Congratulations Bob. Hope you had the top down on the way home.
Enjoy the car. Hear it, feel it. Smell and feel the wind. Enjoy those
moments of freedom.
My Austin Healey will be undergoing a four month face lift soon. Will have
it back just in time for the fair weather again.
Sometimes stuck in the sixties,
Mike L.
At 10:13 PM 10/12/97 +0000, BobMGT@aol.com wrote:
>I picked up my B today, hurray! After two years in the body shop, it's about
>time.
>Oh boy, now I can start working on the non-structural things (like a very
>annoying
>rattle coming from behind the passenger seat somewhere).
>
>I got new rockers, floorboards, quarter panel patches all around, the thingy
>that the
>jack goes into, and other things I don't know the names of. After I put in an
>interior
>and carpet kit, I should have a pretty respectable daily driver.
>
>After sitting two years, I was afraid there might be some trouble starting
>the engine
>but it started on the first lick. I'm suprised the battery is still good! I
>don't know the
>history of the car at all, and I only had it for a week before I discovered
>the unsafe
>condition of the rockers and took it to the body shop. The engine feels
>strong and
>is more than willing to rev. It sounds a bit throaty when letting off the
>gas, almost
>like little backfires at times. Could this be the sign of a hot cam? Or maybe
>just a
>bad muffler? How can I tell if the engine has been souped up?
>
>The car definitly perked up when I added some fresh gas on the 50 mi trip
>back home. I can't wait to see how it does when all the old gas is all used
>up. Boy it's nice
>to actually drive an MG rather than just owning an MG!
>
>Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
>EMAIL - BOBMGT@AOL.COM
>52 MGTD - under DIY restoration NEMGTR #11470
>71 MGB - finally home after 2 years in shop, AMGBA #96-12029
>
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