Wednesday! Nearly a full crew today.
Casey continues to make great strides on the 1956 MGA. We received the fender washers right at the end of the day -- which means he'll be hanging the fenders on Thursday.
The young men continued to push forward with the 1973 MGB -- here the grille is nearly completely fitted.
Curt worked away on an engine and gearbox from a 1957 MGA. The gearbox was in pretty tough shape -- as evidenced by the teeth on the laygear.
I worked on several small projects. We are endeavoring to change the compression ratio of the TR6 to about 9:1. We have already cc'd the top of the block to find 3cc there -- between the top of the piston and the top of the block. I measured the cylinder head gasket to find 0.733 cc there, as the diameter was 7.56cc and the thickness 0.038".
SN stopped by -- he's a photography professor at a local college. He's working on a very early MGB. We trade some labor -- he prints contact sheets and I do some simple repairs for his car. I just hazarded upon a stack of glass plate negatives which I'm looking forward to seeing in positive.
I took a call from a British fellow from California who complained that his late model MGB got only 15 mpg. I have yet to go through all the possibilities, but the driver's right foot has a great deal to do with the mpg -- especially in city driving.
I took a call from a retired HS English teacher who will be attending the Mechanical Technical Seminar on Feb 3/4/5. She says this is her third MGA -- this time a coupe.
Lisa was back at work after two days sick in bed. When she arrived she was the color of a page of paper -- but slowly regained her color throughout the day.
Our weathermen have been reminding us that we've had two minutes of sunshine in the past fourteen days.
