Andy's awful autos: White shitening

[Andyrew]

9 minutes ago, SiC said:

Does it have a brake servo? Iirc that is the tee-off (haha) for it.

I also say as a failed diaphragm in a servo can suck all the fluid out of the master!

Has what appears to be a retro fitted remote servo in the n.s corner of the engine bay

[SiC]

32 minutes ago, Andyrew said:

Has what appears to be a retro fitted remote servo in the n.s corner of the engine bay

Could be factory fit - it was a paid option and standard fitment depending on the year. 

My '74 Chrome Bumper had one factory fitted.

[Andyrew]

Tanked!

With the clutch and brakes now functioning. It was time to have a look at the fuel tank, it sounded mostly empty so I knocked out the sender unit and peaked inside. Alot of varnishing and some rust so decided a drop and clean out was in order.

Another bonus is that's its a replacement tank 

Floor looks good.

It smells just as awful as you are thinking it does.

Random mix of nuts and bolts swished around knocked the worst off, then rinsed out with some skanky petrol that was at the back of the workshop. Good enough for me.

 

 

[Andyrew]

Back to earth

As you can imagine the sender unit was pretty nasty, so I popped it open, cleaned it up, I also cut a wee bit of sheet steel to tack on as the earth spade snapped off when wiggling the connectors off.  

[Andyrew]

Found this when working in the boot,Love it 

[Andyrew]

The MGB GT then

I've always been partial to the styling of the GT, however I will be honest. From Working in a parts shop or interaction at the  occasional car show I've always felt the people into these cars were tedious bellends and the cars were probably shite. 

However years past by and I met some normal people who ran them and curiosity to see why people like these cars kept niggling away. But as you'll have seen reading this thread, I like cheap fun and MGBs were more than I wanted to spend.

With the car market for 70s crap dropping and scruff bag cars dropping even more when this car came up on ebay at I think 2 or so grand I felt it was a bit much but over the following weeks it dropped and dropped. When it got to a grand I decided to take a look. 

A copart car picked up by a trader to flip for a hoped big profit. I'm sure he still made a profit and that's fine with me.  The seller was a top chap (kept the car for two weeks untill dave at Windmill towing could collect it for me) and I was happy enough with the potential in the car that I didn't bother to haggle.  Before viewing the car I looked up what the car would be worth if I parted it out and it seemed I'd get my money back and more fairly easily should it be a basket case. 

The car then, Im assuming it's been off the road 10 or so years but this is purely a guess.

A converted rubber bumper car which was originally red looking at the floor pans. It's had alot of welding, but sections cut out and replaced rather than mot patches. The car must have been stripped down at some point as the engine bay and jambs are also painted. 

What struck me about this car was the rear shocks, Avo adjustables and conversion brackets at the rear. There is also a panhard bar bracket bolted to the floor pan.  With these shocks being such an expensive item (£400 plus) I felt that someone has liked the car enough to splash out on it with the intention of giving it some shit on the road. Since looking over the car the past 2 days, I've found this to be true. 

Braided lines throughout, all brake pipes in copper, fuel line in copper, new shoes and drums, braided clutch line, electronic ignition set up, oil cooler, replacement fuel tank, large kenlowe fan, rear lowering springs and lowered fronts, brake servo kit cheapy stainless ish exhaust.

While it looks like a shed I'm quite happy with this purchase. Going for a first start on Friday so fingers crossed! 

 

 

 

 

[SiC]

Hopefully it'll run just fine. The b-series is a tough old lump that takes serious abuse before it has any issues. Even if there is, they're ten-a-penny and dirt cheap (for a classic).