From: Darren Addy
Darn, that's a sad story John! Why must senseless violence be so
senseless (not to mention so violent)?
My MGB Convertible was given to me by my brother-in-law who seemed to
accumulate cars as barter for doing roofing jobs above and beyond the
original quote. Whoever had it started their restoration with the
interior (rather bass-ackwards, if you ask me). The convertible top is
near new also. The body is pretty straight and it has these
ungodly-looking whitewall tires on it (rally wheels, not wires). It
has the "crack of doom" in the top of the driver's door just starting
to emerge after what looks like an earlier repair.
I really don't even know what it needs yet. I know it needs a fuel
pump and I'd want to clean out the gas tank before even trying to
crank it. Beyond that I'm not sure. I doubt that I'm ever going to do
a *full* restoration on it, but I would enjoy having it licensed and
drivable. Our town's annual Cruise Night is a yearly reminder of how
it is just taking up space in my garage.
The "crack of doom" is actually a fairly inexpensive repair. I had it on
the passenger side door, and IIRC, it was about $150 and you can't even
see where it was. We had a pretty good British Car mechanic over in
Durham, NC; factory apprenticed before coming to the U.S.
Their web site is still up, but the last post in their "English Car
Events and Classifieds" is from 2010. I probably ought to go by there
and see if they're still in business next time I go over to visit my mom.
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