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My lesson in patience

 

This was my car of choice in 1963 -I was in the Air Force stationed at a radio relay site about 15 kilometers from Paris.
The AF really didn’t want us to have cars ( too many accidents created work for the squadron dealing with French civilians) They couldn’t say no cars but, the made the acquisition difficult -lots of paperwork -it took 6 months or so to get a purchase approval.
A new MGB with wire wheels (no radio) was $2275 but, there was a waiting list months long -I settled for a Renault Caravelle -available immediately.
Week and a half later the dealer called me -as he had a cancellation and had a MGB for me.
Yikes -it still hurts every time I see one
-probably has helped me a bit in the watch hobby in the patience department


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Yesterday I posted about my recent Jag projects, today it's my MGB projects.

 
By: Emil Wojcik : November 14th, 2024-16:08
Since the small projects on the Jag weren't enough to ease my boredom, I also did a little work on the MGB (and the 356, and Mercedes, but those will be another thread). I didn't really do much on the B. Just cleaned the engine bay a bit and added a cold-...  

I guess that’s what happens in life…

 
By: KMII : November 15th, 2024-16:49
With things we appreciate and get (in too large numbers 😂) 🤷🏻‍♂️

Vintage British car ownership has its ups and downs.

 
By: Emil Wojcik : November 14th, 2024-16:41
Back in the early '80s when the MG was my daily driver I would occasionally have to take my wife's car to work because the MG wouldn't start for no apparent reason. Then when I got home after work it would start with no problem. Very unpredictable back th... 

Sorry…

 
By: KMII : November 14th, 2024-22:26
My bad 😊🤷🏻‍♂️ He also had a cousin twice removed, from Italy, going by Magnetti Marelli 😂

MGB

 
By: Besançon : November 14th, 2024-17:57
Great little cars. Back in the day we used to switch the SU carbs for Weber. In 1968 a friend and I drove an MG Midget from Charlottesville, Virginia, to Panama in Central America. We bought a set of slightly used tires for the trip. We arrived to New Orl... 

The white '65 Dodge Dart GT in the photo . . .

 
By: Dr No : November 16th, 2024-13:10
. . . was ours. Pictured at the 1970 California 500, frame lifted from a video clip on YouTube. What are the odds of viewing a clip on YouTube about a race you were at and finding the car you drove there? (Note the green MG TD parked next to us.) Art ...  

I can only assume the air kit is doing the job as it should since it takes air from in front of the radiator and not from the engine compartment as it did before.

 
By: Emil Wojcik : November 15th, 2024-16:45
The only time mine would ever overheat was when the carbs were out of adjustment, which caused excess fuel to burn off in the headers. The headers would get cherry red -- never a good thing. That added a lot of heat around the engine. But once the carbs a...  

My lesson in patience

 
By: mjcruiser42 : November 16th, 2024-00:59
This was my car of choice in 1963 -I was in the Air Force stationed at a radio relay site about 15 kilometers from Paris. The AF really didn’t want us to have cars ( too many accidents created work for the squadron dealing with French civilians) They coul...