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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #175 on: August 02, 2012, 07:06:08 PM »
Yeah, those banjo wheels are my favorite, too.  I'm also partial to the metal dash, but you buy what you can find with an old car. 



As far as the radio, mine still has the original British Leyland AM/FM model.   :naughty:


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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #176 on: August 02, 2012, 07:30:48 PM »
As far as the radio, mine still has the original British Leyland AM/FM model.   :naughty:
Pretty.

I think I want one with an iPod/MP3 input if I'm going to drive this thing down to Texas soon.  I only listen to three radio stations anyway.
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #177 on: August 02, 2012, 07:32:44 PM »
Pretty.

I think I want one with an iPod/MP3 input if I'm going to drive this thing down to Texas soon.  I only listen to three radio stations anyway.
XM is good for long trips too.
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #178 on: August 02, 2012, 07:46:21 PM »

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Sweet.

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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #179 on: August 02, 2012, 07:50:45 PM »
Yeah, those banjo wheels are my favorite, too.  I'm also partial to the metal dash, but you buy what you can find with an old car. 



As far as the radio, mine still has the original British Leyland AM/FM model.   :naughty:



Does it still work???
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #180 on: August 02, 2012, 07:51:53 PM »
Hey Chris.  My BF says you better bring your wentworth wrenches when you come to TX, cuz he doesn't know anyone that has any here anymore. 
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #181 on: August 02, 2012, 07:52:21 PM »
I'm using metric. :shrug:
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #182 on: August 02, 2012, 07:58:54 PM »
Iassa,

It turns on, but I have never hooked any speakers up to it to see if it's putting anything out.  I'm too busy listening to the supercharger whine.  :-)

Chris,

You have very few bolts on your car that are Whitworth- nothing I have found yet that I couldn't get to with an adjustable wrench.  Everything else is SAE, though not metric. 

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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #183 on: August 02, 2012, 08:41:43 PM »
My bad.  Forgot to tell the BF the year.  I am just reading him this thread.   :-)
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #184 on: August 02, 2012, 08:46:24 PM »
My bad.  Forgot to tell the BF the year.  I am just reading him this thread.   :-)
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #185 on: August 02, 2012, 08:48:41 PM »
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Good reading none the less....  I read him this thread over dinner.  He said he can't wait to see your car when you come to Texas.  We's got metric wrenches.  :-)
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #186 on: August 02, 2012, 09:31:27 PM »
I'll be sure to wash and wax it before I leave.

I washed it last month... needs another bath, but it really does need to be repainted.  The hood is peeling and some parts look like they've been burned.
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #187 on: August 02, 2012, 09:34:27 PM »
I'll be sure to wash and wax it before I leave.

I washed it last month... needs another bath, but it really does need to be repainted.

I'd just wait till ya get to Wylie to wash it. 
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #188 on: August 02, 2012, 09:36:20 PM »
I'll be sure to wash and wax it before I leave.

I washed it last month... needs another bath, but it really does need to be repainted.  The hood is peeling and some parts look like they've been burned.

satin black the hood.  :-)

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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #189 on: August 03, 2012, 02:09:22 PM »
satin black the hood.  :-)

Point of Order, Mr. Chairman.

Ain't that the bonnet, rather than the hood?

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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #190 on: August 03, 2012, 02:15:05 PM »
Racing stripes :rofl:
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #191 on: August 03, 2012, 05:59:46 PM »
Point of Order, Mr. Chairman.

Ain't that the bonnet, rather than the hood?

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Absolutely correct.  Boot and Bonnet.

I really wish I had my camera today, saw a really nice red B all track numbered up with a driver's roll bar.  It looked fast just standing still. :yahoo:
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #192 on: August 04, 2012, 04:36:14 PM »
I may have corrected my overheating problem.  I tried to purge the air out of the cooling system by taking the cap off the radiator and letting the car heat up to N.  I ran it to the store and sat in some traffic for a bit and it seems to be running cooler than before.  I guess it doesn't hurt that it's only 80º right now.

We will see. :p

My oil separator is clogged.  The closest thing I found to Choreboy were some "copper coated" pads.
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #193 on: August 04, 2012, 08:13:38 PM »
I may have corrected my overheating problem.  I tried to purge the air out of the cooling system by taking the cap off the radiator and letting the car heat up to N.  I ran it to the store and sat in some traffic for a bit and it seems to be running cooler than before.  I guess it doesn't hurt that it's only 80º right now.

We will see. :p

My oil separator is clogged.  The closest thing I found to Choreboy were some "copper coated" pads.

Try soaking your oil separator in a container of gasoline.  If it's metal, it should clean it right up. 

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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #194 on: August 05, 2012, 05:51:15 PM »
There is a joke in here about a British car's convertible top somewhere, I just know it:  

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/9453772/London-2012-Olympics-Heavy-rain-leaks-into-velodrome-and-soaks-marathon.html


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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #195 on: August 05, 2012, 06:02:55 PM »
The Michelotti Top

I can't complain about mine.  It doesn't leak at all.
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #196 on: August 05, 2012, 07:52:27 PM »
Absolutely correct.  Boot and Bonnet.

I really wish I had my camera today, saw a really nice red B all track numbered up with a driver's roll bar.  It looked fast just standing still. :yahoo:
I took a look at the List of Craig's today.  Lots of B's for sale, not many of them look as nice as mine for the price or are overpriced rubber bumper models.

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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #197 on: August 05, 2012, 08:02:14 PM »
So I was watching the Wheeler Dealers MG BGT episode, and the guy at the MG Owner's Club says the Rostyle wheels are painted silver with the black accents applied by hand.  It looks like one of the previous owners decided to do it the other way around and painted them completely black. 

Not a good look.
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #198 on: August 05, 2012, 09:07:10 PM »
There is a joke in here about a British car's convertible top somewhere, I just know it:  

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/9453772/London-2012-Olympics-Heavy-rain-leaks-into-velodrome-and-soaks-marathon.html



The joke in the 60's about the soft top on the AC Ace & Shelby Cobra was that it was guaranteed to keep at least 60% of the rain off you.

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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #199 on: August 05, 2012, 09:08:35 PM »
I never understood why roadsters were so popular in a country where it rained and snowed 200 days a year.

At least the defogger/heater work great in my car.
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