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Bob Claffie

Bob Claffie

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Yesterday a friend and I hauled my son's MGB out of the storage facility he has been using. Owner is selling so long term storage is a thing of the past. The MG has been sitting for about eight years. Son and daughter in law are BIG into Miata's and autocrossing so MG has been forgotten .

First order of business new tires as the four on the ground are flat and cracked, almost hold air, at least for a little while. Clutch and brake hydraulics are a thing of the past, too. Never tried to get it running, didn't want to put that ancient gas into the system. Car needed kingpins when first stored and I don't think they fixed themselves.

Car has a good shell, nice paint, pretty good interior and a rebuilt engine with a good working tranny. Lot of potential but better him than me. You could call this a "barn find" but actually it was never lost. Bob
 
Good luck with the rebirth, Bob. Sounds like a good car that just needs a bit of attention.
 
Someone had to say it. :savewave:
 

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rlwhitetr3b said:
JP, I had not noticed that!
Lets try this one...
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:whistle:
 
I'm the son. The car is now in my yard but I'm not, since I'm hanging out at the folks' for the week making Dad paint one of our Miatas.

I only saw the car long enough to get it on the trailer and then the wife headed straight home with it. Didn't even open the hood.

Immediate goals: tires, gas, clutch, brakes in something like that order. The car can be registered "Historic" in Maryland so no inspection/smog check, and insurance will be dirt cheap. If it runs and drives, we'll use it to go for ice cream on warm Friday nights. No idea what might happen when the first (inevitable) catastrophic failure strikes, as most automotive $$$ are earmarked into making a Miata into a national-level (?) autocrosser, even if the drivers are not.

Anyway, here's a pic as the car was about to head south
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That's a clean looking car!
 
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