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Mark JonesMembership Status: Silver Member  Member Since: 1999-08-18 Home Site: The MG Experience Location: SW, ON, Canada  Email: [Sign in to view] Website: http://www.bluewaterbritishcarclub.ca Last Login: 2010-07-27 04:12:10 |
3 Vehicles -- Total mileage: 148,554 mi (239,074 km) -- Average age: 1974
There are 22 total entries in this Journal.
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Posted on: Thursday March 11, 2010
Last fall my neighbour told me that he has a Spitfire in the mezzanine at his shop and that it has been sitting there for three years. After buying the car he decided that the car wasn’t for him (too small) and that it also needed a lot of body work to make it safe to drive. Just before Christmas my neighbour tells me that the car is mine if I want it. Being just a little bit smart a say that I have to see the car first. So he takes me to his shop and there is this Spitfire sitting up in...
Posted on: Monday July 7, 2008
Aside from putting the door panels back on and a trim piece that needs repainting, I finished reassembling the car this past weekend! The only thing that I am unhappy with is that the is a gap at the bottom of both doors; the bottom of the door is out away from the sill, but other than that and a bit of orange peel, I am happy with the finished product. This project did take me longer than I first thought it would take, but I guess six months to restore the body and interior of the car isn’...
Posted on: Friday July 4, 2008
Noticed Wednesday that there were spots at the nose of the bonnet where I had got no paint on the metal so last night I mixed up a bit of paint and hardener (no reducer) and grabbed a brush and went at it. Looks pretty good too. Given that it is in an area you can't see, and obviously I couldn't get with the spray gun, the brush worked fantastic. The area is in back of the headlamps. Also got the bumper painted and back. This morning, out with the garbage, went the old panels and carpet...
Posted on: Wednesday July 2, 2008
Judy and I put the bonnet back on the car. It looks so nice having it back on and freeing up some room in the garage. Also, the interior is now back in the car. I had to trim the panels over the wheel arches a bit to get them to fit but they look great. It cost less than $100 to buy the material; it would have cost close to $500 to buy them. My paint job did have some orange peel. Using rubbing compound and polish, the worst of the orange peel is removed. With a coat of wax the finis...
... and 18 more posts.
| Date | Site | Title | Category | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-12-18 | triumph|mgb | An Easy Way to Siphon Gas | Service:Carburetors and Fuel |
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