Both rubber-bumper tourers.
The first one was my mid-life crisis car in my mid-40s because I couldn't afford
a Porsche and a Miata was too damn small (no leg room - couldn't operate the
clutch without my knee hitting the steering wheel).
I acquired the second one for parts, but then found out it was too complete to
part out.
It's sitting out under tarps where my mom used to live out in the country (my
sister bought the land from the other sibs), but the car is still there. I'd go
get it and bring it here if I had some place to store it.
The first one is sitting in my basement waiting for me to get enough "round
tuits" to repair the damage vandals did to it the ONE TIME I had to park it out
on the street instead of in my driveway.
They smashed the windshield & driver side glass. It needs a complete new
interior because I wasn't able to get all the glass shards out of it.
And by now it's been sitting so long it probably needs a major restoration.
I know the tires are too old. They'd suffice for me to get it some place to have
new tires put on, but only because the old tires all have inner tubes. I can
repair an inner tube on the side of the road, but a tubeless tire is beyond me
(I don't have the tools & couldn't afford them).
The second one gets restoration as soon as I finish restoring the first one. I
don't know what I'm going to do then.
I learned about the magic smoke during my first MOS school (Aircraft Radio
Repairer) & from OJT working with the electricians on the helicopters in my
National Guard Unit (where I spent the first 17 years of my career in the
National Guard).
On 10/4/2021 16:14:47, Larry Colen wrote:
On Oct 4, 2021, at 1:00 PM, John <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
Larry,
I own two MGBs and I have this T-shirt:
http://mossmotorsltd.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Lucus-and-Oscar-001.jpg
Are they both for driving? Or is one for parts? What years? Roadster or GT?
Getting mine
http://www.red4est.com/jasmine/
back on the road has been an exercise in disaster management, and by disaster I
mean wildfires 20 years ago when I was waiting for engine parts, a kid crashing
into my garage and putting it out of commission for a year, I admit that racing
the miata for a few years sidelined my time/energy budget from Jasmine. After
working on the Singer, I’m particularly motivated to let the house fall down on
it’s own for a little while so I can get the MG back together. With the
supercharger I could keep up with miatas down the straights at the track.
It was through the team.net email lists
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo
that I learned the smoke theory of electronics. That electronics work because
of magic smoke, and if you let the magic smoke out, the electronics stop
working. And just like British cars leak everything else, they often leak smoke.
On 10/3/2021 20:59:33, Larry Colen wrote:
On Oct 3, 2021, at 5:25 PM, John <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
WTF?
The Interocitor is from “This Island Earth”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCMLmm8oLu4
And Lucas electronics have a someone iffy reputation.
As in the 3-position light switch; off, dim and flicker.
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