Member Page: Daniel Raphael

Daniel Raphael

Member ID: sixgundan

Member Status: Free Member
Tucson Arizona, USA

Member Since: 2008-01-18
Home Site: The MG Experience

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Forum Activity: 2008-10-02 14:19:43
Forum Posts: 35

I am cursed with the car tinkerers bug. LBC's, old Ford 4x4's, Baja Bugs, and anything 'kewl' or out of the ordinary like stuffing a 280z on top of a Toyota 4x4 frame to make a 4x4 280z or cramming v6's and v8's into tiny cars like MGB's or KZ1000 MC engines into Sprint car frames, etc. When I was a kid I even once mounted a Briggs & Stratton gas powered edger motor to the back of a skateboard (which resulted in a lot of unnecessary road rash....)

Personal Vehicle Registry

1969 MG MGB
"Old Yeller"
9999999

1974 MG Midget
DA88888

1977 MG Midget
DA7777

1979 MG Midget
DA99999

4 Vehicles -- Total mileage: 153,197 mi (246,547 km) -- Average age: 1975

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The Engine Compartment After Cleanup

Posted on: Tuesday February 5, 2008

Here is the cleaned up engine compartment waiting for the new to me motor...

The Engine Compartment After Cleanup

Posted on: Tuesday February 5, 2008

Here is the cleaned up engine compartment waiting for the new to me motor...

69 MGB Cleanup Begun

Posted on: Tuesday February 5, 2008

I cleaned up the 69 this past weekend and pulled the short block that was sitting in the engine bay in preparation for installing a running engine I picked up for $200 a few weeks ago. I filled *two* 5 gallon shop vac bags with pack rat droppings and nesting materials. I even found a pack rat skull. I'm thinking of encasing it in a plastic ball and making it my gear shifter :-) The floor boards are going to need to be replaced eventually but for now I'm just going to tack weld some good s...