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Engine & OD Trans Located!
Created on 2007-02-08 13:53:30
Just got off the phone with CB (formerly of British Sports & Spares) and he does indeed still have my engine and OD transmission. Yay! I'm coordinating with a friend in Seattle to pick them up next week sometime. He's also my engine rebuilder so I can get him started on that, if I can convince him to work on something as asthmatic as a B-series engine (he mostly builds engines for rally and motorsport).
Now to find an early roller tub, probably better and more likely than finding my original bodyshell at this point, and we're really in business.
Even with a different body shell, so many of the parts would be the same that I would still consider it the same car. I guess this is a philosophical point that all major restorations deal with - if you replace all the timbers in a tall ship is it the same ship? Not to mention, all the trim that would be replaced anyway.
Well it would have the same VIN tag at least!
Now to find an early roller tub, probably better and more likely than finding my original bodyshell at this point, and we're really in business.
Even with a different body shell, so many of the parts would be the same that I would still consider it the same car. I guess this is a philosophical point that all major restorations deal with - if you replace all the timbers in a tall ship is it the same ship? Not to mention, all the trim that would be replaced anyway.
Well it would have the same VIN tag at least!
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Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 10 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| My MGB - Lost Cause? Trying One Last Time. | 2007-01-30 | 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. | ||
| 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 ... |
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