It takes a while to recover from a "men's flu". My wife kindly cooked a chicken-noodle-soup for me earlier this week - evidence that it was quite bad, right?! Well, tonight I was eager to get some stuff done again. After not having been to the garage for an entire week - several smaller odd... Continue Reading →
MGB front suspension
The day started early with a Covid self-test. For the first time in 2 years, I got a sore throat, pain in the limbs and a bit of fever. Even though I am fully vaccinated - I though the test is a good idea, and the result was negative. This means I have the "men's... Continue Reading →
Mixed (suspension) pickles
Back at home from the UK with 1000+ miles on the road and 35000 steps in two days. I am glad that one of my daughters joined me in on this long trip. We combined visiting my son (who studies in the UK) and dropping my Morgan's broken Salisbury 7HA rear axle at JB-Engineering in... Continue Reading →
Roll-over jig progress
Seriously - if you are going to restore a car and need a roll-over jig: Buy the one from ADE Foreman Light Engineering or similar. It is all too easy to underestimate the time and tools it takes to build your own. 3 evenings and the better part of the weekend went into my jig.... Continue Reading →
Make or Buy?
For the next phase in my MGB GT (aka Mildred) project I need/want a roll-over jig. A couple of weeks ago someone offered me his used self-build jig for under 300€. In hindsight it was stupid not to buy it immediately. Now it is sold to somebody else. The cheapest new one I could find... Continue Reading →