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    That's the old mans MG B roadster, he won't me anywhere near it!
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    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
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    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!
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    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.
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    Mines done 225k, still going strong considering it's had no major engine work to date!
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    Really enjoyed reading through this thread, Its impressive! The car looks awesome. Does make me massively rethink the timescale for my build though where do you source your OEM parts from?
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    Oil every 20K Oil & Filter ever 40K. I would go for genuine just for piece of mind.
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    You should be able to do it without removing the whole axle & you don't need to buy a special tool you can make on using some threaded bar, nuts & washers. I'm taking the rear axle out when I do mine so I can have it shot blasted and powder coated just to tidy it all up, need to buy some Polybush mounts as well.
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    I've got a Mk1 Gti in the garage as well I rebuilt the motor about 5 years ago but never got around to doing the shell so it's still sat in hundreds of pieces, which makes me question if I should really be starting this build! I've had new rear bushes in the boot of my VR for 3 years and never got round to fitting them I bought the flexible brake lines which go over the axle at the same time just incase they are damaged when taking them of. Apart from that no real advice unfortunately...
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    I think I'll need to remove my dash to sort out my heater blower issue. Might as well clean all the air duct pipes out as well as when the heater was working (what I'm assuming is foam insulation) would fly out into the cab. If you have any good advice/shortcuts once you've done your dash feel free to share You cant beat a VR, could buy the GTI and start a collection of expensive driveway ornaments like I have!
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    Cheers for the welcome. I like to think I'm fairly competent with the mechanical work, I rebuilt my Mk1 engine some years ago but it still hasn't been put back in the car (or ran) so how good the job was is unknown I need to find a good body shop locally and getting the work priced up but its proving harder since my local shop packed up and moved to Devon! watch this space...
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    My sills will probably have to be completely replaced they've had years of small repairs done badly (admittedly some by me) now they have collapsed in at the front and I think the rear would follow suit if I offered up a jack to them! The sunroof drain pipes had split in mine causing the headlining to sag down and letting water run down the A pillar straight into the foot wells. My heater matrix is ok just a shame the blowers don't work Heater matrix is a complete dash removal job I'm assuming?
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    Hi guys, after 6 years of owning my VR6 I've finally got round to joining the owners club! I bought my VR6 of a friend for the princely sum of £350 completely standard with free rust! Over the first year I fitted a Ramspeed induction kit, a set of budget coilovers (lowering 70mm give or take) & a highline interior. Since then it has generally been a case of patching the car together in a vain attempt to keep it running and roadworthy. Welding the sills, trying to stop all the oil and water leaks on the engine, trying to stop the water leaks into the interior, electrical faul
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