early Road & Track(the Bond /Peter Egan years). Octane will be recycled, which tears me up because of the quality of photos and articles. Can't keep everything. Let me know what you think about keeping the Healey and MGA magazines. > > Sun's out today but it's 25* so Sprite is tucked away. > Thanks for any response. Be well, > > Dave W > > '59 :{) > '59 MGA 1500 > Waukesha WI > "Pay It Forward" > ------------------------ > > spridgets at autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/refisk at chartermi.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From thcollin at mtu.edu Tue Jan 24 06:31:37 2023 From: thcollin at mtu.edu (Tim Collins) Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 08:31:37 -0500 Subject: [Spridgets] Club Magazines In-Reply-To: <7A53159E-72D4-4369-A293-E8BE6453F05C@chartermi.net> References: <7A53159E-72D4-4369-A293-E8BE6453F05C@chartermi.net> Message-ID: Dave, Thanks for posting your dilemma concerning club magazines. I am in the similar position with a complete collection of Classic Motorsports and the British Car predecessors. And, I have Healey Marque/Chatter magazines going back about 40 years. The emotional argument says; "don't throw them away. Someone else may want them." The practical argument says; "Your stuff isn't of value to other people. No one after you will want your stuff. Throw it away." Since my wife passed away last April I have things like our wedding pictures that I will throw away soon since I have no kids or others that would want them. With no heirs I have arranged for a Trust company to come in and close my estate so the more I get rid of now, the better. I'm learning how to live without adult supervision! Projects are good. I have a house full of them and thanks to Rick Risk I have a Sprite hardtop to restore. Someday I know I'll have to let go of the Sprite too. This e-mail sounds like a note from a depressed person, but I am really getting along well and have my faith to support me. What I am saying here is a comment on the reality of life and death. (Well, I don't enjoy cooking. Send a casserole) Tim On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 6:11 PM Rick Fisk via Spridgets < spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote: > A few years ago I tried to give away a complete set of the "British Car" > magazine, from before Tim Suddard bought it and turned it into Classic > Motorsport. They went to the recycler in the end. :-( > > Rick > > On Jan 23, 2023, at 5:21 PM, David Woerpel via Spridgets < > spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote: > > ? Hello Listers, > > I've recently downsized and have disposed or given away a large number of > automotive magazines. My present dilemma is what to do with my club > magazines. I have the Healey Chatter/Marque from about 1977 on (a few > walked off somewhere) and NAMGAR magazines. I've kept them mostly for the > tech articles. Are there archives of these articles so I can recycle the > boxes of magazines? Does anybody want them? Shipping would be horrid I > would think. I've kept *Motor, *the early* Road & Track*(the Bond /Peter > Egan years). *Octane* will be recycled, which tears me up because of the > quality of photos and articles. Can't keep everything. Let me know what > you think about keeping the Healey and MGA magazines. > > Sun's out today but it's 25* so Sprite is tucked away. > Thanks for any response. Be well, > > Dave W > > '59 :{) > '59 MGA 1500 > Waukesha WI > "Pay It Forward" > ------------------------ > > spridgets at autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/refisk at chartermi.net > > ------------------------ > > spridgets at autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/thcollin at mtu.edu > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From refisk at chartermi.net Tue Jan 24 07:35:01 2023 From: refisk at chartermi.net (Rick Fisk) Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 09:35:01 -0500 Subject: [Spridgets] Club Magazines In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1B4CAA4A-BF51-4F0E-93EC-0438CC54EE96@chartermi.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lists at dinospider.com Tue Jan 24 09:27:35 2023 From: lists at dinospider.com (Mike Rambour) Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 08:27:35 -0800 Subject: [Spridgets] Club Magazines In-Reply-To: <1B4CAA4A-BF51-4F0E-93EC-0438CC54EE96@chartermi.net> References: <1B4CAA4A-BF51-4F0E-93EC-0438CC54EE96@chartermi.net> Message-ID: ? Or Adopt a kid...I may be available, please send pictures of the garage/shop area :) ??? mike On 1/24/2023 6:35 AM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets wrote: > Tim, > > You need to get married again and have some kids! ?:-) > > Your pal, > Rick > >> On Jan 24, 2023, at 8:32 AM, Tim Collins wrote: >> >> ? >> Dave, >> Thanks for posting your dilemma?concerning club magazines. I am in >> the similar position with a complete collection of Classic >> Motorsports and the British Car predecessors. And, I have Healey >> Marque/Chatter magazines going back about 40 years. The emotional >> argument says; "don't throw them away. Someone else may want them." >> The practical argument says; "Your stuff isn't of value to other >> people. No one after you will want your stuff. Throw it away." >> >> Since my wife passed away last April I have things like our wedding >> pictures that I will throw away soon since I have no kids or others >> that would want them. With no heirs I have arranged for a Trust >> company to come in and close my estate so the more I get rid of now, >> the better. I'm learning how to live without adult supervision! >> Projects are good. I have a house full of them and thanks to Rick >> Risk I have a Sprite hardtop to restore. Someday I know I'll have to >> let go of the Sprite too. This e-mail sounds like a note from a >> depressed?person, but I am really getting along well and have my >> faith to support me. What I am saying here is a comment on the >> reality of life and death. (Well, I don't enjoy cooking. Send a >> casserole) >> >> Tim >> >> On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 6:11 PM Rick Fisk via Spridgets >> wrote: >> >> A few years ago I tried to give away a complete set of the >> "British Car" magazine, from before Tim Suddard bought it and >> turned it into Classic Motorsport.? They went to the recycler in >> the end. ?:-( >> >> Rick >> >>> On Jan 23, 2023, at 5:21 PM, David Woerpel via Spridgets >>> wrote: >>> >>> ? Hello Listers, >>> >>> I've recently downsized and have disposed or given away a large >>> number of automotive magazines.? My present dilemma is what to >>> do with my club magazines.? I have the Healey Chatter/Marque >>> from about 1977 on (a few walked off somewhere) and NAMGAR >>> magazines.? I've kept them mostly for the tech articles.? Are >>> there archives of these articles so I can recycle the boxes of >>> magazines?? Does anybody want them?? Shipping would be horrid I >>> would think.? I've kept /Motor, /the early/Road & Track/(the >>> Bond /Peter Egan years). /Octane/ will be recycled, which tears >>> me up because of the quality of photos and articles.? Can't keep >>> everything.? Let me know what you think about keeping the Healey >>> and MGA magazines. >>> >>> Sun's out today but it's 25* so Sprite is tucked away. >>> Thanks for any response.? Be well, >>> >>> Dave W >>> >>> '59 :{) >>> '59 MGA 1500 >>> Waukesha WI >>> "Pay It Forward" >>> ------------------------ >>> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dtwoerpel at gmail.com Tue Jan 24 09:46:51 2023 From: dtwoerpel at gmail.com (Dave and Terri Woerpel) Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 10:46:51 -0600 Subject: [Spridgets] Club Magazines In-Reply-To: <1B4CAA4A-BF51-4F0E-93EC-0438CC54EE96@chartermi.net> References: <1B4CAA4A-BF51-4F0E-93EC-0438CC54EE96@chartermi.net> Message-ID: Thanks to all who responded! To the recycling station they go. As previously stated kudos to those who archived the magazines! And to Rick, who always has good advice...???? :-) LOL. This list is great. Dave W On Tue, Jan 24, 2023, 9:02 AM Rick Fisk via Spridgets < spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote: > Tim, > > You need to get married again and have some kids! :-) > > Your pal, > Rick > > On Jan 24, 2023, at 8:32 AM, Tim Collins wrote: > > ? > Dave, > Thanks for posting your dilemma concerning club magazines. I am in the > similar position with a complete collection of Classic Motorsports and the > British Car predecessors. And, I have Healey Marque/Chatter magazines going > back about 40 years. The emotional argument says; "don't throw them away. > Someone else may want them." The practical argument says; "Your stuff isn't > of value to other people. No one after you will want your stuff. Throw it > away." > > Since my wife passed away last April I have things like our wedding > pictures that I will throw away soon since I have no kids or others that > would want them. With no heirs I have arranged for a Trust company to come > in and close my estate so the more I get rid of now, the better. I'm > learning how to live without adult supervision! Projects are good. I have a > house full of them and thanks to Rick Risk I have a Sprite hardtop to > restore. Someday I know I'll have to let go of the Sprite too. This e-mail > sounds like a note from a depressed person, but I am really getting along > well and have my faith to support me. What I am saying here is a comment on > the reality of life and death. (Well, I don't enjoy cooking. Send a > casserole) > > Tim > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 6:11 PM Rick Fisk via Spridgets < > spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote: > >> A few years ago I tried to give away a complete set of the "British Car" >> magazine, from before Tim Suddard bought it and turned it into Classic >> Motorsport. They went to the recycler in the end. :-( >> >> Rick >> >> On Jan 23, 2023, at 5:21 PM, David Woerpel via Spridgets < >> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote: >> >> ? Hello Listers, >> >> I've recently downsized and have disposed or given away a large number of >> automotive magazines. My present dilemma is what to do with my club >> magazines. I have the Healey Chatter/Marque from about 1977 on (a few >> walked off somewhere) and NAMGAR magazines. I've kept them mostly for the >> tech articles. Are there archives of these articles so I can recycle the >> boxes of magazines? Does anybody want them? Shipping would be horrid I >> would think. I've kept *Motor, *the early* Road & Track*(the Bond >> /Peter Egan years). *Octane* will be recycled, which tears me up >> because of the quality of photos and articles. Can't keep everything. Let >> me know what you think about keeping the Healey and MGA magazines. >> >> Sun's out today but it's 25* so Sprite is tucked away. >> Thanks for any response. Be well, >> >> Dave W >> >> '59 :{) >> '59 MGA 1500 >> Waukesha WI >> "Pay It Forward" >> ------------------------ >> >> ------------------------ > > spridgets at autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/dtwoerpel at gmail.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: