Despite some incredibly warm weather this Thanksgiving weekend some work and even progress was made. Horn Well not overly important by itself but when you realize its part of the state safety inspection it goes up a notch in importance with that need to pass looming. As such I started […]
1972 MGB Journal
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Well today has been a VERY good day – First Drive (After Seat Install & Other Bits) has been realized! The efforts started off with something simple given I haven’t been having much luck with the driver’s seat. I did have another go a week or so back but still […]
Well I’m back from UK and starting to tackle a few things again, like Fixing The Recline On The Drivers Seat. In the pre-vacation attempt to put the seats in, I discovered that the recline mechanism on the drivers seat was frozen solid. Fixing The Recline On The Drivers Seat […]
The “attempted” in the title Seat Install – Attempted is key! So not the most productive day I’ve ever had with the 72 🙁 Seat Fixing Bolts I did, however, figure out the seat bolts by trying a course thread bolt and that seems to work. Of course on this […]
Tonight I worked on getting the seat belts installed rather than the seats. It seems I need some nuts for the screw bolts that attach the sliders to the seat itself and I don’t have those. Also the front seat floor bolts that did fit whatever captive nut is on […]
Just went ahead Putting The Cockpit Rail Back (Mostly) tonight. It looks as though the gluing activity went fine and although there are a few little wrinkles on the curves I think this will be fine. I have get to do the last couple of nuts back up yet – […]
Back in the saddle again (background melody)! So it’s been a while since I’ve got anything done to the 72. Haven’t much felt like it in the evenings of the past couple of weeks – not been feeling enthused for some reason. Also last weekend we had a great Sunday […]
“The MG Doc” also helped me get started on the interior of the 72. This was just the jolt I needed because I wasn’t quite sure where to start. With some guidance we got started and worked with both the sound deadening and carpet kits that I got when I […]
Well, the 77 has been forcing me to give it most of the attention but I did get a few things done today. I finished off connecting up the heater cable and also the choke cable. I’ve also ordered the seat belts and they have arrived but are not yet […]
Made some more progress on the 72 – nothing earth shattering but all positive forward movement, I guess. Dashboard Bolted up the bottom 3 dash fasteners and that seems pretty good. May not worry with any top bolts – see if we get any rattles. Put on the heater and […]