discussion Still building, but not models

[colin m]

Hello everyone,
I am still part of the forum, but stuck building (well, re-building ) something else. This has been with me for 29 years and every few years I dismantle the suspension / brakes just to make sure, it's still doing what it should be doing. And if I'm not under 'Little M', I'm armed with a watering can, walking around the garden. I can't be the only one who is a slave to the watering can / hose pipe?
After this one is done, 'Big M' is next.
So maybe when the cars are finished, and the rains return, I'll get a bit of bench time.

 

[stillp]

Lovely car. I had a 1965 MGB Roadster in 1977 - 79. Great fun to drive but mine was burning oil and full of rust. I was then without a sports car until 1983 when I bought my TR4A as a restoration project.
Pete

Hello everyone,
I am still part of the forum, but stuck building (well, re-building ) something else. This has been with me for 29 years and every few years I dismantle the suspension / brakes just to make sure, it's still doing what it should be doing. And if I'm not under 'Little M', I'm armed with a watering can, walking around the garden. I can't be the only one who is a slave to the watering can / hose pipe?
After this one is done, 'Big M' is next.
So maybe when the cars are finished, and the rains return, I'll get a bit of bench time.
View attachment 1290594

 

[minitnkr]

I know, it's hard keeping green stuff green in this weird heat. Looks like the MG is a proper green.

 

[colin m]

Lovely car. I had a 1965 MGB Roadster in 1977 - 79. Great fun to drive but mine was burning oil and full of rust. I was then without a sports car until 1983 when I bought my TR4A as a restoration project.
Pete

A TR4A, a lovely car. It was the TR6 that awakened my interest in classic cars. I never owned one, I just ended up with two MGB's !

 

[colin m]

I know, it's hard keeping green stuff green in this weird heat. Looks like the MG is a proper green.

I do call myself a gardener, but even I'm getting a bit tired of the watering routine. Last week I was looking after two other gardens, as well as my own, that was fun !

 

[stillp]

A TR4A, a lovely car. It was the TR6 that awakened my interest in classic cars. I never owned one, I just ended up with two MGB's !

Here's my 4A at a pub classics evening last week:
Pete

 

[colin m]

Here's my 4A at a pub classics evening last week:View attachment 1290723
Pete

That is very nice Pete. And you completed the restoration yourself ? Top work. One of mine has chrome wires - that car doesn't get used much !

 

[stillp]

Yes, all my own work Colin. Just a few exceptions; a member of the local TR Register group drilled out the door hinge pins and fitted new pins. He also fitted the valve guides and recut the seats, because he wouldn't lend me his valve seat cutter! Other than that, I did all the work to get it roadworthy myself. Every body panel needed welding, both floors, the rear valance, all 4 inner wings, boot sides and about 40% of the chassis. It kept me out of the pub for 6 years.
I bought it for £300 in 1983 and the chaps in the club told me there were better ones being broken for spares.
Pete