HMC MGB 6 speed/

[Metal Guru]

10 hours ago, tooSavvy said:

TBF the Fonz was *superannuated 😯

🚙💨

The Fonz wasn’t supposed to be a schoolboy though. Watching it these days, he looks far from cool, rather a sad case hanging about with school kids.

[yes oui si]

[HMC]

The 820 has been doing its thing of being a comfy cruiser….

 

 

Greased the suspension on the black minor and sorted the squeally fan belt. The white minor has had another flush of the cooling system (it was pretty choked up and is a lot better now) The heater is now quite hot which seems to show its a lot happier that it was.

 

 

[HMC]

I couldnt resist going to look a a little ‘68 morris for sale up the road in a small village. Yes i have a disease. Anyway, said little morris represented the opposite of my personal old car philosophy. 

Shiny respray erasing all patina and sadly filled with poor repairs to the structure and various bits of bodging. Wierdly someone had recently spent a fortune retrimming it as well. 

I drove away making my apologies in my decent but battle scarred ‘62 with threadbare seats 

[barefoot]

At the risk of a slight hijack I've never taken my t2 for a respray in 30 years. It is bizarrely shiny almost all over, as I've had multiple panels replaced and all have been painted as and when.

[2flags]

It's amazing just how many 'restored' cars are out there that are proper bodgefests. Poorly repaired then sold to some unknowing sod for, sometimes, a great deal of money. 

[Matty]

15 minutes ago, 2flags said:

It's amazing just how many 'restored' cars are out there that are proper bodgefests. Poorly repaired then sold to some unknowing sod for, sometimes, a great deal of money. 

I visited a small dealers recently who shall remain nameless. Lovely people, lovely stock but all of it resprayed overpriced isopon machines. And loads of folk in browsing and buying.

I came to the conclusion that it doesnt really matter. The dealer turns a good profit, the buyer has something in the double garage to show thier mates at dinner parties, everyones happy.  Most of the tarted up stuff will never see the road in any meaningful way anyway. And it leaves the tatty but honest stuff for the rest of us.

[HMC]

Went for a bike ride today and took the black morris out. Because folding bike and folding passenger seat it fitted in nicely.

I took a few more pics of the ruined paint. Id cut and polish the fine scratches all over it but its quite thin as it is so probably best avoided.

Like its owner, its gone thin on top 😂

[HMC]

Fleet news….

1. Black morris sold to a shiter

 

2. Rover 820si - perhaps inevitably given its street parked, has had its wonderfully resprayed bumpers grazed by someone parking (a bright green car?- fiat  uno?)- it wasnt whilst parked here - here was where i noticed it

 

3. incoming roofless sherpa  (comes ready damaged 😂)

 

 

 

[Tommyboy12]

Which AS legend bought the Morris? 😅

[Zelandeth]

36 minutes ago, HMC said:

Fleet news….

1. Black morris sold to a shiter

 

2. Rover 820si - perhaps inevitably given its street parked, has had its wonderfully resprayed bumpers grazed by someone parking (a bright green car?- fiat  uno?)- it wasnt whilst parked here - here was where i noticed it

 

3. incoming roofless sherpa  (comes ready damaged 😂)

 

 

 

That would match the P4 nicely...

No...must not think like that...

[hairnet]

Heres me thinking youd done a real sherpa

*Closes window...........

[Yoss]

12 minutes ago, hairnet said:

Heres me thinking youd done a real sherpa

*Closes window...........

Yes, you got my hopes up too. I was very disappointed to see a non Sherpa. 

[lesapandre]

Surely a Morris Oxford Sports...

[hairnet]

5 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

Surely a Morris Oxford Sports...

You might as well start with what @320touring has

[Peter C]

An MGB - didn’t see that coming!

Welcome to the club.

[HMC]

On its way due south

[HMC]

currently watching  Branningan (1975)

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, HMC said:

On its way due south

Going for a swim? 😀

[lesapandre]

10 hours ago, HMC said:

currently watching  Branningan (1975)

Has a great car chase sequence. Must have taken some work especially the iconic bridge bit.

SPU806M still on DVLA database - Jaaaarg not.

[HMC]

Well, its here. Sills can castle rails and whole underside solid and seems unwelded. Its periodness (plates, colour, no wood to be seen etc) was a strong pull. and the slight tattiness and bumpedness made it quite a good price. (also comes with a new replacement door)

Looks to have had a recent service and drives as it should.  Very happy with it.

like a fading celebrity, it has a “good” side- this isnt it.

slightly BL- ified interior

 

A tired cliché, and a phone box

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, HMC said:

I hope it didn't shock the 'sheltered' garden.

I can see you and @Peter C swapping notes, for a while. Enjoy.

[Zelandeth]

Looks like that would scrub up well enough with a bit of effort.  Looks like a good chunk of that dent would push/pull out of the rear quarter.

No overdrive on that one or is the switch just MIA?

Bet those twin carbs and pancake filters make for a nice noise when you put your foot down.

[lesapandre]

1 hour ago, HMC said:

Well, its here. Sills can castle rails and whole underside solid and seems unwelded. Its periodness (plates, colour, no wood to be seen etc) was a strong pull. and the slight tattiness and bumpedness made it quite a good price. (also comes with a new replacement door)

Looks to have had a recent service and drives as it should.  Very happy with it.

like a fading celebrity, it has a “good” side- this isnt it.

slightly BL- ified interior

 

A tired cliché, and a phone box

You now need to grow a beard, start drinking real ale, take up paragliding and change you name to Malcolm*. 😂

* The value of clichés can go down as  well as up, and past humour is not a reliable indicator of future laughs.

[Westbay]

11 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Looks like that would scrub up well enough with a bit of effort.  Looks like a good chunk of that dent would push/pull out of the rear quarter.

No overdrive on that one or is the switch just MIA?

Bet those twin carbs and pancake filters make for a nice noise when you put your foot down.

On the top of gear knob ... if fitted ... 

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

1 hour ago, Westbay said:

On the top of gear knob ... if fitted ... 

That era it should be a toggle switch to the right of the instruments.

In the currently empty hole.

 

(Yes I do have a beard, Yes I do drink Real Ale, No I am not called Malcolm, No there is no way you would get me to paraglide, No I do not have an MGB )

[Tommyboy12]

To add confusion to the mix my 1974 MGB had overdrive on the stalk for both 3rd and 4th!

[chadders]

You've done really well if it's solid underneath.

It took me over 2 years to find someone who'd replace the sills on mine and the final bill was £5k plus; others wanted more as apparently it's a nightmare of a job to get the doorshuts right. Logically it wasn't worth it but spread over the 50 years I've had it it wasn't much per year and was worth it for maintaining the memories.

Mine is one of the very last of the chrome bumpers, I didn't like the RB ones, and has the switch for O/D 3rd and 4th on the extreme right of the dash.

[lesapandre]

Great 'two Minor' historic shot:

[holbeck]

2 hours ago, Tommyboy12 said:

To add confusion to the mix my 1974 MGB had overdrive on the stalk for both 3rd and 4th!

Beat me to it. The N reg one I had a lifetime ago was a column stalk OD