From: Larry Colen
On Oct 5, 2010, at 1:43 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
Well ... not a real car.
I'd get my MG running again, but that's not really for
transportation.
I need to get my MGBGT back on the road too. And being a BGT, it
actually makes pretty decent transportation.
Mine's a MGB Tourer (roadster), and it was my daily driver for a while.
With a little attention to detail, you *can* get the top and the
windshield to where they won't leak every time it rains and it can be
driven during most of a North Carolina winter.
I bought it in '93 when I decided it was time to have a midlife crisis &
I wasn't going to pay 20 grand for a Mazda Miata when I couldn't even
straighten my leg out enough so it wouldn't rub against the steering
wheel all the time.
Problem number 1 is carburetion - it was a later model retro-fitted with
dual SUs and I never could keep the mixture lean enough, so I tended to
burn through catalytic converters. Even at that, it got great gas
mileage. But it was a pain every year when inspection time rolled
around. Took some major fiddling to pass the emissions test.
I think I can fix that by fitting a Webber DGV; I've got the carb,
manifold and a rebuild kit sitting in the basement. Probably have to
rebuild the head as well, but that's no big deal, I've done that before.
I think I can get the emissions working and pass the test and keep it
running clean.
Problem number 2 is what's really kept it off the road.
Vandals smashed the windshield and driver's side window and I can't get
the broken glass out of the existing interior. I'm going to have to
strip it out and completely replace it, which is just beyond my finances
right now.
The parts kit from Victoria British was about $2500 last time I looked.
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