Hello All, Has anyone out there also got a Berkeley fitted with Hella head/sidelight units? Were these also fitted along with the other German- based...
Hi Bill, Im Bills fiance Sandi. Can you please email the Berkeley group for me that Bill was in a horrible head on accident mon Dec. 3rd and is still in the...
Sandi, We are sorry to hear about Bill's accident - please pass on our best wishes to him for a full and speedy recovery Berkeley Enthusiasts Club UK ... Email...
As far as the BEC knows Wipac were the original factory fitment but Hella were period and 60s and 70s and 80s alternatives. The Wipac lights became obsolete in...
Hello Nigel , Thanks for the info and I understand priorities etc. I just thought it would be nice to mark the 50th. Perhaps members might take the load off...
Wow- there but for the grace... I've narrowly escaped enough times to know how random such things are. But, despite the 'head-on' description, it sounds...
All of us in the group were sorry to hear about the accident and we will hopefully be kept updated as Bill's condition changes. Bill is in out thoughts. ...
Hi Chris, Only the best will do. See WWW.gladman-norman.co.uk.. Finding somewhere to affix it will probably never be a problem----- unless we find enough...
I am going to mount a Cadillac emblem on my car....it will go well when I drive it to the 'hood. I just need to find a way to put 22" rims on it and I am all...
Hi Randy, Being totally unaware of what you meant in saying "to the hood" can you explain it's meaning? I can appreciate the Cadillac bit though! Please...
"The hood" is a slang word for 'Neighborhood" used in inner cities by African-American youths. However, I'm sure there was no racial component intended in the...
A hood is the latched cover that encloses the engine compartment or the boot. I expect I'll get the boot for this! ... Looking for last minute shopping deals?...
Who you callin low-income socio-economic demographic. WORD ... From: Andrew Rich To: Berkeley-USA@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 5:17 AM ...
My sincere apologies, I sometimes forget that, while the internet makes the world a small place, we all still have our unique cultural differentiators. For...
Pretty much right on, but it was absolutely not said with and racial component attached. Rap and inner city items are not just for a single class. While some...
In America a HOOD other that being part of a car or truck, generally refers to a person with underworld connections. In the UK a Hood is a convertible top....
Hi Randall, Thank you for the email. Bill should be home early this week.He is doing better,very slow moving around and in alot of pain. The doctors want the...
Hi Chris, Thank you for your sincerity.He was driving a 82 Dodge Van. The whole driver side caved in. He is soo lucky to have survived. He is slowly...
All, The recent relisting on E bay of a Sports Se 328 Chassis number 1099 from Denver revealed a little more Berkeley history we believe . In the item...
Mr. Registrar Halliday (I guess it's that): Scrolling down slowly, I saw a list, and my mind immediately made it into a long list of all US owners-- until the...
The BEC register is hand entered in a book. Arrangements are being made to send a copy to the US. In the meantime John Coelho , Mark Schoenlein and Nat Stevens...
... <carolusandhager@...> wrote: ..., and can post the US zip-codes as I had asked, please let us know. Thanks- Chris I thought I'd replied to this but maybe...
Almost 3 weeks ago (Nov 21), I posted a note that I had run into a pic of an Italian Siata-- not their minicar-, called the 208S, with a body that looks like a...
OK-- my Berk is within 4 miles of my house,and i'm going to try to start it by weekend. (Yes, I heard it running in July, when I first looked at it-- needs...
Chris, there should be a choke. I am not sure if there is a big difference between a single or double carb configuration, but my choke lever was installed...
There is a comprehensive history of the Siata in Automobile Quarterly Vol. 23 No. 2 with plenty of pictures. But neither the 1952 prototype 208 S Spyder, nor...
Chris, Re. the choke - don't forget that, being a Fifties motorcycle type carb, the arrangement is the reverse of what most car owners expect. The choke...