From: Darren Addy
Sheesh! What is it about Pentaxians and MGs? I've got a 1979 MGB convertible under wraps in the garage, tormenting me for funds to whip it into drivable condition.
The one in the basement is a 1978, and was drivable until a bunch of high-school kids vandalized it. I live in a fairly quiet residential neighborhood. I always kept it in the back of the driveway, but ONE NIGHT, I needed to park a truck there, and moved the MG out to the street.
Four kids with a baseball bat did $200,000 damage in a little over an hour. They mostly hit high dollar vehicles, which my MGB definitely wasn't. About $3,000 of the damage is to my MGB.
One of them lived two blocks away around the corner from my house, and that's where they started their spree from. Mine was the first vehicle they attacked.
Basically what it needs is a new windshield, new driver's window and a complete interior. I can't get the shards of broken glass out of the upholstery & carpeting.
I have another tourer, 1979, sitting out at my brother's house. I originally bought it for parts the first time I was rebuilding the 78.
But when I got it towed home, it just too complete to part out. The engine needs rebuilt, it needs a new cylinder head (they crack between 2 & 3 because of improper torquing) and it's missing the master cylinder/brake booster.
All of the parts I need are available from Victoria British/Roadster Factory/Moss Motors if I just had the time, MONEY & energy. I guess I got the time now.
The only part I ever had a problem getting from them was the smog pump, and believe it or not, Lucas licensed the design to Toyota, who used it throughout the 80s. All you have to do to get a rebuilt Toyota unit from AutoZone to work is shift the mounting bracket 90 degrees (remove 4 nuts, shift & reinstall).
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