Random notes on the restauration of Morgans, MGBs and Minis
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 →
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 →
Short update from the garage. More fiddling was required to get the right wing further down. Now the front is nicely aligned. Some small tweaks around the grill are still required. But we are currently using an old grill for fitment testing. After the rear wings are done, the car will move from the roll-over... Continue Reading →
Back at home. By coincidence 67 hours (or ⁶🤷⁷ for potential Gen alpha readers) after I started the trip in my 1967 MGB. As you can imagine I could not stop smiling after I had the result from the rolling road tests. With now 2000km on the new engine it became even smoother. The only downer... Continue Reading →
The alarm was set to 4:40am - but I woke up a few minutes earlier anyway. It was a short night after fiddling around with the HIF4 carburetors the evening before. While I had prepared and packed the car before I went to bed, a few items came to my mind during the night that... Continue Reading →
With the rolling road appointment at Peter Burgess coming up the high idle RPM issue still bothered me. And while cleaning up and sorting parts last weekend - I found a HIF4 rebuild kit I bought a few years back. This kit was intended for a second pair of used HiF4 carbs - but never... Continue Reading →
