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HS93:
see if you can get the older dash with proper smiths switches, nothing like the click of a switch, on the older ones ther was the old mini dip switch, but I converted it to the newer stalk (from a ford) but left the old switch in and used it to switch of the electrical fuel pump, it was a good ant theft device as it was hiddem up the bulkhead and if some one got it going they would chug to a holt in the middle of the road as ther was only a carb bowl full off fuel. you have the 1500 triump engine that was in the old teledo I think. By the way have you driven it much yet ? have you looked UP at the hubcaps on busses and lorries yet Scarey..

peter

rleete:
Yeah, they do seem to tend to rusting. I looked for one for months that wasn't a rot box. Triumph, Austin, MG, Lotus, etc. Finally "settled" on the Miata, because it has alot of that Brit Roadster charm, without the Lucas nightmares.

Hats off to you guys repairing the rot. It's a lot of work!

Divided he ad:
Ahh... Fun little mota! :headbang:

My uncle has a Mk4 sprite (Basically the same vehicle) he's had it since new, can't recall accurately right now but he paid somewhere around 1000 notes for it on his 21st birthday :jaw: he's in the middle of restoring it now.
He's had the engine/gearbox out and given it a full re-spray in and out, it should be back on the road in the summer for the first time in 12 years!

Great little car, feels like you're in a rocket propelled supercar when it's flying along at 50!?! I think it has something to do with how close your cheeks are to the ground!? :lol:

Bit of a sod to get in and out of when you're over 6ft though!

Do you know if it has been converted for lead free running? hardened seats, retarded timing etc?

Good luck with hitting the finish date John, looks like you're well on the way :dremel:

Ralph.

Stilldrillin:
John.
It's been a while since I had any M.G. contact.

I had a rather special B. GT.......

It left me around 8 years ago. Don't arf miss it!

David D

Bluechip:

LOP ???

So, where's it's ear'oles then ??

I dunno, you young warriors with all this grunty transport..

Had to make do with a Hillman Minx Est. in my early days :scratch:

My old mate had a Daimler Dart, lashing of BHP, but no means of keeping it on the road apparently.
Coming back from the Yew Tree Inn at Cauldon, he decided have a stab at re-adjusting the Pennines with it. Not a success :(

Shouldn't make fun really. Legs smashed, both full of metal struts to keep him mobile.

Although it was funny to watch him spinning round if he tried to walk past a sub-station :lol:

Dave BC

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