Hello everyone! Just wanted to introduce myself. I’ve already learned

LOTS of helpful tips from this forum. I recently bought my FiberFab MG at

an auction. I’m the personal representative of an estate of a dear friend

that passed away way too young, and before she was able to finish her

MiGi project. She often spoke of her “MG replica”, how a couple different

folks helped her work on it over the past few decades, and how she

hoped to finish it in retirement. She worked many years for the State

Farm Catastrophic Disaster Team and traveled a majority of the year,

every year. Seemingly she never had time to work on her MG project. The

car sat in one bay of her garage, untouched, for at least 10 years. It had a

cover over it, so I’d never seen the car. A couple of weeks ago we had her

estate sale. The auction company uncovered the car. It was riddled with

mice nests, had 4 flat tires, the hood, seats, engine cover and bumpers

had yet to be installed. For whatever reason, the night before the auction

I decided I’d bid on the car. Long story short, or at least shorter, I

purchased the car for $1K. The day after the sale I came back to the

house with an overwhelming excitement to see just exactly what kind of

lemon I’d bought. I ran out, purchased a new battery and a can of ether,

came back and installed the battery, aired up the tires, put a dap of gas in

the gas tank, gave the carburetor a shot of ether, turned it over and it

fired right up. In less than 30 minutes the car went from a sad heap

sitting inside the garage, to a pretty sharp looking car sitting on the

driveway.

Sorry for the LONG hello novel…but I’m quite excited about my new

purchase. I don’t really have the time, or expertise to finish this project,

but am confident I can find someone who can. My goal is to get the car to

a point where I can apply for title and license. This will include installing

seat belts, installing the seats, mounting the hood and engine covers,

bumpers, etc. Once it’s road worthy and the legalities are taken care of

with the State of MO, I’ll then focus on all the of little trinkets and fine

tuning that I’ve been admiring in the photos of all the member’s MG’s.

I look forward to enjoying many years with my MG and this forum.

Thanks in advance for all your help.

Shane Jones

St. Louis, MO

FiberFab MG on VW Chassis