[Mgs] MGA 1960 still in full restoration

Andrew Lundgren lundgren at byu.net
Thu Apr 9 13:07:32 MDT 2015


Four years is a LONG time to wait.  It isn't getting any younger and I
imagine you aren't either.  Sounds like $ is the way to increase the
speed...

On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Thompson Allan via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> 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.
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/sc/6ipin4nqqu05g96/AADJO8EnqBdJKxrfbkIA6cwEa
>
> Allan
>
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