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04-20-2024, 09:49 AM | #1 |
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That MGB is beautiful. My wife and I have trouble getting in my wife's car, but she's going to keep it till she can't get in it. It's a Honda CRZ that sits about as high as those MG's.
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04-20-2024, 11:14 AM | #2 |
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Had a 1970 MGB. Car never gave me a lick of trouble. Street-legal go cart. Like cheesy though, there's NO WAY I could get in and out of one now though. It's why I sold the C4.
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04-20-2024, 12:12 PM | #3 |
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Lowering link
I decided to order a lowering link made to fit my KTM 250 SX, as well as other KTMs and Husqvarnas. It is supposed to drop by 10-30cm (depends on the model).
But I am going to see how this thing compares to the original Templar link to see if it is compatible/adaptable. More to come on that. loweringlink.jpg loweringlinkInstalled.jpg
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04-20-2024, 05:30 PM | #4 |
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I had an Austin Healey Sprite and an MGB. The B was right hand drive, bought from an Aussie diplomat in China who had brought it in from Oz. This was when I was stationed at the US embassy in Beijing for three years, 1983 - 86. Both were a lot of fun.
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TominMO, I drove a Sprite a couple years back, and while I enjoyed the handling, I think I much prefer the looks of the MG's. I have a buddy out here with a RHD Rolls Royce Silver Wraith. It's a lot of fun to go out and about in. He even keeps a jar of Grey Poupon in the glove box for those of us that remember the commercials!
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04-20-2024, 05:56 PM | #6 |
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I had an MG Midget that I called my MG 400 because I could drive it on the weekend for 400 miles (and I flogged that poor car unmercifully too) and then spend most of the next week and $400 fixing whatever broke.
But that car was so much fun playing in the curves around Hell Michigan (a for real place) the time and money spent (along with the cussing out from my now xwife) was so much worth it!!!! |
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04-20-2024, 07:04 PM | #7 |
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It's absolutely crazy to me that pretty much everyone I've spoken to over the age of about 50-ish has a British Leyland story to tell, MG, Triumph, Austin, Mini, you name it. I really hate that old cars are such a rarity these days. Modern cars are so much more complex and computer-controlled, the average Joe can't repair them anymore. Like Bikenut mentioned, $400 would cover a lot of repairs, and then the car would go out and cover 400 miles happily. So far, for BOTH of the MG's, I've spent less than $1,000. Most of the cost was eaten up with the carb rebuild kit and a new fuel tank for the Midget. I bought the Midget as a non-running project, and within about 30 minutes of tinkering, I had it running. It just doesn't get any simpler than that. No computer, no "Scanning" the data port, no fancy tools or equipment. I really hate to see what the state of modern motoring has become.
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04-20-2024, 09:31 PM | #8 |
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I was having a similar discussion on another forum.
The Factory Service Manual for my 1948 DeSoto has every spec I could ever need and is about half as thick as the owners manuals on both our Jeeps and the F150. Both the F-150 and the Renegade have separate manuals to operate the radio. I have the 'Fact Sheet' for the Motorola 8 tube radio in the DeSoto that is 4 pages and explains all the troubleshooting and repairs. And gives a generic parts list of all the caps, resistors, and tubes. Other than a timing light, and a tach and dwell meter, the most sophisticated tools you'd need is a Uni-Syn for carb balancing and probably a vacuum gauge. I'm guessing the Midget has the 1275cc engine and the B is a 1600.
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The Midget does indeed have a 1275 engine, and the B has an 1800. The new B i'm going to pick up today also has an 1800 engine, but it's the next-newest engine design. I haven't run the numbers yet to decode the data plate, but I'll give everyone an update when I get it back to the house.
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First Rule of Aviation: -Never Pass Up The Opportunity to Pee I was struggling to get my wife's attention; I sat down on the couch and looked comfortable. That did the trick! My wife says I only have two faults. I don't listen and something else... If at first you don't succeed, try doing it the way I told you to... The Stable: 2005 Yamaha V-Star 650 - SOLD 2015 Suzuki DR 650 2015 RPS Hawk 250 - SOLD 2016 Ural Gear Up |
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04-21-2024, 03:24 PM | #10 |
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I needed another bicycle project like I needed another hole in my head, but here we are. I picked up a mid range late 60s, early 70s French Mercier frame set and boxes full of parts for $25. Everybody goes to motorcycle swap meets to buy bicycle parts. Right?
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04-21-2024, 04:26 PM | #11 |
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So. Today's life lesson is to NEVER buy two MG's at the same time. They will reproduce when you're not looking! I must have forgotten to lift their little MG skirts and make sure they were the same sex...
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First Rule of Aviation: -Never Pass Up The Opportunity to Pee I was struggling to get my wife's attention; I sat down on the couch and looked comfortable. That did the trick! My wife says I only have two faults. I don't listen and something else... If at first you don't succeed, try doing it the way I told you to... The Stable: 2005 Yamaha V-Star 650 - SOLD 2015 Suzuki DR 650 2015 RPS Hawk 250 - SOLD 2016 Ural Gear Up |
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So you are now the proud owner of two RB Bs eh? Hopefully i will be getting my B back on the road come July. Chances are pretty high i might go looking for another B next spring. Currently closing in on the pick up date on the TR7. As for recent purchases...that would be the Nikon D5000 DSLR camera kit i got yesterday as well as an older set of CA computer speakers with subwoofer for my editing desk. On that note i also picked up some ram for that side to upgrade the main tower to 16gb, another 16 gb ram kit for a server project as well as a Ryzen processor for that same server.
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04-24-2024, 08:04 AM | #15 |
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New valve cover for my daughters Chevy Cruze. GM's piss poor design of integrating the PCV with the Valve cover. What idiot engineer designed that?
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