[Mgs] MGA 1960 still in full restoration

[Max Heim]

Yeah, I totally understand. I have one car that is on its 29th month in the shop, for what started out as accident repair. Its motor is on a stand in my carport, after they pulled it to fix the radiator support. 

I just dropped off my 67 MGB project, but I tried to impress on this shop that it was (1) NOT a show-quality restoration, and (2) I wanted it back in this calendar year. We’ll see...


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Menlo Park, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
And now 67 MGB GHN3U137949G
Old English White, off-premises for restoration

> On Apr 9, 2015, at 11:07 AM, Thompson Allan via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> Hi guys,
> 
> I keep monitoring the posts and thinking longingly of the time I will be able to drive our 1960 MGA.
> 
> Our car has been undergoing a body off, frame up restoration for going on 4 years..... 
> The restorer, Hoyt's in Sarasota do fantastic work but are sooooo slow... unless you have lots of bucks or one of their main customers, like the Sarasota Car Museum. Our small vehicle gets put to one side each time a more prestigious job comes in...
> 
> Each weekly visit reveals more superb specimens in the workshops... and ours is proceeding - but slowly.
> 
> At first, the pace suited us, as funding at a slow pace was easy... but it has become more and more frustrating. We don't want to upset them too much because we want a good job.... and we have considered taking the car to another restorer - but the car is in pieces and who knows what might get lost.
> 
> Engine work was shipped out to a local engine shop and was completed 2 years ago and is sitting on the restored frame.
> 
> Bodywork has taken an age and the aluminum doors and hood had to be welded.
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> https://www.dropbox.com/sc/6ipin4nqqu05g96/AADJO8EnqBdJKxrfbkIA6cwEa
> 
> Allan
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