Gotta keep the faith. MG TDr forever!

It’s a shame you have intentions of getting rid of this.

Update:

Yeah, eventually I gotta up my game.

Thanks! My secret is a MIG welder. Nothing fancy, just a Lincoln Pro-Mig 135. I use gas, not flux core wire. It’s way easier to make good welds with it than my old Montgomery-Ward buzz box, and there’s no chipping slag because there’s no flux. Just hit it with a wire brush, that’s it.

Making an aluminum half tonneau for the Spyder out of a scrap piece of .050 5052.

CAD was first…

Here’s a shot of the real-deal part I lifted from Type550.com:

and as installed on the car I’m copying:

I made a second model out of masonite and them traced it on some scrap lumber I had in a rack hanging from the ceiling. Some of this…[Read more]

Looking good. I just spent the day welding and, man…yours are better.

I did the one for the clutch and throttle cable when I shortened the clutch cable to the correct length. I wasn’t thinking about the fuel line, thanks for the idea. Sadly, one of the previous owners pulled out the tubes and cables for the heater. I’ll probably put them back in when I rebuild the seized 1600 I got for a song this summer. I’d like…[Read more]

Happy Thanksgiving, Jack.

Vicenc! Good to see you on here. How’s Montse doing?

Wow, Ed!  The car looks great.  Outstanding work!

Mine has some mild pitting and rust under the headlamp mount, as well as a wrinkled fin. Once I get the car through enhanced inspection, titled, and on the road, I’ll take the grill off the car, straighten the fin, then send it out to be re-chromed. While I’m at it, I’ll remove the crooked MG badge and put it back on straight. The previous owner…[Read more]

Sent the pics to Rare Car Network magazine (fka ReInCarNation fka Kit Car Builder) which may or may not still do a print edition.

They ran ’em.

Most of our VW-based cars have mounted tank mounted too high for this to work.  It’s feasible only if the tank is way down low on the floor, as in the Duchess, which has a custom fuel tank.

I remember the look of horror on the crew at the station where, on our trip to VA Beach, Paul Mossberg topped off his MG by sticking the fuel nozzle in his radiator. That would be my choice, but my tank is in the back.

Spyder debuted in public over the weekend at cars & coffee in Hunt Valley on Saturday morning and Annapolis on Sunday.

People seem to be interested…

If you can find an old school hot rod shop around most of those guys know how to do it all without even looking at the book.

I have a local very old school alignment shop here in Fredericksburg that does it for me but I have heard the father passed away and not sure the son will keep it going – support those local shops while we still can before…[Read more]