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Post by thruxton on Dec 2, 2020 13:15:03 GMT
Well I'll reply to you,
once I’ve finished buying my new pipe
and pale blue wind cheater zip up top.
You young scamp you......
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Post by dadbif on Dec 2, 2020 14:34:18 GMT
You realise all you older chaps should be going for picnic trips to garden centres with the MX5OC instead of being on here chatting about modifications and trackways?   lol Bloody kids! I once went on an OC run, when we stopped for refreshments it was pointed out to me that overtaking others in the “convoy” was not on..... I never went again. Duffers! |
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Post by dadbif on Dec 2, 2020 14:35:29 GMT
Well I'll reply to you, once I’ve finished buying my new pipe and pale blue wind cheater zip up top. You young scamp you...... And teddy bear in flying jacket & goggles! |
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Post by thruxton on Dec 2, 2020 15:12:29 GMT
Deeeeeeer.
I've already got that.
I call him Crispin ......
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Post by dickie on Dec 2, 2020 18:28:55 GMT
Ha,
I may be an old git but I still regard cars as toys.
I enjoy taking the wife out on Owners Club events for her to be sociable.
I hillclimb and sprint my Eunos and my 1934 Austin 7
I did my first hillclimb in my 1967 MGB Roadster back in 1985.
My Uncle used to race a road legal MGB Roadster, he was clocked at 140 mph at Silverstone before the circuit got destroyed for modern formula one.
He drove from Berkshire to Cornwall had supper with us then drove back to Berkshire to run it in before a race.
The MG world also has a pipe and slippers club and a club that actually does sporting events.
Best of luck with the BGT keep us posted
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Post by dickie on Dec 2, 2020 18:41:16 GMT
I have just found my Old Anorak, I must be a Mk2 MGB as the Mk 1 had pull handle not button opening doors I think the change point was around 1964 /65. I know 1967 was the last year with an alloy bonnet.
My Aunty used to have a V8 and she used to drag race off the lights with it.
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Post by dickie on Dec 2, 2020 21:00:52 GMT
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Post by Vindi (Russell) on Dec 2, 2020 23:26:57 GMT
Thanks for all the comments and ideas, keep them coming ... it will help spur me on to get this done a bit faster! At this point I've just paid a big deposit but it should officially be mine in about a weeks time
I was digging in the garage and have found a couple of Haynes manuals and a Leyland workshop manual for it ... hoarding stuff is useful once in a while!
I'll try to get a few more pictures of it ... one thing I've learnt is that my car is famous ... apparently it features in a book, and I'll get a copy of the book with the car!
Russell
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Post by Vindi (Russell) on Dec 3, 2020 10:18:37 GMT
I have just found my Old Anorak, I must be a Mk2 MGB as the Mk 1 had pull handle not button opening doors I think the change point was around 1964 /65. I know 1967 was the last year with an alloy bonnet.
My Aunty used to have a V8 and she used to drag race off the lights with it.
Mk1 MGB GT was up to 1967, Mk2 was the 1968 model year with production starting in October 1967. I'm guessing you're thinking about the Mk1 vs Mk2 Roadster as they started in 1962? Alloy bonnets officially stopped being made in 1969 although as they sold through they were on some 1970 cars Russell |
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Post by dickie on Dec 3, 2020 19:17:31 GMT
Hi Vindi,
My info was as you suspected Roadster based and I sold it in the late 1980s
Cheers Dickie
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Post by Vindi (Russell) on Dec 3, 2020 23:13:07 GMT
Hi Vindi, My info was as you suspected Roadster based and I sold it in the late 1980s Cheers Dickie Ever been tempted by another one? I thought I'd try a GT as the MX5 is a convertible, although a really early Roadster is tempting, they're eligible for a lot more events being pre 65 Russell |
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Post by dickie on Dec 6, 2020 19:01:41 GMT
Hi Russell,
I would go back to a Mk4 Sprite or a Mk3 Midget over another B
My wife fancies a TR2 or narrow mouth TR3
I have go a hankering for a Ginetta G 15 too.
The car I miss most is my old Hillman Hunter GLS, superb Q car. ( Engine developed by Holbay Engineering )
I would have another one over another Mk1 Mexico which I sold for the MGB roadster.
As far as classic events go I have go that covered with my dads old 1934 Austin Type 65 Sports ( 65 MPH out of a 750 cc sidevalve in 1933/34 )
I have had it doing just over 70 MPH ( it now has a forged crank and rods )its still on wire rope brakes
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Post by dadbif on Dec 6, 2020 22:25:41 GMT
I had a Singer Vogue, posh Hunter, but not with the Holbay engine, still went very well, but was a sod for head gaskets.
I fitted it with twin Strombergs.
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Post by suggs84 on Dec 7, 2020 14:52:20 GMT
I would have another one over another Mk1 Mexico which I sold for the MGB roadster. Mk1 Mexico, now there is a car that has rocketed in value these last few years! |
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Post by dickie on Dec 8, 2020 17:47:32 GMT
Hi Suggs,
I paid £800 for the Mexico in 1982 it was ten years old and had new front wings fitted and a respray by then.
The Austin Seven that is still in my possesion was towed home with the Mexico ( Mexico was Mothers daily driver before she sold it to me at market value )
My dad paid £2000 for the Austin which is now insured for £17000.
The Mexico would be worth a lot more than the Austin today.
I used to drive a Berkley T60 in 1979/80.
So I have been driving ragtops since 1979 and currently have three ragtops in the garage.
I have had 11 ragtops since 1977 if I can include 2 2CVs.
A little of the MGB topic though.
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lol
le sigh