Member Home Page: Jon Appleby
Jon Appleby
Member ID: applebj8 since 2005-08-02Membership Status: Gold Member
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Location: Lake Wylie, SC, USA
Last Forum Activity: Fri Nov 20 13:22:27 2009
Forum Posts: 1,059
A little bit about myself ...
Recently retired and beginning restoration of my B due to high oil consumption, low compression.
Jon Appleby's Vehicle Registry
| Year | Make | Model | VIN | Mileage | Colour | Nickname | Status | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | MG | MGB | GHN5UB249997G | 82,253 |  |
Runs | [View] |
1 Vehicles -- Total mileage: 82,253 mi (132,373 km) -- Average age: 1971
Jon Appleby's Journal
There are 8 entries in this Journal. The most
recent Journal entry was made at 2009-09-02 23:22:30
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| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damage Repair | 2009-09-02 | 1 | 1 | April-May 2009 Finished with paint removal. Approx 24 hours in sanding, grinding over the course of a week or so. Using slide hammer to pull out dents to s... |
| Paint | 2009-02-09 | 1 | January 2009 Began process of stripping for re-spray. Plan is to go with Base coat/clear coat in New Racing Green. I will attempt to do all prep work myself and find someo... | |
| Replacing Interior | 2009-02-09 | 2 | 1 | November 2008 Finally getting around to installing the interior, boot carpet kits I bought Spring 2006. Only used pad for on top of the transmission tunnel and under the ba... |
| Leaks | 2007-12-11 | 1 | 1 | Was able to address several leaks this week. Coolant was traced to failed 1 1/2" bypass hose on water pump. Transmission fluid traced to loose inspection covers cap screws on bot... |
| Update :Thanksgiving '07 | 2007-11-22 | 1 | 2 | So I've been driving the car with everything working for several months now. With help from a local LBC mechanic I replaced a number of nettlesome items inclucing the overdrive wi... |
| Where To Begin... | 2007-05-22 | 1 | 3 | Today I think I may have (finally!) figured out why O/D hasn't been working. It's been quite a saga lasting some six months now... Jack did r & r motor and trans b... |
| New Digs | 2006-12-12 | 1 | November 2006 finds wife and I now living in S. Carolina. Utilized a tow dolley to pull B here from Iowa behind a 16 foot Penske straight truck and things didn't go so w... | |
| In The Beginning | 2006-09-12 | Purchased ($4,600) my B from Mr. James Scholl on the 27th of March in 1992 making it roughly 21 years old at the time. Didn't know much about the vehicle except in ran well and wa... |
Articles Written By This Member
| Date | Site | Title | Category | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-12-18 | mgb | Steel Wheel Paint Codes | Service:Suspension and Wheels | 1 |
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