Random notes on the restauration of Morgans, MGBs and Minis
Yesterday evening I was finally able to start with the engine assembly. Ten days later than planned. The punishment for the delayed start followed yesterday evening in a few ways. After laying out all parts I noticed that the new thrust-washers are missing. They were on the invoice - but I did not noticed the... Continue Reading →
A week of contrast is finally coming to an end. Sunday a week ago started with the plan to assemble the freshly painted Mini engine. But more important things came up. The evening got me working on a HIF7 adapter for a Edelbrock Performer Manifold of the Rover V8. While I was tinkering with FreeCad... Continue Reading →
A seemingly innocent call with my friend Frank last Sunday added fuel to a fire burning in the back of mind. We talked about the awesome work that Franz is doing with his MGA build, 3D printing and changes in engineering due to AI. Somehow this brought us to speak about the Edelbrock Performer inlet manifold... Continue Reading →
A long overdue workbench clean-up took a significant part of the afternoon. That included installing more tool holders and lots of other things. Well, cleanliness is godliness (as it is written on the wall of the Swiftune workshop). And for the upcoming engine rebuild this is really important. There were some preparations that needed to... Continue Reading →
The TLDR version of this post would be: Mildred is/is not finished, Miffi's block has new cam bearings and needs to get painted, Miffi's subframe is back in and new Rover V8 SD1 parts are slowly showing up. It has been a long evening. It was 5pm when I got to the workshop and I... Continue Reading →
There isn't much I can share from today's work only that other things popped up at the workshop and only a few hours dedicated to Mildred. After the removal of the old panels the new wheel arch was fitted. The spot welder made this easy but a few corrections around the top corner had to... Continue Reading →
Fitting the rear wing on a MGB GT and getting panel gaps right takes time. As off today 60 man hours went into Mildred this year (well - actually since Monday last week). And the work on the right rear wing has not even started. But the rear wing topic seems to spark some interest.... Continue Reading →
Another quick update on Mildred before I head into the garage to work on Miffi. The left rear wings came off today. For this side I did not buy a complete replacement wheel arch - just a small repair panel. And only half of this panel was required. As this bodyshell is actually from a... Continue Reading →
A short update from Mildred. This morning the right door and tailgate were re-skinned as planned. They called me in the afternoon and asked me to bring a few pieces required for fitment. As soon as Stephan mentioned the tailgate lock, catch and boot lock handle I immediately knew that I have no idea where... Continue Reading →
Although I spent a few hours in the garage yesterday, I did not really achieve as much as I wanted. Partly because I was still exhausted from a quick trip to Austria. Before leaving on Thursday to Friday night I picked up the freshly painted Mini front subframe. An irresistible opportunity to get two Mazda... Continue Reading →
