TravisTowle
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I just found a 100-4 that belonged to my father years ago, but not much of the car is left but the body and skeleton frame. It is missing the chassis, engine, seats, dash, windshield, and running gear. The guy who bought it from my dad cut the running gear and main frame out for a kit car build in the 60's and those parts are long gone. I just found the chassis.tiff on another sight and I am thinking about making a chassis out of scratch and finding a mga or mgb to use for the running gear and engine, but making the car look on the outside like an original 100-4 with a mga or b engine. If I can find original rusty running gear and engine to rebuild I would do that but I am not a rich guy, but i am very skilled in restoration work and can bring dogs that no one will waste time on back to life again.
QUESTION 1: is this a real bad idea to put a mga or b in this car or should I save the car for the next 10-20 years and try to restore it right? Problem with doing it right is I may never get it done that way unless I can find a dog of a parts car to restore the parts on.
QUESTION 2: does anyone have or know of an old rusty frame I can buy or have that I can use as an exact dimension for building my new one. I would like to find one someone is junking after buying a replacement chassis... I am skilled enough I can do my own concours chassis build using a old rusty frame for measurement and the blueprints.
QUESTION 3: does anyone know where I can find an original rusty running gear, engine, trans, springs that I can restore and put on my car?
I will try to post photos of my Healey as it is now... And I have restored and unrestored antique gas pumps, and candy machines that I can trade for parts. I also have an antique original walrus ivory tusk for trade for parts...
Travis Towle
Topeka, Kansas
785-408-3409
QUESTION 1: is this a real bad idea to put a mga or b in this car or should I save the car for the next 10-20 years and try to restore it right? Problem with doing it right is I may never get it done that way unless I can find a dog of a parts car to restore the parts on.
QUESTION 2: does anyone have or know of an old rusty frame I can buy or have that I can use as an exact dimension for building my new one. I would like to find one someone is junking after buying a replacement chassis... I am skilled enough I can do my own concours chassis build using a old rusty frame for measurement and the blueprints.
QUESTION 3: does anyone know where I can find an original rusty running gear, engine, trans, springs that I can restore and put on my car?
I will try to post photos of my Healey as it is now... And I have restored and unrestored antique gas pumps, and candy machines that I can trade for parts. I also have an antique original walrus ivory tusk for trade for parts...
Travis Towle
Topeka, Kansas
785-408-3409