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Post by boggissimo on Jan 27, 2020 12:23:01 GMT
The J2 does step out occasionally on track but it's never going to be a drift monster  J2? as in MG J2? pulled one of them from a shed on the Gower in 1990ish................. Yep, MG J2. 847cc of 1932 POWAHHH
What happened to the one you found?
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Post by boggissimo on Jan 27, 2020 12:24:45 GMT
You'll need a proper alignment when you've raised it, best check if your camber bolts are seized up. Yeah, it was thinking about getting a proper alignment done that made me think about ride height. Don't know if the PO had it aligned properly after the coilovers were fitted and set, but hopefully! |
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Post by Zed. on Jan 27, 2020 12:50:49 GMT
J2? as in MG J2? pulled one of them from a shed on the Gower in 1990ish................. Yep, MG J2. 847cc of 1932 POWAHHH
What happened to the one you found?
long sold, probably in 1993? registration number OY6972 iirc  think I've still got the front numberplate & dumb-iron infil panel in the garage somewhere will have a dig....... Rich. |
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Post by boggissimo on Jan 27, 2020 14:11:59 GMT
Here's ours (well, my Dad's really, but he lets me play sometimes):  |
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Post by boggissimo on Jan 27, 2020 14:14:56 GMT
Yep, MG J2. 847cc of 1932 POWAHHH
What happened to the one you found?
long sold, probably in 1993? registration number OY6972 iirc think I've still got the front numberplate & dumb-iron infil panel in the garage somewhere will have a dig....... Rich. - someone started to work on it but then sold it (was that you?) |
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Post by Zed. on Jan 27, 2020 17:08:02 GMT
long sold, probably in 1993? registration number OY6972 iirc think I've still got the front numberplate & dumb-iron infil panel in the garage somewhere will have a dig....... Rich. - someone started to work on it but then sold it (was that you?) that advert has nothing to do with us (wrong side of the country......) from the photo's I can see a lot of parts that are not origonal, the engine as fitted was a ford sidevalve unit & matching gearbox (with the MG gearchange remote fitted!), the chassis had some repairs... as i say - the front apron & numberplate is in my garage, I'll see if I can find some photo's.... from the advert, I'm guessing the 'old' logbook will have our old address as it was 'found' (or doug out of a collapsed garage) in about 1989 so that tallies  iirc, a dealer bought it so who knows its history? we guessed it was stripped for parts & it sorta looks possible, maybe the only remaining common items are the logbook(s) & chassis-plates  Rich. |
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Post by Zed. on Jan 27, 2020 17:09:24 GMT
that advert has nothing to do with us (wrong side of the country......) from the photo's I can see a lot of parts that are not origonal, the engine as fitted was a ford sidevalve unit & matching gearbox (with the MG gearchange remote fitted!), the chassis had some repairs... as i say - the front apron & numberplate is in my garage, I'll see if I can find some photo's.... from the advert, I'm guessing the 'old' logbook will have our old address as it was 'found' (or doug out of a collapsed garage) in about 1989 so that tallies iirc, a dealer bought it so who knows its history? we guessed it was stripped for parts & it sorta looks possible, maybe the only remaining common items are the logbook(s) & chassis-plates Rich. I'll have a dig in the garage later, probably find I've posted about a diferent numberplate  Rich. |
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Post by dickie on Jan 27, 2020 19:24:44 GMT
Hi Boggissimo,
Your Family MG looks familar.
I suspect I have competed against it at MGCC Wiscombe a few times.
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Post by Zed. on Jan 27, 2020 19:46:07 GMT
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Post by dickie on Jan 27, 2020 20:57:14 GMT
Hi Zed,
Why is that not hanging on the wall somewhere !!
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Post by boggissimo on Jan 28, 2020 9:55:39 GMT
Hi Boggissimo, Your Family MG looks familar. I suspect I have competed against it at MGCC Wiscombe a few times. Yep, my Dad (Brian Galbraith) lives in Cornwall so he competes at Wiscombe quite often. I've only done the hill once myself, in the VSCC meeting in 2018 (and did the 500 OA event the previous day in my Subaru (video here). What MG is yours? |
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Post by boggissimo on Jan 28, 2020 9:58:06 GMT
that advert has nothing to do with us (wrong side of the country......) from the photo's I can see a lot of parts that are not origonal, the engine as fitted was a ford sidevalve unit & matching gearbox (with the MG gearchange remote fitted!), the chassis had some repairs... as i say - the front apron & numberplate is in my garage, I'll see if I can find some photo's.... from the advert, I'm guessing the 'old' logbook will have our old address as it was 'found' (or doug out of a collapsed garage) in about 1989 so that tallies iirc, a dealer bought it so who knows its history? we guessed it was stripped for parts & it sorta looks possible, maybe the only remaining common items are the logbook(s) & chassis-plates Rich.
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Post by Zed. on Jan 28, 2020 10:36:03 GMT
that advert has nothing to do with us (wrong side of the country......) from the photo's I can see a lot of parts that are not origonal, the engine as fitted was a ford sidevalve unit & matching gearbox (with the MG gearchange remote fitted!), the chassis had some repairs... as i say - the front apron & numberplate is in my garage, I'll see if I can find some photo's.... from the advert, I'm guessing the 'old' logbook will have our old address as it was 'found' (or doug out of a collapsed garage) in about 1989 so that tallies iirc, a dealer bought it so who knows its history? we guessed it was stripped for parts & it sorta looks possible, maybe the only remaining common items are the logbook(s) & chassis-plates Rich.
unfortunately I cannot remember much else, my father could have added some bits but he died in December so I cannot ask him  Rich. |
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Post by boggissimo on Jan 28, 2020 11:03:13 GMT
unfortunately I cannot remember much else, my father could have added some bits but he died in December so I cannot ask him Sorry to hear that.
Will ask my Dad if it has appeared back in the wild yet!
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Post by boggissimo on Jan 30, 2020 11:32:20 GMT
OK, I have another question: is there any way to check/monitor engine parameters on a Mk1? I'm used to cars with an OBDII port that can send data to my phone. Does it even have a 'check engine' light? Or is the ECU stuff more primitive than that?
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le sigh