MGB GT - Mission finally complete! Phew.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

But he can't weld!

8 months MOT....you could smoke round in it till it expires and probably get near what you paid back.....more if you broke it

 

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[The Reverend Bluejeans]

But he can't weld!

 

 

ANYONE can weld.

 

https://www.misupplies.co.uk/tools-c362/home-car-care-c369/u-pol-p40-glass-fibre-repair-paste-tin-250ml-p46193/s274878?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=u-pol-p40-glass-fibre-repair-paste-tin-250ml-upop40s&utm_campaign=product%2Blisting%2Bads&cid=GBP&catargetid=720012440000697748&cadevice=c&gclid=Cj0KCQjw78vLBRCZARIsACr4cxz83LU_7WLN68nZE1A3rrsRjFsUqrnWC1jtt0RsaZiomfC9FHkS15kaAmZJEALw_wcB

 

 

If he's there with cold hard cash, he'll have that for under a grand I reckon. Tart it up, drive it around, sell it.

 

Or not.

[sierraman]

I once pressure washed a hole in the wing of a Rover 800 Vitesse.

[SiC]

Took a look at this one this evening: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272754496809

 

A pile of shit compared to what I've seen. Buggered roof, fucked seats (gave me a bad back) and really shit welding on the underside. The seller gave me a drive around which was fun. I had a run around the block too, enjoyed it.

 

Decided that Red one off AutoTrader was by far the best I've seen and most honest - also a bargain. He dropped it a couple of days ago to £2.5k too. Went to look on Autotrader on my phone to contact him, go over and buy it immediately. Gone. Fuck. Dropped the guy a text as I still had his number. He replied - it sold this afternoon.

 

Fuck fuck fuck fuck.

 

Feeling pretty deflated right at this moment.

That red heap of shit is back on again. For even more money than they paid for it!

 

https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/mgb-gt-1975/1256403694

 

Currently at a wife's friends wedding all day today. I might have to just book a day off work and go fetch that IoW one myself. Of course if it hasn't sold yet!

[Kiltox]

Arseholes. Hate people flogging stuff on that is fucked for more money with no prep!

[SiC]

Or I did wonder if it was an impulse purchase that they bought and realised it was a heap of total shit as they drove it back.

[Kiltox]

Just like all those £100 cars on Facebook that become £500 cars are impulse purchases?

[SiC]

Check out this one. The roof is almost comical. Probably one for the just scrap it thread?

 

http://ebay.co.uk/itm/272774253173

[SiC]

A quick question for those that know on here. Unleaded in the MGB GT? I have read that it's possible to run them on it perfectly fine, even if not converted. Is this really true?

 

How good are lead replacement supplements nowadays?

[cort16]

I wish I could find the pictures of the MGB that was behind my lockup. It failed it's mot about 20 years ago and they guy who owns it put brand new tyres on it then parked it with the intention of fixing. 20 years later we brushed it out of the space it was parked in, the tyres still had the stickers on them! It had completely dissolved from the roof down leaving the windscreen and boot glass just sitting on the piles of shite he'd left on the car.

[danthecapriman]

Check out this one. The roof is almost comical. Probably one for the just scrap it thread?http://ebay.co.uk/itm/272774253173

That right there is the reason I hate sunroofs so much!

Still, I suppose you could buy cheap because of that and get a full length Webasto roof put in to get rid of the damage.

[SiC]

Problem is that it appears that Tudor Webasto in the UK have unfortunately stopped making the roofs now.

 

You can get glass versions of the sunroofs reasonably good value - around £300 fitted for a pop-up one. However I'm not sure if a glass roof spoil one of these.

 

Not having a sunroof is something I have been hung up on. I really like them, especially in a "fun" car. Makes me not mind having a coupe body rather than a convertible. However I know they can and usually leak, plus cost a bit to put right. Also aware that the webasto can rust pretty bad too.

 

At least with glass you get sunlight through all the time. A freshly installed one too I'd hope is less likely to leak.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

I'd avoid anything like an MGB GT with a sunroof tbh.....

 

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[vulgalour]

If you want a B with a hole in the roof, get a roadster.  A GT with a hole in the roof is just asking for trouble, honestly, and won't improve the driving experience.

[dieselassist]

A quick question for those that know on here. Unleaded in the MGB GT? I have read that it's possible to run them on it perfectly fine, even if not converted. Is this really true?

 

How good are lead replacement supplements nowadays?

 

AFAIK...the late rubbery bumpered ones, had hardened valve seats so its 'splash n go' with the unleaded on them; that one that I had (briefly) had a later engine (off a rubber bumpered one) fitted in an earlier shell, including its rad, which is different from the earlier ones, so the country resto father n son team hacked the top of the front xmember/inner panel to make it fit....

 

...the thread is goin a few weeks now at this stage; almost as long as I owned mine...can I suggest getting very drunk, and bidding on one on e-bay/ vaguely realising what you have done the following day, checking e'mails etc. and found you've won one? ...seems to work very well for a lotta folk on here, that strategy...

[somewhatfoolish]

If you insist on having a hole in the roof there are people who can help.

[twosmoke300]

I don't think imaginary cars suffer from valve seat recession so unleaded will be fine

[BorniteIdentity]

[Dan the van]

This thread has been an inspiration insomuch that i've been put off MGB's for life and now want a Scimitar instead.Then i only have to worry about a rusty chassis.

[tooSavvy]

This thread has been an inspiration insomuch that i've been put off MGB's for life and now want a Scimitar instead.Then i only have to worry about a rusty chassis.

Cheque Out the Skimmer on RR. Gasaxe bolts + galv chassis/ 6 mates + keg = body on&off

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/183354/scimitar-se6-diesel-project-progress

 

https://m.imgur.com/HabQnq0

 

WCPGW

 

 

TS

[captain_70s]

Scimitars are awesome. Drive well, sound great, look good. Interiors are shit and 18mpg may get tiring though...

[Mally]

Jubilees are desireable......say people who are selling them.

Same thing with sunroofs.

Regarding unleaded, one of mine had replacement Ivor Searle engine with unleaded head. Other had old head.

It is said that there is sufficient protection to the valve seats through past use to last many years.

Just put the best unleaded in. Shell V Power is the one we use.

[Guest Hooli]

Octane booster helped my Midget to not pink, not sure the 'fake lead' bit did anything though.

 

Besides as a toy I doubt it'd go far enough to ever have an issue & if it did it'd be years down the line.

[SiC]

Its only for getting me home, so sounds like not too much of an issue.

 

I have found a place reasonably local to me that offers leaded 4 star still. Is it even worth using it nowadays?

[Guest Hooli]

It might runner better due to the higher octane, but I bet it's amazingly expensive.

 

I expect almost everything out there has got the ignition timing retarded a few degrees extra to prevent pinking on unleaded, you could avoid that by using 'supergreen' as well.

[SiC]

Supergreen?

[Guest Hooli]

Whatever the posh unleaded is called these days, BP used to be supergreen years ago.

[vulgalour]

[tooSavvy]

ToMM© has a switch/dip on the dizz... For pool spirit!

 

TS

[richardthestag]

cast heads and steal valve seats I am not sure are the problem with unleaded! it is the exhaust valves themselves. At least it is on the whole in Triumph circles

 

Me? I would run it on standard unleaded and monitor the rocker clearances periodically. if and indeed when they start to close up I would whip the old head off and exchange it with any of the gazillion speshulists who offer unleaded conversions.