>Am I making a mistake? Is this a difficult car to work? Do most people start
>restoring a car and then give it up? I do have a friend who is a
>professional mechanic and has owned MGBs before but his time is limited like
>all of us.
No. No. Many. You have us. Learn to drink beer. Lots of it. Get a
sympathetic friend who is willing to guide an engine-and-transmission
down through the tunnel while scraping knuckles.
You will have lots of work. You will have a great car. You will know
it inside and out, fore and aft. When cruising you will know every little
sound and vibration, so that when a new one starts, you will know where
and why, and how to fix it before it becomes a problem. You will grin
while putting it into a controlled drift around turns. You will enjoy
the looks you get. It will get worth more every year, instead of less.
Me, I like having some jerk ride my tail. I subtly accelerate
just enough so that the idiot feels justified in staying on my tail.
Then, when we reach that sharp bend, I downshift into it and drift through
coming out in the correct far right lane, and watch my rearview mirror
as void-for-brains has to swing out into the left lane to avoid losing it
completely. By the time he's corrected and gathered his wits, I'm down the
next block. Grinning. In my thirty year old car.
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*A-Mail: <TUSLER@MP050> | "TINTIN" '66 MG/MGB-GT *
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