D1BBZ 17 Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Hi guys, I thought I should start a build thread on here to show my cars progress (or lack of it) time will tell! I bought the it 6 years ago of a friend for £350 with 200K on the clock. Surprisingly it had a full service history and lots of receipts of all the work that had been carried out The bodywork was in reasonable condition apart form some rusting sills. VR6Pete, bennyk and Bealieboy 3 Link to post Share on other sites
bennyk 1,238 Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Hi mate, looks tidy enough, what plans have you got for it? Bought it for nearly the same price as I bought mine for! VR6Pete 1 Link to post Share on other sites
D1BBZ 17 Posted April 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 25K miles later its starting to show it age. The engine is smoking/burning oil, the suspension knocks and feels tired & the body/paintwork is shot. This is how it looks currently Just need to find a place to store my other project so I can start getting some work done! Hopefully I'll be able to start making some progress next month. Also I hope the pictures show up as I'm pretty much computer illiterate! VR6CABBS 1 Link to post Share on other sites
D1BBZ 17 Posted April 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 1 hour ago, bennyk said: Hi mate, looks tidy enough, what plans have you got for it? Bought it for nearly the same price as I bought mine for! It is tidy as long as your stood 1/2 a mile away The plan is to have the engine rebuilt keeping it N/A but trying to up the HP to 200+ with some help form TSR Performance. Give the suspension an overhaul polybushing everything and fitting some sports suspension rather than coilovers. Freshen up the engine bay. Get any parts I can replaced, refurbished, painted or powder coated. and then the body work eliminate the rusted areas with new metal and I'll be happy, not worried about the paintwork. So enough to keep me busy and also broke for the foreseeable future Link to post Share on other sites
c00k 435 Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Will all be worth it in the end buddy, keep at it. also I spy with my little eye something being with 'M'? MG midget. My uncle had an MG B GT. Link to post Share on other sites
D1BBZ 17 Posted April 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 22 minutes ago, c00k said: Will all be worth it in the end buddy, keep at it. also I spy with my little eye something being with 'M'? MG midget. My uncle had an MG B GT. That's the old mans MG B roadster, he won't me anywhere near it! Link to post Share on other sites
D1BBZ 17 Posted May 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 Finally I have wings without holes in Not much progress but progress none the less! bennyk 1 Link to post Share on other sites
D1BBZ 17 Posted August 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 So 6 years went by real quick and no real progress has happened…until this weekend!Time to finally start cutting and welding Link to post Share on other sites
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D1BBZ 17 Posted August 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2022 It’s fair to say bodywork is not a natural talent of mine, still it’s more done in 1 day than the the last 6 years Link to post Share on other sites
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