What did you BUY today?

[Magician16]

That MGB is beautiful. My wife and I have trouble getting in my wife's car, but she's going to keep it till she can't get in it. It's a Honda CRZ that sits about as high as those MG's.

[2LZ]

Had a 1970 MGB. Car never gave me a lick of trouble. Street-legal go cart. Like cheesy though, there's NO WAY I could get in and out of one now though. It's why I sold the C4.

[Thumper]

I decided to order a lowering link made to fit my KTM 250 SX, as well as other KTMs and Husqvarnas. It is supposed to drop by 10-30cm (depends on the model).

But I am going to see how this thing compares to the original Templar link to see if it is compatible/adaptable. More to come on that.

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[TominMO]

I had an Austin Healey Sprite and an MGB. The B was right hand drive, bought from an Aussie diplomat in China who had brought it in from Oz. This was when I was stationed at the US embassy in Beijing for three years, 1983 - 86. Both were a lot of fun.

[Emerikol]

Originally Posted by cheesy

I had a 64 Midget. First year for disk brakes and roll up windows. it was a hoot to drive. I'd love another, but don't think neither Mrs. C nor I could get in, or out, of one anymore

Don't forget to get yourself a jar of Lucas Replacement Electrical Smoke, you'll probably need it.

Cheesy, I'm not exactly sure how it happened, but like Rabbits, my MG's seem to be multiplying quickly! I'm going to pick up a '77 MGB tomorrow! It's a project, but it's complete. They guy who had it before me (actually, I think it was the guy who had it before him) did a complete hack job to the electrical under the hood. There's jumper wires everywhere and most of them go right back to the battery! I'm pretty sure I can at least get the engine running in short order. The Dark Blue Metallic on the '76 B is a gorgeous color, but the PO lowered it in the most destructive way possible. They cut a coil out of the spring up front, and ripped a leaf out of the spring pack in the rear. So now I've got to source new coils and leaf springs to get it back up to proper ride height. I'm also going to put properly sized tires on it since it will be sitting at the right height now. Luckily, the electrical on the MGB is in fairly good nick. The Midget is a little bit of a different story, but I think I need to pull the tachometer and get it repaired. Most of the wiring goes through that thing, and all the problems I'm having point to it being the culprit.

Originally Posted by Magician16

That MGB is beautiful. My wife and I have trouble getting in my wife's car, but she's going to keep it till she can't get in it. It's a Honda CRZ that sits about as high as those MG's.

Magician, there's a guy in South Georgia selling a beautiful Midget for exactly that reason. He can't easily get in and out of it anymore.

Originally Posted by 2LZ

Had a 1970 MGB. Car never gave me a lick of trouble. Street-legal go cart. Like cheesy though, there's NO WAY I could get in and out of one now though. It's why I sold the C4.

2LZ, you're not alone in that. I've not really had any gremlins with any of the Lucas electrics I've played with. Most of the people who complain about the electrics struggle to run down faulty grounds. That and corrosion on the connectors tend to be 90% of the issues I've ever encountered. A test light can do an impressive job troubleshooting these simple cars.

Originally Posted by TominMO

I had an Austin Healey Sprite and an MGB. The B was right hand drive, bought from an Aussie diplomat in China who had brought it in from Oz. This was when I was stationed at the US embassy in Beijing for three years, 1983 - 86. Both were a lot of fun.

TominMO, I drove a Sprite a couple years back, and while I enjoyed the handling, I think I much prefer the looks of the MG's. I have a buddy out here with a RHD Rolls Royce Silver Wraith. It's a lot of fun to go out and about in. He even keeps a jar of Grey Poupon in the glove box for those of us that remember the commercials!

[Bikenut]

I had an MG Midget that I called my MG 400 because I could drive it on the weekend for 400 miles (and I flogged that poor car unmercifully too) and then spend most of the next week and $400 fixing whatever broke.

But that car was so much fun playing in the curves around Hell Michigan (a for real place) the time and money spent (along with the cussing out from my now xwife) was so much worth it!!!!

[Emerikol]

It's absolutely crazy to me that pretty much everyone I've spoken to over the age of about 50-ish has a British Leyland story to tell, MG, Triumph, Austin, Mini, you name it. I really hate that old cars are such a rarity these days. Modern cars are so much more complex and computer-controlled, the average Joe can't repair them anymore. Like Bikenut mentioned, $400 would cover a lot of repairs, and then the car would go out and cover 400 miles happily. So far, for BOTH of the MG's, I've spent less than $1,000. Most of the cost was eaten up with the carb rebuild kit and a new fuel tank for the Midget. I bought the Midget as a non-running project, and within about 30 minutes of tinkering, I had it running. It just doesn't get any simpler than that. No computer, no "Scanning" the data port, no fancy tools or equipment. I really hate to see what the state of modern motoring has become.

[cheesy]

I was having a similar discussion on another forum.

The Factory Service Manual for my 1948 DeSoto has every spec I could ever need and is about half as thick as the owners manuals on both our Jeeps and the F150. Both the F-150 and the Renegade have separate manuals to operate the radio.
I have the 'Fact Sheet' for the Motorola 8 tube radio in the DeSoto that is 4 pages and explains all the troubleshooting and repairs. And gives a generic parts list of all the caps, resistors, and tubes.

Other than a timing light, and a tach and dwell meter, the most sophisticated tools you'd need is a Uni-Syn for carb balancing and probably a vacuum gauge. I'm guessing the Midget has the 1275cc engine and the B is a 1600.

[Emerikol]

Originally Posted by cheesy

I was having a similar discussion on another forum.

The Factory Service Manual for my 1948 DeSoto has every spec I could ever need and is about half as thick as the owners manuals on both our Jeeps and the F150. Both the F-150 and the Renegade have separate manuals to operate the radio.
I have the 'Fact Sheet' for the Motorola 8 tube radio in the DeSoto that is 4 pages and explains all the troubleshooting and repairs. And gives a generic parts list of all the caps, resistors, and tubes.

Other than a timing light, and a tach and dwell meter, the most sophisticated tools you'd need is a Uni-Syn for carb balancing and probably a vacuum gauge. I'm guessing the Midget has the 1275cc engine and the B is a 1600.

Cheesy, there's a funny Meme floating around Facebook that says something along the lines of "40 years ago, the owners manual told you how to adjust the valves and change the oil. Today, the owners manual tells you not to drink the contents of the battery... We're Doomed."

The Midget does indeed have a 1275 engine, and the B has an 1800. The new B i'm going to pick up today also has an 1800 engine, but it's the next-newest engine design. I haven't run the numbers yet to decode the data plate, but I'll give everyone an update when I get it back to the house.

[cheesy]

I needed another bicycle project like I needed another hole in my head, but here we are. I picked up a mid range late 60s, early 70s French Mercier frame set and boxes full of parts for $25. Everybody goes to motorcycle swap meets to buy bicycle parts. Right?

[Emerikol]

So. Today's life lesson is to NEVER buy two MG's at the same time. They will reproduce when you're not looking! I must have forgotten to lift their little MG skirts and make sure they were the same sex...

[Darkrider]

So you are now the proud owner of two RB Bs eh? Hopefully i will be getting my B back on the road come July. Chances are pretty high i might go looking for another B next spring. Currently closing in on the pick up date on the TR7. As for recent purchases...that would be the Nikon D5000 DSLR camera kit i got yesterday as well as an older set of CA computer speakers with subwoofer for my editing desk. On that note i also picked up some ram for that side to upgrade the main tower to 16gb, another 16 gb ram kit for a server project as well as a Ryzen processor for that same server.

[Emerikol]

Originally Posted by Darkrider

So you are now the proud owner of two RB Bs eh? Hopefully i will be getting my B back on the road come July. Chances are pretty high i might go looking for another B next spring. Currently closing in on the pick up date on the TR7. As for recent purchases...that would be the Nikon D5000 DSLR camera kit i got yesterday as well as an older set of CA computer speakers with subwoofer for my editing desk. On that note i also picked up some ram for that side to upgrade the main tower to 16gb, another 16 gb ram kit for a server project as well as a Ryzen processor for that same server.

I'm the proud owner of two MGB's, and one MG Midget. And for some reason, I feel better about having a garage full of classic British roadsters than I do having it full of a hodge-podge of motorcycles. I think my meat nuggets are getting too fat to work on the motorcycles anymore.

[Darkrider]

Originally Posted by Emerikol

I'm the proud owner of two MGB's, and one MG Midget. And for some reason, I feel better about having a garage full of classic British roadsters than I do having it full of a hodge-podge of motorcycles. I think my meat nuggets are getting too fat to work on the motorcycles anymore.

I kinda reached a similar point when i let the Harley go. I essentially transitioned to my current B at that point and enjoyed it more then i did the bike. Now that i am finally mostly clear of debts caused by the ex i can finally enjoy it more and do the work i wanted to do to it. I am not sure how long the TR7 may stick around but time will tell on that one.

[JerryHawk250]

New valve cover for my daughters Chevy Cruze. GM's piss poor design of integrating the PCV with the Valve cover. What idiot engineer designed that?