Random notes on the restauration of Morgans, MGBs and Minis
The engine is slowly coming together. Turns out that it was a bad idea to use the universal tool to knock in the camshaft bearings. This caused a very tight camshaft due to minimal edges. Too little for line reaming. I had the machine shop correct this and spend the money I thought I could... Continue Reading →
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 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 →
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 →
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 →
Sometimes you try new things and wonder if you decided wisely to divert from a proven path. The new ball-joints for Miffi certainly gave me an entire evening about this question. But let's start where I left yesterday evening. Quite a bit of dirt still had to be removed from the swivel hubs. Sand collected... Continue Reading →
A relaxing week a little east of Ierapetra on Crete turned into a wet weather catastrophe. As you can see in the picture below I made sure to stay hydrated and enjoyed the sea view. After some nice hiking trips in the beginning of the week, the rain started. I have never seen that much... 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 first part of the title is quite literal as I spent a significant amount of spare time last week with development. A first peek (actually a prototype) is currently on my website - but this is just a small part of what I am working on and already not up-to-date anymore. 30 years ago... Continue Reading →
