Gerald Mayo

Member ID: Exradio

Member Status: Free Member
Mt. Vernon, IL, USA

Member Since: 2010-03-30
Home Site: The MG Experience

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Last Login: 2012-02-10 19:15:11
Last Forum Activity: 2012-02-10 19:15:11
Forum Posts: 130

Owned and totaled a '70 B back in my youth. Sold out of parts/projects a few years back. Wish I still had 'em because I just bought a '76 that I think is in close to running condition...

Gerald Mayo's Vehicle Registry

1976 MG MGB
"Piddles"
GHN5UG392074G

1 Vehicles -- Total mileage: 62,817 mi (101,094 km) -- Average age: 1976

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Part II

Posted on: Monday April 26, 2010

Over the next few years I collected MGs and parts, intending to piece one or two back together and get something back on the road. Someone even gave me a Triumph Spitfire that had 'survived' a flood. It didn't run and had substantial rust problems, but it was pretty much complete. I sold that it to my brother-in-law for $50 (correction: BIL says he bought it from me for $25...then sold it to the next guy for $50. We each made $25), so I made a handsome profit there. I bought an alleged '...

My MG History, Part 1

Posted on: Tuesday March 30, 2010

Ok, here goes... I bought my first MGB back in 1978. It was a Primrose Yellow 1970 that a friend sold to me for $1800. I drove it for a few months, garaged it for the winter and disassembled it, mostly because I've always liked to take things apart to see if I could put them back together. I "refreshed" the engine, even though there was very little wear and it probably didn't really need it. I managed to get it back together and it ran! Drove it for a few months and the clutch went ou...