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1973 MGB GT- Wings 29/5adam73bgt
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May 27, 2020 21:26:49 GMT
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Wow! nice car!. Just to let you feel not too bad. Road tax is the same (HIGH!) here in The Netherlands. And for a diesel not affordable anymore (a LR Discovery Diesel as 5 seater (not Van on commercial plates) will cost around € 2800,- per year only tax..). And beside that I also lost my job due to Corona.. That refurbishment of that Maserati horn was interesting. I found also one (two tone) at my parents attic.. Thom 2800! Ouch! Hope you get your job situation sorted soon also. I do need to get a video of testing the horns actually, after finishing up the compressor, I did check over the horns themselves as well. Split them down and gave them a clean Had a bit of a go at polishing up the bodies of the horns, they didn't seem to be particularly quality metal but still shined up a bit They're good enough though, test video to come!
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adam73bgt
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May 27, 2020 19:07:22 GMT
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As much as I like the Grand Sport, I'd say your car looks better without the flares, the stance is just bang on as it is
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Convertible pick upsadam73bgt
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May 27, 2020 12:43:33 GMT
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I did see a pic of a convertible artic tractor unit a few years ago, but I can’t find it, and I guess it’s a bit big for you anyway 😳 Is this perhaps it? Scania R999 Red Pearl
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May 25, 2020 22:26:38 GMT
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Thank you, I hope so too!
Yeah I've looked at them occasionally but never really felt the need to actively hunt one down, but the interior spec and the 3 pedals certainly made this one a lot more attractive to me! (even if the gearchange itself is a bit loose..)
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May 25, 2020 21:24:11 GMT
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Some may have seen from my MG thread that there have been some developments, I've got a new daily now for the time being in the shape of what used to be my brothers Jag S Type Sport So that's taken a bit of pressure off getting the Legend back on the road, unfortunately I'm also on the job hunt due to Covid related cutbacks at work, so thats going to delay any bodywork on the Legend. However I did make a bit of progress with it today, it's not going to look like much but it was quite a pain trying to get both the upper and lower control arms in at both ends while also fully home on the radius arms. But thats the drivers rear side all back together, just need to put the split pins in the ball joint castle nuts. Next I'll either drop this side with a wheel to see how the ride height looks, or I'll crack on with the other side
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Yeah I agree, the only Jag I've had previous to this was my old XJ40 which was a lovely thing but had a different feel about it. That said, the S type still has a bit of a different feel to the 5 series' I've driven, feels a bit more special I guess? Yeah standard is the way on this, the only things I'm tempted by are maybe a slightly louder exhaust (although the current one has a little blow I think which sounds ok as it is!), adding bluetooth somehow, and maybe a set of the "Mercury" alloy wheels as I've just always been a fan of them
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Kelvinators TVR Tasminadam73bgt
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Great work! Such a transformation, that interior looks like a comfortable place to be
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May 23, 2020 12:08:02 GMT
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Surely the new daily is worth a mention? Quite rare being a manual as well? I was a bit hesitant as its a little new, but you're right, it is poor form of me to not mention it here so here it is.. First fill shot and a couple others So the story behind this is that this was my brother's car, he got it as a swap/part ex for his Mk7 Fiesta Zetec S. Before he did the swap he sent me some photos and told me what the seller was saying about the car and it seemed a good deal, he's usually more into his smaller hatches but he went for it. It cost him a bit of money in needing a new clutch and some front brake discs and pads, and I helped him do a service on it. Since the whole Covid stuff hit, he needed something cheaper to run so he now has a Yaris T Sport, leaving the question of what to do with the Jag. I'd always said to him that if he was selling, I'd be interested as its very much my cup of tea, and the spec on this particular car is about perfect in my eyes (short of being an S Type R) So here we are, speaking of that spec, it's a facelift model which is just better styled on the inside and outside in my opinion, it's a Sport model with the best interior combo that stops it from looking quite as grandad spec as S Types often can but the key thing is it's the 3.0 Petrol V6 with the 5 speed manual box. It's not the sportiest shift in the world, it quite reminds me of my old E34 touring, its a DMF I think so the revs drop slowly and the throw is quite long but having driven it a little, it can hustle quite nicely! Unfortunately it does drop into the expensive tax bracket (>£500 a year or so) but I needed something to get about in for the time being while I decide what to do with my Honda Legend, which also isn't being helped by the somewhat imminent loss of my job due to Covid cutbacks... The good thing however is that I like the Jag just as it is, I don't feel any particular urge to modify it, just maintain it for the time that I have it. This means more time to be spent on the MG (depending on what happens with the Honda )
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May 22, 2020 12:20:15 GMT
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Exactly a month has passed since my last update so lets see what has happened since. Not a huge amount unfortunately, I did focus a fair bit of time trying to get the Legend back together and on the road, but discovery of further rust on that has halted things for the moment. I've since obtained a new daily driver but I have managed to collect a couple bits for the MG. First off was this Which is a Kent 715 fast road cam. I've read through the Pete Burgess book on tuning the B series engines a couple of times now and he mentions that this cam can work quite well with a DCOE carb, so I think it should go nicely. It also came up for a very reasonable price which attracted me to it so thats gone into the pile of engine bits ready for whenever I get into that build. This was another decent find When I had the car on the road previously, I had a little 3 gauge "cluster" with Smiths Vaccum and Voltmeter gauges, but a clock from a rubber bumper B which just looked a little out of place, this Smiths clock should be a little more inkeeping. Typically, as it was a cheap buy, it was sold as untested, so I'm likely going to need to do a bit of work to get it working, but should be a nice little project. I'm not sure what the surround is from but I'll find out and move it on as I won't be needing it. Lastly, I finally got round to sorting the air horn compressor. Gas soldering iron was definetly the trick as the extra heat really helped over the little electric hobby iron I've got. I tried making the ring connector work with the original wire but it just wasn't happening, so I got a new bit of wire and soldered it into the slot in the terminal before reassembling and soldering the other end to the bit holding the brushes. This was relatively straightforward compared to the faff trying to get the bottom cap back on the thing, there are two long screws which clamp the upper part and the bottom cap with the main motor gubbins in the middle. As the screws are long and largely unsupported, it was difficult getting them to line up with the bosses in the upper part, but got there in the end. Then it was just a case of reassembling it in largely the same way it came apart, used a bit of oil in the compressor housing to make sure it all moved freely and cleaned up the dirt off the top cap of the compressor Looking nice but I haven't got round to testing it yet, I'll give the horns a clean first then see if they actually do anything!
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May 21, 2020 15:02:44 GMT
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Last Edit: Jul 6, 2020 19:22:09 GMT by adam73bgt
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May 21, 2020 14:16:25 GMT
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Currently only about halfway through it, but really liking it so far, very well shot
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May 20, 2020 14:36:24 GMT
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May 18, 2020 16:35:51 GMT
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That was a really interesting read, kinda crazy to imagine the Porsche works team being involved with tuning an illegal street racing car and the power numbers they were putting out for the mid to late 80s are ridiculous
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May 14, 2020 13:39:09 GMT
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dadstaxi aha I've not actually finished repairing it yet found a broken solder on one of the power terminals within and had to wait to get a new soldering iron as my old one wasn't man enough for the job! I did find that the sliding vanes(?) in the compressor were quite stuck in place so its been worthwhile strip and cleaning it just for that. The port is labelled oil on mine, I was just planning to use some 3 in 1 light oil that I've got, I couldn't really find a consensus online about if theres a particular oil that is best for them
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Building a Jollyadam73bgt
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May 13, 2020 18:15:09 GMT
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Talking of fiat, just spotted this on Instagram... Loving the wheels, almost look like deep dish Revolution's
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May 13, 2020 10:24:39 GMT
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Yeah I hear you, I really am trying to work out whether this is all going to be worth my time/money or not, I like the car, but its also going to massively distract from the MG which is a mistake I've made many times before... I think the rear bumper needs to come off really to see the full extent (though I'm not planning on cutting anything out of the wing just yet!), and typically all the captive nut/studs are rusted tight and I think at least one of the tabs holding the captive nut has rusted off. Maybe I'll get the coilovers on, slam it and decide I love it again, or maybe I'll just look to get shot! What isn't helping is that my brother has just told me he's selling his car for a very reasonable price, it isn't retro but it is very much a "me" sort of car
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May 12, 2020 21:31:59 GMT
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Life has largely got in the way of major progress, but there are some updates. Initially there aren't many/any photos as it was mostly just general hacking and swearing at the rear suspension arms trying to persuade them off the car. On the drivers rear side, I did eventually get the upper arm off and new one loosely in place, and the lower arm eventually came off as well. Being able to get the new lower arm on has so far evaded me, its a balance of slotting it onto the radius arm which locates to the middle of the lower control arm, while locating the ball joint end into the knuckle and the inner bush needs to avoid the exhaust and locate into the subframe. All of which, the car is resisting intensely! There is another suspension change which I hadn't planned on but I blame lockdown induced boredom... I bought myself some cheapy Acura TSX/Honda Accord (CL7/9) coilovers As you can see above, the top mounts are quite different on the Accord and the Legend, so I ordered some new Front and Rear Legend top mounts. This just allows me to keep the original struts as complete units ready to swap back on if/when the coilover experiment fails First thing I had to do was drill out the top mounts as the coilovers use a bigger diameter damper rod I used a step drill bit to give me the 12mm pilot hole, then a 12mm drill bit to drill it out. ( I did also have to buy a pillar drill to be able to do this but I needed one anyway right?...) I then took the coilover top mounts off and did a bit of measuring and calculating to account for the different thicknesses in the new and old top mounts. Basically, I had to make a 14mm spacer to go over the damper rod; luckily for me, there was a crush tube in the old rear lower control arm that I just removed which had the correct diameter, so I cut it down to length And it did the job. I don't seem to have any pics of the completed strut but its all gone together OK. Not fitted to the car yet due to the aforementioned messing about with the lower control arm. NOW, while I was getting a bit fed up with trying to fit said lower control arm, my attention was drawn to a suspect area at the rear of the drivers side rear wheel arch, so I did a little digging. I hope those are somewhat in the right order.. but yeah, a hidden rust hole with what looks like the remnants of a poor welded in patch then the rear of the arch lovingly sculpted in filler.. Currently enquring about the arches on the one breaking Legend Coupe that I can see at the moment to see if I can get some second hand panels for this as this looks like it will be a hard shape to make by hand (unless you shape it in filler I suppose...) I'll still try and get the suspension on while I weigh up my options, on the one hand I did want to learn welding, but also I can see this car snowballing and keeping me from getting other stuff done, we shall see
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adam73bgt
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European hillclimbing has to be one of the best forms of racing to follow if you love induction noise. One car that always stood out for me (I hope it is a Berg Cup car and not some other series) is the Judd V8 powered BMW E36 from the late Georg Plasa
I'm sure I took a photo of it when it was at the NEC a couple of years ago for the Modified and Performance car show I think, but as I can't find it, this video will have to do
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