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Gary Brown
Member ID: mgb4gary since 2008-12-28Membership Status: Gold Member
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Location: Covington, Virginia, USA
Last Forum Activity: Fri Nov 20 06:27:35 2009
Forum Posts: 67
A little bit about myself ...
I'm retired from the Navy with 22 years of service. SCPO. My first LBC was a 1959 Bugeye Sprite. Over the years I have owned 2 Austin Healeys, a 65 Triumph Spitfire, and 4 MGB's. I was preparing to start restoration on a 66B when the opportunity to buy this 65 came up.
Gary Brown's Vehicle Registry
| Year | Make | Model | VIN | Mileage | Colour | Nickname | Status | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | MG | MGB | GHN3L50448 | 90,954 |  |
BABY | Runs | [View] |
1 Vehicles -- Total mileage: 90,954 mi (146,376 km) -- Average age: 1965
Gary Brown's Journal
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| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
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| Test Ride Results | 2009-10-01 | Last night we took Baby out on the road. She ran pretty good. We know we have to bleed the brakes and clutch some more, but overall I am pleased. One thing we noticed was that the ... | ||
| Baby Purrs | 2009-09-29 | When I got down to Greg's garage today he had almost completed the reassembly of the engine. Carbs were on, the distributor installed, plugs in, radiator and heater hooked up, exha... | ||
| Engine Rebuild Done | 2009-09-26 | 5 | Today was a rainy, nasty day, which means it was perfect to work on the MG. Yesterday we got the bearings in and built up the engine. Today when I got to the shop Greg was finishin... | |
| Engine Mysteries | 2009-09-26 | Greg called me today to tell me the machine shop had checked out the crank and the mains and the rod bearings should have been .010. I don't know what the story is with that shop t... | ||
| Engine Teardown Findings | 2009-09-16 | Well, today we tore down the engine. The very first thing we found was that the oil pump was only on finger tight! It was definately not torqued down. We went ahead and tore the en... | ||
| Happy One Day, Sad The Next. | 2009-09-08 | Today I got bad news. There's a problem with the engine. Unfortunately, my earlier happiness over getting the engine started was short lived. The oil pressure was a little low (30P... | ||
| Starting The Blue B | 2009-08-30 | 2 | Today was a very happy day! The new MG started and ran, albeit on jack stands. I bought this car last month and put it in the shop to complete the restoration started by the PO 9 y... | |
| Things You Find That PO Forgot To Mention. | 2009-08-26 | 4 | Well the car is still in the restoration shop. Greg is very meticulous and I have told him to take his time and try to get as much right as we can. When Greg first got started on t... | |
| To The "resto" Shop. | 2009-08-04 | 1 | 19 July, 2009. Trailered the 65 to the Restoration shop today. The previous owner had started the restoration 9 years earlier. As you know patience is indeed a virtue when it comes... | |
| Picked Up My New 65 Pull Handle. | 2009-08-04 | 3 | 18 July, 2009 my wife and I picked up my new 65 MGB in Glenville, New York. It was even nicer than the pictures. Even my skeptical wife was impressed. She remembered when I brought... |
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