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My New B!
Created on 2007-01-13 20:49:52
I thought I might go backwards a bit....
I bought my B on April 6, 2003 from a guy in Northern New Jersey. After being into Land Rovers for some time, I got the itch to own another MG. Someone on one of the Land Rover boards turned me on to the MGBexp. After looking at a few, I found this one in the autotrader. It was running, but didn't have an interior. I was carefully looking for rust.... (wow! What I didn't know then) I did find rust on one of the trumpets and was about to walk with the guy quickly lowered his price and pointed out that it came with a hard top and and OD transmisson. $2000 later my adventure began....
I bought my B on April 6, 2003 from a guy in Northern New Jersey. After being into Land Rovers for some time, I got the itch to own another MG. Someone on one of the Land Rover boards turned me on to the MGBexp. After looking at a few, I found this one in the autotrader. It was running, but didn't have an interior. I was carefully looking for rust.... (wow! What I didn't know then) I did find rust on one of the trumpets and was about to walk with the guy quickly lowered his price and pointed out that it came with a hard top and and OD transmisson. $2000 later my adventure began....
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Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 10 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine Apart Again | 2007-01-11 | 5 | Towards the end of the 2006 season, I really started to burn oil, approximately 1 qt per 300 miles. My thought was either bad valve seals or the one piece oil control rings I had... | |
| MG Summer / 2006 | 2006-11-19 | 10 | After getting my B back on the road earlier this year, I've had an incredible MGB Summer! I've driven it everywhere logging an estimated 8000 miles. (my odo quit the last two mon... | |
| Daytons!!! | 2006-06-17 | 6 | Today I installed new hubs on all four corners and new Dayton Wire Wheels! They are beautiful and handle even better. I feel like the car is transformed. No more w... | |
| On The Road Again .... Finally!!! | 2006-05-05 | 6 | 1 | Woo hoo! Last night I put in the seats and belts and cleaned the wire wheels up a bit. She's insured and licened and ON THE ROAD AGAIN! The only thing left to do is install the chr... |
| Floor Pans | 2006-04-23 | 6 | This is out of order but here is how I did my floor pans. From 6/6/05 I'm making good progress. I got the heel board extensions welded in. I followed ... | |
| MKII Console & Hood | 2006-04-11 | 6 | 1 | When I purchased my B, the interior was completely stripped so I had no direct point of reference as to how it was done a the factory. Originally, I sat my center console on top o... |
| Truck Bed Liner | 2006-04-06 | 5 | 2 | I did this awhile ago (right before paint), but I get so many questions about it, I thought I would create a journal entry. I had heard about Hot Rod guys using bed ... |
| Carpet And Panels | 2006-04-02 | 5 | 1 | Over the last two nights I got the carpet and most of the panels in. It pretty straight forward, nothing tricky. Tho' I did build up the transmission hump a bit with duct insulatio... |
| Sound Deadener/ Floor Heat Shield | 2006-03-26 | 4 | I didn't get much garage time this weekend, but I did manage to install sound deadener/heat shield on my floors and cockpit. After reading... http://www.sounddeadene... | |
| She Lives!!! Woo Hoo! | 2006-03-07 | 2 | 2 | Tonight with much apprehension, I put my fully charged battery in the well and hooked it up. (fire extinguisher by my side) I looked for a tell tell spark and there was none. This ... |
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