Well, I sold the Cheetah Roadster body I stupidly bought (Mid-Life Crisis) in Feb 2015 to a Cheetah racer
from the Chicago area in June, however to do this (I agreed to deliver the
Cheetah from San Diego to Chicago area, which I did in 4 days) I had to
buy a new truck as the transmission in my Ranger went out just before I
left and I just got laid off from my job. A new (2007 anyway) truck set
me back having to make payments again so the MGTD suffered for awhile,
this plus the US Marine Corps HQ decided Auto Hobby Shops on USMC bases
would be self supporting so my stall fee of $200 a month went up to
about $300 a month and the Cornels wife decided all the “Project Cars”
made the place look like a junkyard so all us restoration guys had to
move our projects out of a covered stall with 110V power and LP air to
an open parking stall open to the weather. Which was not so bad until
“El Nino” decided to show up starting November. My Harbor Freight blue
tarp sun rots easily so the second one now has holes which lately allows
about an inch of rain on the new floor pans and carpet. Tiring of
trying to rewire the car with a new rear harness and a used VW Bug
harness, I finally broke down and bought a dune buggy “Plug & Play”
harness off eBay. This was a good decision as all the leads are
identified and so far everything connects (the relays have me a might
confused) and some leads (to brake MC switch and reverse) were a foot
short butt he guy did include  pigtails for the gauges (I still hook up
aa to the VW speedo gauge) and leads for the Porsche 914  tach and leads
to an aftermarket turn signal/hazard flasher that mounts to the
steering column. I can now finally see the light at the end of the
tunnel. Ordered a rear splash pan from MG Magic, it fits VERY well (just
had to trim 1/2 in from inside sides and taper the rear inside 1 in
center to where I trimmed the sides. I highly recommend the Dune Buggy
Plug & Play harness and the splash apron. Just got the good news
that I can use a covered stall again only for $250 a month so I moved
out of the weather but I expect  to have it out of there and on the road
within the next two weeks. Its actually been under construction for
three years this month and should have been done a LONG time ago. But
after so much blood (literally), sweat and tears (not to mention MUCHO
dinero) the “Sow’s Ear” is getting ready to run and I’ve got WAY to much
money to give it away (in the for sale forum) so I’ve decided to keep her along with a new
name. I think “Emma Peale” sounds nice, Emma always turned me on anyway!