As far as welding goes, I would say to buy Performance Welding. I think it is
put out by HPBooks They make books on all sorts of stuff, and from what I have
read their methods are very sound and well documented. THis includes pictures
of what you need to make welds look like in order for them to be solid welds.
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 09:36:34PM -0600, Mark and kathy LaPierre profoundly
declared:
> Roe,
> The best book on MG body work that I have seen to this date has got to
> be the Practical Classics book on the MGB-GT. Talk about detail. Here's the
> ISBN# 1873098 41 3. And its even in color. You can get it from Barnes and
> Nobles or where ever you buy your finer reading materials.
> Enjoy, Mark
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Roe <proe@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
> To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 7:20 PM
> Subject: Structural Repair of 64 mgb
>
>
> > Does anyone know of any good books or magazines(especially one on
> > introductory welding) that would help me repair/replace the structural
> > rusted parts of a early pull handle mgb so I can get the car to pass
> > inspection. Rockers, center crossmember, front sidemembers, etc. are all
> in
> > pretty bad shape. Just purchased this rusty but very complete car that has
> > been outside for 20 years. Thanks, but not looking for advice on whether
> or
> > not I should restore it, just basic restoration technique information.
> > Thanks alot for your help. Phillip Roe 67B, 80B, and newly acquired 64B.
> > Member of MGCAR Car Club of Long Island, New York.
>
--
James Nazarian
71 MGB roadster
71 MGBGT (the one that is supposed to be a v8)
01 Impreza 2.5RS
"Given a conflict, Murphy's law supercedes Newton's."
-Anon
"Nothing good has ever been reported about the full rotation
of a race car about either its pitch or roll axis."
-Carroll Smith
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