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29 January 2008

1980 MGB LE

The front bumper has come off to be repainted. There are two large paint bubbles which can barely be seen in the picture.

The car is beautiful!
The wheels look spectacular on the car.

The new top is in mid installation. Curt, our expert, is out sick for the day. With any luck he will be better tomorrow and ready to finishing fitting.

The wheels just came back after being dropped of yesterday at a firm here in Grand Rapids. How they managed to strip, polish, paint and clear coat all within a day...and have them look as outstanding as they do is a mystery to me.


Pictured above is Casey with SFC John C Lanier's 1980 MGB LE. The Sergeant and his car are from Sellersburg, IN, but he is currently on active duty in Afghanistan.

The interior will be completed soon. We are just waiting for the carpeting.


We have also installed an overdrive and there has been front suspension and brake work.


Casey has been installing carpeting and accent upholstery strips on Mr. Lanier's car!

Beautiful Car!

Casey installing the cockpit rail...

Carpet in! Seats in! Driver in....Afghanistan...


With the interior just about complete the next stage will be the wheels and soft top. Everything should be done just in time for your arrival home Mr. Lanier. We will keep you posted!


06 December 2007

Blue 77 MGB V8 Special

The components are coming together now and we should have the body within the next few weeks. The car will fly together with all of the prep work that has been done. It will truly be One of a Kind.
The engine is a work of art.
The dash and console have been died blue, with the addition of digital gauges.
Everything is blue, the tie rods, the shock reservoirs, even the washers on the A-arms.
The front of the car has been smoothed for a streamlined look. There will be no lights, moldings, door handles or ridges anywhere.
Dayton Wire Wheel has done a magnificent job with the blue for the wheels.

Casey has begun piecing parts together as they arrive.




Casey is now assembling the interior door handles on the B.




Lisa and Casey are unwrapping the newest parts from Park's car. We now have three long tables pushed together that are filled with powder-coated bits and pieces.






A unique MG in the making! These parts are all for a '77 B with a V8 and Frenched body. The undercarriage is the darker blue you see in the first picture, called Genetian Blue. The body and moldings will be in a lighter blue, which you can see in all three of these pictures. There will also be a two-toned interior, including the Miata seats! We will be adding more pictures as the pieces of the puzzle fall into place! Stay updated by checking the projects!!!

16 January 2007

1951 MG TD (Reno, NV)


Curt has finished the Complete Lubrication, the brakes, fitted a high speed differential, and fitted the rubber bushings in the steering cloverleaf. Yesterday while the owner was inspecting the car, his daughter noticed a leaking bolt on the oil pump -- and on further inspection Curt discovered that the bolt was stripped -- this is a difficult bolt (to say the least) to replace -- but that's the action for Tuesday!

1959 MGA Twin Cam




I really should not start this in the middle of the project -- I should have some "before" pictures -- but we've come along quickly and now have the chassis frame going back together.




Casey will probably add the brake lines today.

6/20/2007

The Twin Cam was completed last week and a team of us drove the car 15 hours to Connecticut. We delivered the car just in time for the owner to enter it in The Great Race 2007.





15 January 2007

Birthday :Party Update

We are quickly approaching our Birthday Party #32! The commencement of full time operation began January 25th, 1975. We have a number of projects in the shop right now -- and I'll have some pictures on the web tomorrow morning.
1959 MGA Twin Cam
1967 Jaguar XKE
1973 MGB
1969 MGC
1949 MG TC
1952 MG TD

20 October 2006

MGB Engine




This 1970 MGB engine has been shipped to us from Florida. We rebuilt every part, then fitted the ancillaries, then fitted a 20 gallon water tank and a rigged exhaust, and fired it up on the bench -- allowing it to run at about 2500 rpm for about 20 minutes.

10 October 2006

MG TD Rear Axle Seals



This owner complained of leaking rear axle seals, so we quickly changed them. We found that the owner, upon reassembly, had failed to adequately tighten the various nuts and bolts in the rear axle, and believed that it was due to this general looseness that the seals had ended up leaking. We were wrong. Our owner only got half way home before the real problem evidenced itself. We've now changed the left wheel bearing and expect that this will solve the problem!
Something's quite wrong, as I continue to be unable to post pictures. Maybe tomorrow?

08 October 2006

MGA 1600 MK II Engine


We received this MGA 1600 Mark II with a suspected damaged engine. The engine had what, at first, sounded to be a rod knock, but did not worsen as the rpm was increased. The owner told us that it had 25# compression in one cylinder -- yet when we remove the valve cover, all the valves were loose -- so it wasn't a recessed valve. No matter what, we'd have to remove the cylinder head. We expected the worst.

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