Random notes on the restauration of Morgans, MGBs and Minis
The old Lucas starter motor on the Morgan sometimes does not start right away. Last year I tried to find a replacement and ended up buying a Wosp LMS064 - which was listed as suitable for the Ford CVH in the Morgan. My MGB has a Wosp starter and that works really great. The unit... Continue Reading →
Before I even had a classic car - I followed and read blogs about MGB rebuilds for a few years. Both Sven's MGBGT blog as well as Holger's little primrose yellow MGB site impressed and inspired me. Over the last 5 years I completely restored Miffi (my Mini Cooper), Moggi (my Morgan 4/4) and did... Continue Reading →
It was my first bigger "spare parts day" today. I heard and read a bit about the Autojumble in Beaulieu and was told that the Stoneleigh event is a scaled down version just for MGs and Triumph owners. And while standing in a 1 mile long traffic queue for the park entrance sure felt like... Continue Reading →
January has passed and I did not even spend 10 hours on my projects. Work keeps me busy and looking at my calendar this is going to stay this way for the next couple of months. The weekends are also full of tasks, duties, and appointments. Work-Life balance clearly shifted a bit over the last... Continue Reading →
This week I neither had time nor really the motivation to work in the garage as it is freezing cold here right now. The only thing I managed today was a quick visit at the body shop to check on Saabeth. Luckily, they increased the team that can do metal work. The owner also told... Continue Reading →
Due to Corona and me spending my spare time in the garage, it has been 5 years since we did the last vacation. The expectations and ideas about what location to choose and how a vacation should look like are not always perfectly aligned between partners. My wife wants sunshine, I want wind around my... Continue Reading →
Sometimes it is hard to explain why a certain task, project or idea suddenly becomes more important than others. If I take a step back and try to think objectively about which of my open tasks might have higher priority - there are a number of things that come to my mind. But the truth... Continue Reading →
Most of the day was planned for Saabeth - my son's car. The right rear wheel arch - a typical problem area on a Saab 900 - is badly rusted and needs to be fixed. The required repair panels are available at Scandix and I ordered them earlier this week. My job for this repair... Continue Reading →
After taking the old steering rack apart, assessing and ordering the required parts, the next step was cleaning and prepping for paint. But I still had to take apart the steering column universal joints. I am certainly not an expert for this. So far, I only replaced the joints on a MGB prop shaft -... Continue Reading →
I only had an hour this evening - but I wanted to tick off at least one task on my long To-Do list. It seemed reasonable to take apart the Mildred's RHD steering rack in this time. Even if I might convert the car to LHD, I thought it cannot hurt to restore the original... Continue Reading →
