None of the tasks I completed today were more difficult or more noteworthy but looking at the progress this evening sure feels good. The afternoon started with a quick wheel change on my daugther's Alfa Romeo Mito. Earlier this week my 20€ car jack from Amazon decided to quit working. I guess the saying "If... Continue Reading →

Looking at the picture I took this evening I see that I made some progress. It sure did not feel like it in the garage. I had many little tasks today. After cleaning up the propshaft I decided not to paint it. Sure - it would look better but nobody will ever see it and... Continue Reading →

With the rear suspension in the car it is time to think about what's next on the ToDo list. While I was restoring my Mini Cooper last year this was never really a big topic. The order on how to put everything back together came pretty naturally for one reason or another. Most of the... Continue Reading →

Although I made some progress I am not really satisfied with the results of this weekend. Concerned about the lack of clearance between the bolt heads of the Rutherford shock mount brackets and the leaf springs I decided to remove on washer I used as spacer. Quite a bit of time was wasted for another... Continue Reading →

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 →

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 →

An aspect of a Morgan rebuild project that I did not really thought of too much in advance is trial fitting. Since this is still a hand-made car it is quite obvious that some parts require more fiddling when reassembling compared to for example the 1991 Mini Cooper I restored last year. So the last... Continue Reading →