May 2006
pics of the garage that the MG has spent the last 10-odd years in, previously it lived in a leaky 'outdoor' garage
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November 2006
No update this month
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March 2007
exploratory surgery on the sills doesn't go too well ...
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May 2007
rear inner sill mostly completed
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July 2007
Had a month off ...
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August 2007
Drivers side sill now on, inner front arch and inner rear arch patched, lower drivers side rear boot floor fixed up.
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October 2007
No update this month.
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November 2007
Last few pics before I stopped work to pack up everything to move house. Pics show the final wonky welding on the sill and some panels bought on ebay.
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December 2007
No update this month
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January 2008
No work done on either vehicle again this month, the house move took up most of my time, so heres a few pics of the van being moved a few hundred miles up north to a nice warm barn.
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March 2008
First bit of 'work' done at the new garage - fitted a much less rusty door. The door was a local ebay find, from a '78, and fits remakably well.
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April 2008
No MG news, but heres a few pics of my 'cam belt impaired' Rover after I'd stripped it of useful bits. My 'new' daily driver can be seen in the background :)
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May 2008
no update, just some pics taken using my phone.
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June 2008
Moved the battery tray to the boot to allow me to fit a 'modern' battery.
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December 2008
nothing much has happened recently, just tidied up :)
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March 2009
Finally got my flywheel machined to fit the Marina engine. bolted it all up earlier and stuck a battery on it and it turns over :) no carbs connected so thats still to try ...
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April 2009
vinegar rust removal - I was sceptical, but it appears to work :)
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April 2009
fuel pump fitting - in various places ...
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April 2009
welding up some of the bigger holes in the front valance
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May 2009
engine back in! (probably only temporary though)
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July 2009
it moves ! a small trip round the garden
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January 2010
(tecnically December 2009) Did some more work on the van, updating my homemade removable rear valance - still more work to do though.
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January 2010
More work on the front lights, I gave up on the old housings and bought shiny new ones :)
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Intermission
Intermission: scanned some pics of PKT 523M taken during an engine out/engine in sometime in 1998ish
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February 2010
More van work - rear valance now capped and hinged :)
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April 2010
More air leak troubleshooting, not really something to take pics of :D
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June 2010
New front panel for the bus deliverd.
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July 2010
First attempts to fit new front panel
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November 2010
No update this month
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March 2011
No update this month
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April 2011
Spare engine from ebay, along with the old one from my last van
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May 2011
MG Fuelling investigation - new pump fitted
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June 2011
No update, busy getting ready for, and going to, Glastonbury :)
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July 2011
More front panel work, drivers front arch 99.9% complete
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August 2011
New passenger arch delivered, pattern parts are getting worse :/ but it will be better than the rust that is there at the moment ...
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August 2011
Some stencil sillyness to brighten up the parts chaser
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September 2011
Front panel now 99.99999999999% done ... passenger arch work started
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September 2011
Breakthrough with the MG - duff spark plug was causing the bad running ...
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October 2011
Intermission: a few pics from the RR beach party in Brean
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