« previous next »
Pages: 1 2 3 [4] 5   Go Down

Author Topic: Here We Go Again - 77 MGB  (Read 20334 times)

Offline Firm

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 7710
  • Carma: +231/-1071
  • Gender: Male
  • Urban Hick
    • View Profile
  • Cars: 2010 XKR, 2007 DTS, 2006 Escalade, 2000 Sonoma ZQ8,1996 Firebird, 1996 Firebird Formula, 1985 Trans Am, 1984 Camaro, 1978 MGB x2
Re: Here We Go Again - 77 MGB
« Reply #60 on: October 21, 2015, 09:24:26 am »
Thanks man :) You're welcome to come by anytime and hang out.
I've got a really cool project lined up for the spring, just gotta make it through the winter :)
Logged

Offline safristi

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 46229
  • Carma: +471/-416
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Cars: since the beginning of Saf timeLOTUS ELAN,STANDARD... 10, MG midget, MGB (2),Mazda Millennia,Hyundai Veloster and 1997 Ford Ranger 2014 Subaru Forester XT
Re: Here We Go Again - 77 MGB
« Reply #61 on: October 21, 2015, 09:44:31 am »
THE "SPRING"!!!.... that's like 8 months away... :'( ..c'mon  Sir Athur of the roundtable restorers

 get yer nights!  ta give us a CLUE.....is it a Crusaders armour... ??? ..Corvair....which side of the Pond was it spawned!!! somefing for us to hibernate on....
Logged
Time is to stop everything happening at once

Offline Arthur Dent

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 9247
  • Carma: +186/-80
  • Gender: Male
  • 42?
    • View Profile
Re: Here We Go Again - 77 MGB
« Reply #62 on: October 21, 2015, 09:55:20 am »


Spring? A Siata Spring?  ;D

Logged

Offline Firm

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 7710
  • Carma: +231/-1071
  • Gender: Male
  • Urban Hick
    • View Profile
  • Cars: 2010 XKR, 2007 DTS, 2006 Escalade, 2000 Sonoma ZQ8,1996 Firebird, 1996 Firebird Formula, 1985 Trans Am, 1984 Camaro, 1978 MGB x2
Re: Here We Go Again - 77 MGB
« Reply #63 on: October 21, 2015, 10:06:46 am »
Good Lord what a waste of parts and effort  :rofl2:
Logged

Offline safristi

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 46229
  • Carma: +471/-416
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Cars: since the beginning of Saf timeLOTUS ELAN,STANDARD... 10, MG midget, MGB (2),Mazda Millennia,Hyundai Veloster and 1997 Ford Ranger 2014 Subaru Forester XT
Re: Here We Go Again - 77 MGB
« Reply #64 on: October 30, 2015, 10:15:25 am »
 ::) It's a GREEN CAR.....you you Climate change denier...... 8) 8) 8) runs on Arugala
Logged

Offline Firm

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 7710
  • Carma: +231/-1071
  • Gender: Male
  • Urban Hick
    • View Profile
  • Cars: 2010 XKR, 2007 DTS, 2006 Escalade, 2000 Sonoma ZQ8,1996 Firebird, 1996 Firebird Formula, 1985 Trans Am, 1984 Camaro, 1978 MGB x2
Re: Here We Go Again - 77 MGB
« Reply #65 on: November 18, 2015, 04:12:50 pm »
Probably the last update on this car for the season  as the weather will be cold in no time, and I’ve got a bunch of house related projects lined up for the winter.

I got everything I wanted done with this, so that’s a nice feeling. Finished touching up paint and installed a bunch of new exterior rubbers to replace dry/cracked stuff. Got the last wheel (the spare) painted up, replaced a broken centre console latch, and probably some more little things I am forgetting.

The high-quality Bosch H4 conversion headlamps someone had installed in the car where foggy on the inside, despite being glass :S So I ordered some regular sealed beam replacements. Swapped them in to find out one was dead-on-arrival. Took a second look at the Bosch H4’s and discovered that I could take them apart and clean them, so about an hour of my time and I have crystal clear headlamps – and maintained the upgraded H4 bulbs  (which are much brighter than the stock sealed beams).

The underside of the hood looked like crap with dull paint and deteriorated insulation hanging off of it. I removed the old insulation and then waxed up the painted parts. My dad had a roll of silver insulation material lying around at his place, so I cut some to fit and installed it in the B. I am pretty happy with the way it looks, and will probably do the same to the blue `78 next season

The car is proving pretty reliable too, I’ll leave it sitting for weeks (on a maintainer) and it’ll fire right up, even in single digit temps. All electrics have been working fine as well.

Over the winter I need to source a driver’s side underdash hush panel (original is missing), and if I can find a good deal on an “LE” style front valence I’d jump on that too.

Come spring I’ll post it up for sale and drive it as a nice weekend car until I can find a new home for it. If anyone here is interest PM me and we can work out an autos.ca discount and some official tech support ;)

“Before” shot of the underhood


“After”


Weird shot from my phone…freshly detailed trunk and painted spare…and a wheel from the T/A I was polishing


Cleaned and ready to hibernate
Logged

Offline quadzilla

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 23473
  • Carma: +391/-634
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Cars: 2022 Rock'n Rolla Nightstalker
Re: Here We Go Again - 77 MGB
« Reply #66 on: November 18, 2015, 05:22:10 pm »
:fiver:
Logged

Offline rrocket

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 75728
  • Carma: +1253/-7197
    • View Profile
Re: Here We Go Again - 77 MGB
« Reply #67 on: November 18, 2015, 05:24:17 pm »
I love the Reflectix inside the hood.  I love that stuff, period.  Use it for everything!
Logged
How fast is my 911?  Supras sh*t on on me all the time...in reverse..with blown turbos  :( ...

Offline Arthur Dent

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 9247
  • Carma: +186/-80
  • Gender: Male
  • 42?
    • View Profile
Re: Here We Go Again - 77 MGB
« Reply #68 on: November 18, 2015, 05:24:57 pm »
Looks great. Those mesh Firebird wheels might actually look good on the B. If there weren't the wrong pattern/bolt count.

Logged

Offline Firm

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 7710
  • Carma: +231/-1071
  • Gender: Male
  • Urban Hick
    • View Profile
  • Cars: 2010 XKR, 2007 DTS, 2006 Escalade, 2000 Sonoma ZQ8,1996 Firebird, 1996 Firebird Formula, 1985 Trans Am, 1984 Camaro, 1978 MGB x2
Re: Here We Go Again - 77 MGB
« Reply #69 on: November 30, 2015, 11:17:29 am »
I know I said it was done for the year, but I had to move the car yesterday as I was working in the garage and I took the opportunity to take the obligatory beauty shots... Here's some of the better ones:













Logged

Offline bridgecity

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 6363
  • Carma: +126/-182
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Cars: 2014 MDX; 2007 Tundra
Re: Here We Go Again - 77 MGB
« Reply #70 on: November 30, 2015, 11:20:27 am »
Car looks great!
Logged
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction, and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.

Offline KD

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 11363
  • Carma: +359/-263
  • Gender: Male
  • member
    • View Profile
  • Cars: 2017 Frontier Pro-4X, 2013 Lexus GS-350
Re: Here We Go Again - 77 MGB
« Reply #71 on: November 30, 2015, 11:21:20 am »
+1 Looks fantastic Firm!  :thumbup: :thumbup:
Logged

Offline Firm

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 7710
  • Carma: +231/-1071
  • Gender: Male
  • Urban Hick
    • View Profile
  • Cars: 2010 XKR, 2007 DTS, 2006 Escalade, 2000 Sonoma ZQ8,1996 Firebird, 1996 Firebird Formula, 1985 Trans Am, 1984 Camaro, 1978 MGB x2
Re: Here We Go Again - 77 MGB
« Reply #72 on: November 30, 2015, 11:24:59 am »
Thanks. I realized looking at that last shot that my driveway looks like ass. Some of those spots (the big ones for sure) are water from frost that was melting off the cars before I moved them - but there's plenty of oil stains too. Definitely time for a fresh sealer in the spring.
Logged

Offline Arthur Dent

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 9247
  • Carma: +186/-80
  • Gender: Male
  • 42?
    • View Profile
Re: Here We Go Again - 77 MGB
« Reply #73 on: November 30, 2015, 11:49:29 am »
That looks really, really. Like new (or better).
Logged

Offline Blueprint

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 10059
  • Carma: +169/-232
  • Gender: Male
  • member since way back when
    • View Profile
  • Cars: 2024 Mazda CX-90 GS-L PHEV, 2022 Subaru Crosstrek Limited, 1975 Triumph TR6
Re: Here We Go Again - 77 MGB
« Reply #74 on: December 01, 2015, 12:48:49 pm »
Man does she looks great  :love:
Logged
Traffic engineer/project manager & part time auto journalist

Offline safristi

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 46229
  • Carma: +471/-416
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Cars: since the beginning of Saf timeLOTUS ELAN,STANDARD... 10, MG midget, MGB (2),Mazda Millennia,Hyundai Veloster and 1997 Ford Ranger 2014 Subaru Forester XT
Re: Here We Go Again - 77 MGB
« Reply #75 on: December 01, 2015, 05:39:57 pm »
Congrats on the preservation.......BUT...a Mid 60's model deserves your attention...no added weight,pollution thingies and decent bumpers... :stick: :light: :bow:
Logged

Offline tpl

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 23908
  • Carma: +298/-675
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Cars: 2022 Taos
Re: Here We Go Again - 77 MGB
« Reply #76 on: December 01, 2015, 06:23:58 pm »
Does the B have overdrive?  None of the interior shots show the top of the gear lever which is where my switch was. Or did NA models have it on one of the stalks?
Edit: while checking wiki for the post below  it says that most cars with OD had the switch on the dash until '77  but mine was definitely on the gear lever.

If it doesn't I wonder how much a new gearbox tail end, the OD and a shorter driveshaft cost and whether they are made of unobtanium by now.
« Last Edit: December 01, 2015, 06:29:33 pm by tpl »
Logged
The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.

Offline tpl

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 23908
  • Carma: +298/-675
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Cars: 2022 Taos
Re: Here We Go Again - 77 MGB
« Reply #77 on: December 01, 2015, 06:25:47 pm »
Quote from: safristi on December 01, 2015, 05:39:57 pm
Congrats on the preservation.......BUT...a Mid 60's model deserves your attention...no added weight,pollution thingies and decent bumpers... :stick: :light: :bow:
It would have to be late enough to have the 5 bearing engine so sometime in the mid 60s would be right...just checked: 65 model year or later.
Logged

Offline Firm

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 7710
  • Carma: +231/-1071
  • Gender: Male
  • Urban Hick
    • View Profile
  • Cars: 2010 XKR, 2007 DTS, 2006 Escalade, 2000 Sonoma ZQ8,1996 Firebird, 1996 Firebird Formula, 1985 Trans Am, 1984 Camaro, 1978 MGB x2
Re: Here We Go Again - 77 MGB
« Reply #78 on: December 01, 2015, 09:43:28 pm »
Thanks everyone :D

This B does have overdrive, and it's a slider switch on top of the gearshift. Overdride is relatively rare on these and is now pretty desirable; a good used override trans runs about $1500 as retrofitting is quite popular.

I definitely wouldn't turn down the opportunity to do an earlier B, but I tend to care a lot more about the originality and condition of the car than the year, trim, etc. I'd take a solid original RB car like this one over a rusty, bondo'd or cheap respray earlier car any day.

There is a new project in waiting though.....Show & Shine will wait until the spring though.

Here's a quick shot from the day I found it, as I first saw it. It's now safely out of the elements awaiting spring and attention :)
« Last Edit: December 01, 2015, 09:48:38 pm by Firm »
Logged

Offline ArticSteve

  • Car Crazy
  • *****
  • Posts: 27803
  • Carma: +310/-6811
    • View Profile
  • Cars: Hobby Car: 15 Mustang Vert, V6, manual, 3.55 lsd; 2024 MDX Aspec; 2022 F150 TREMOR lifted
Re: Here We Go Again - 77 MGB
« Reply #79 on: December 01, 2015, 10:21:03 pm »
Quote from: Arthur Dent on November 30, 2015, 11:49:29 am
That looks really, really. Like new (or better).

^^^

First rate!
Logged
Pages: 1 2 3 [4] 5   Go Up
« previous next »