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My MGB - Lost Cause? Trying One Last Time.
Created on 2007-01-30 14:03:29
I got the email about Gary's Run and I got inspired to make another "push" in trying to track down the shysters that have bits and pieces of my MGB. So far, not so good.
I just tried calling "British Sports & Spares" in Tacoma, WA and the number has been disconnected. I know "CB" had some health issues but I have no idea what's going on and now of course I'm back in Vancouver. He has my engine and my OD trans.
The body tub, front crossmember, rear axle and a big box of other parts is with Joe Aros, formerly of VIP Auto Restoration and/or Buffalo Restorations in Puyallup. He no longer works for Buffalo and none of my contact information seems to work anymore. Last I heard he had moved somewhere near the 512 in Parkland (near Tacoma).
If anyone has any leads please let me know. I should probably just let it go - the body tub is in terrible shape and I'm sure tons of parts will be missing by now. It's likely a lost cause and I should just start again with a rust-free driver.
However it was the first car I ever bought and sentimentality is never rational!
Skye
I just tried calling "British Sports & Spares" in Tacoma, WA and the number has been disconnected. I know "CB" had some health issues but I have no idea what's going on and now of course I'm back in Vancouver. He has my engine and my OD trans.
The body tub, front crossmember, rear axle and a big box of other parts is with Joe Aros, formerly of VIP Auto Restoration and/or Buffalo Restorations in Puyallup. He no longer works for Buffalo and none of my contact information seems to work anymore. Last I heard he had moved somewhere near the 512 in Parkland (near Tacoma).
If anyone has any leads please let me know. I should probably just let it go - the body tub is in terrible shape and I'm sure tons of parts will be missing by now. It's likely a lost cause and I should just start again with a rust-free driver.
However it was the first car I ever bought and sentimentality is never rational!
Skye
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Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 10 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Testing New Journal Site System | 2006-07-22 | 3 | Just testing - please ignore. | |
| New AutoShrine Site - NW Corrado Club | 2006-04-18 | 1 | 2 | Spent the last few days tweaking the code to be truly car-site independant, and put it to the test by launching the first new site with the same code-base as The MGB Experience. T... |
| New Mgb Experience Website Launched | 2005-07-28 | 2 | 3 | I've been backpacking around New Zealand for the last 8 months, and when the weather's been bad or we've been stuck somewhere for a few days, I take out the laptop and bang away on... |
| Hmmmm | 2004-02-09 | Now its Feb 9 and as far as I know, no progress. I say as far as I know, becuase no calls from the bodywork guy and he has his answering machine turned off. Considering he's had... | ||
| More setbacks | 2003-08-01 | The new estimate from the body guy is the car will be finished and painted by Jan 1. I should have my rally car and street car finished by then, so I should be able to put it tog... | ||
| Back on track | 2003-04-03 | Floors are welded back in, and so is the new trunk floor. Right now the trumpet sections under the front fenders are being reworked. The pace is starting to pick back up, I'll g... | ||
| No news.. | 2003-02-27 | Not a lot of progress to report I'm afraid. I'm not one to sit idle though, so while I've been waiting for the MGB bodywork and paint to be finished, I've been working hard on [u... | ||
| Back from the Sandblaster | 2002-12-15 | 10 | No regrets! That's become the philosphy of this restoration. Since Joe has access to some great donor shells, we're leaving no "while we're at it" left undone. The end result w... | |
| Gauge Renovation | 2002-10-20 | 2 | Not much else to do, so I'm starting work on the dash. The only gauge I hadn't renovated was the dual coolant temperature & oil pressure gauge because you have to disconnect ... | |
| Autumn Cleaning | 2002-09-24 | I'm cleaning the cobwebs out of all the corners of this web site, and converting all the pages to my new snazzy format. The end results is, I'm getting rid of a lot of bad links,... |
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