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John Sherman
Member ID: Sherms-B
Member Status: Gold Member  Virginia, USA 
Last Login: 2011-07-17 14:06:01
Forum Activity: 2011-07-17 14:06:24 Forum Posts: 179 |
I did 1 active duty tour in US Navy serving as a P3-C Flight Engineer. Working on airplanes gave my the confidence to start working on my 'B myself. I've had one of my MGB Roadster's for nearly 20 yrs and I spent lots 'O cash paying somebody else to fix it in the beginning. Got out of the Navy, went back to school and now I'm an Electrical/Software Engineer. By the time I'd finished my tour in the Navy, my 'B was nearly restored, but now its like I'm starting from scratch! And, I'm starting with doing my own rocker panel/castle rails replacements! Doh!!!
3 Vehicles --
Total mileage: 199,999 mi (321,867 km) --
Average age: 1973
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Posted on: Sunday May 17, 2009
Finally bought an angle grinder and what a difference!!! Can't believe I started this job without one. Today I used a cutting disc and finished cutting off the dogleg and used a grinding disc to grind down some of the spotwelds.
Posted on: Sunday May 17, 2009
The following is a review of "What Not To Do" ... The analogy for today - "Diving". I dove into rocker panel replacement like a young child who is learning how to dive for the first time. Needless to say my first attempt was a belly flop! I knew you had to remove the rear dogleg to get at the rear part of the rocker panel, so I started on the driver's side as I know I'm replacing the rear wing due to accident damage. Yeah, so I didn't have the proper tools and didn't know what the proper ...
Posted on: Sunday May 17, 2009
Today I spent lots of time trying to figure out the next step. And the only thing I could come up with was to remove the door/threshold plates in an attempt to prepare for the rocker panel removal. This was something of a discovery phase because I really didn't know what to do next ...
Posted on: Sunday March 29, 2009
Today I took on the job of removing the driver's side wing. Compared to what I've seen others have done, this is nothing, but for me its a start. I started the day off by going out to buy my first cutting/grinding wheels, which would make the job of undoing the spot welds holding the bottom of the wing much easier. From the factory, a 'B's wing was fastened at the bottom with screws, but somebody had already removed those and welded the joint instead. Here's a few notes regarding what I went thr...
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