We have begun the cruise night season in earnest in Upstate New York. I have been to the Log Cabin for three out of the four past Wednesdays. My wife and I went this past Wednesday night and after handing out about 50 car show fliers we had a nice dinner on their deck overlooking the cars. There are new cruise spots opening and we have our choice of several places each night. Our favorites are the Fairport village cruise night by the canal on Tuesdays(live music, dash plaques, food and drinks). Log Cabin in Macedon on Wednesdays (DJ, Food and drinks, Bar, 500+ cars) Wegmans Canandaigua (now also Webster)on Thursday (food, music, door prizes). Damascus Shrine in Webster on Fridays. This doesn't count car shows, etc.

I have put just a little over 400 miles on the MGB since taking her out of storage. She is running well, and even on colder mornings I can pull onto the expressway and get her up to 65 - 70 without too much trouble. I am a big fan of the Pertronix electronic ignition conversion I put on recently and would recommend it to anyone as an easy changeover that is also easily reversible if so desired.

So the carbs were a little lean- I adjusted per the John Twist video and all is running very well. The weather is beautiful, with temps in the 80's so I drove the B all over today and my wife took her out for a drive tonight.

Installed Pertronix electronic ignition today. Easy job- maybe 1/2 hour, not counting checking the timing later. Then she fired right up and I took the B for a spin to the grocery store. She ran good, but it always is better once I go through the old gas from the fall.

Its been beautiful out- sunny and in the 60's so I took the MG for a ride to the MG club meeting last night. All is well - its spring again! Tonight my son got his Dart back together and took that for a spin. So we are enjoying this classic car season in upstate New York!

Last Saturday I pulled off the carbs, intake manifold and side covers to put on new side cover gaskets. In the process I removed and replaced the oil breather medium in the front side cover, as my oil consumption is high and there is a known problem with front breathers becoming partially clogged in such a way that they will pull oil through the breather. I had ripped the exhaust manifold gasket taking off the manifolds and lost one of the two side cover gaskets I bought earlier so I couldn't finish in one day. I checked Moss and TRF but ended up with Moss and they had the parts on my front porch in two days! Today I scraped off the old intake/exhaust gasket off the head and put on the new side cover gaskets- cork with a smear of non hardening gasket sealer on both sides. We'll see how that does. I put the new exhaust/intake manifold gasket- a nice metal one, replaced the manifolds and tightened up the manifold bolts to 15 lbs. One nut tightened up fine and then gave me the distinct feeling it was either stripped or snapping the stud, but sometimes when the torque wrench clicks and you're not expecting it it may feel that way so I backed it off and stud and nut all seemed OK. So I put it on as tight as I could with the torque wrench, but about 10 lbs and it feels likes its about to go loose so I stopped and figured its good enough. I have snapped studs before and don't want to go through all that mess if its going to be fine as is. I'll finish putting on the carbs, etc tomorrow.