Random notes on the restauration of Morgans, MGBs and Minis
After leaving the garage yesterday evening the thoughts about how to proceed with the Rutherford rear suspension circled in my head the entire night. Since the wooden spacer I made fitted nicely, the idea of getting this CNCed out of alloy seemed best. As the paint-shop finished painting some steering parts and the fishtail panels,... Continue Reading →
The day started very early and clearly not as expected. My daughter called just after 6am because her Ford StreetKa was making "strange noises" on her way to work. Since I don't really need a car during these forced 100% home-office times I quickly drove to the point were she decided that it is better... Continue Reading →
back in mid May this year when I removed the rear axle I remembered that my father often mentioned the "Rutherford" suspension upgrade back in the 90th when we did "Father&Son tours" with the Morgan. He always wanted it, but never invested money or effort to get it. After a search on the TalkMorgan forum... Continue Reading →
We returned home from the UK at 3am today. After a couple hours of sleep I used the rest of my day off in the garage. A quick clean up of my work bench and I could lift the shinny overhauled Salisbury 7HA onto a pair of axle stands. My goal for today was to... Continue Reading →
...well sort of.... Ok, not really. But for the second time this year I left the UK just shortly before the Covid19 lockdown. Back in March it was to pick up my MGB GT from Frontline. Today I was able to pick the overhauled rear axle from JB Sports Engineering. Just by the looks of... Continue Reading →
Fixing C6622 