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The deeper I get into fixing up the 74B the more I fine that needs attention. Was removing weather stripping from the boot lid ( no easy bit in itself, can't wait to install a new one ) and found some rust that I wasn't aware of, not much but some.

It was not my intention to restore the beast just fix it up a little, paint and drive it. Now the only thing still in one piece or all together is what is under the bonnet. Is this some sort of illness or something.
Tom
 
In answer to your question NO
My biggest gripe is that I start to do a project then find that in order to keep the car on the road I have to stop, fix something else and start over. This year I am redoing the interior but first I find that the altenator is not working ( the PO had disconnected the warning light and I did not notice) then the grating noise every time I stepped on thwe brakes got on my nerves so I fixed the brakes.
So Tom welcome to the club!
 
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never ever fix the clock

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It has a clock! Wish you had not told me.

Peter,
I don't really have a problem with having to stop driving, I picked the little beast up to have something to do. Well do I ever have something to do.
Tom
 
Tom, I guess you can call it an illness, madness, crazy, or just the love of these little British cars that no one makes any more. It's because of this,(Illness or Madness), that more and more of these little gems are being restored in various states of dress by people just like yourself. Even if they are just pulled out of the junk yards and put under cover to help preserve them, then a great accomplisment has been done. Someone, a little crazy, just like us, will someday bring it back to life and save a piece of automotive history. Good luck with your car and welcome to the club /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif PJ
 
Some sort of illness you ask? Yes it is,and it has no known cure. even if you don't fix the clock,you'll enjoy a never ending task at hand.
Enjoy /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/savewave.gif

Stuart. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif
 
I just reread your first post. Your car has a boot and a bonnet? - there's your problem. Most of them have trunks and hoods. Yours must be an Eglish model. Only Brits like me are allowed to use those terms.
 
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Some sort of illness you ask? Yes it is,and it has no known cure. even if you don't fix the clock,you'll enjoy a never ending task at hand.
Enjoy /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/savewave.gif

"Clock" It really has a clock? Now I've got to look in all the boxes, buckets and underneath the car looking for the "tick, tock".
Tom

Stuart. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif

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And me!! and me!!!
I'm educating my wife to use those words. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/savewave.gif
And don't forget the "wings".

Stuart. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif
 
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I just reread your first post. Your car has a boot and a bonnet? - there's your problem. Most of them have trunks and hoods. Yours must be an Eglish model. Only Brits like me are allowed to use those terms.

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I knew I was going to be in trouble with this. I figured if I said hood everyone would nail me about the soft top.
Thanks
Tom
 
And there are some sleeper cells out there too! I suspect a number of our Canadian friends were originally from across the pond. Oddly they is aCanadian round the corner from me that has a '69 like mine but its a Canadian model that has a number of differences. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/england.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/england.gif
 
I have spent the last couple of days going through some old threads, back so far to about page 32 so far. Picking out some topics that looked interesting.

Some where I read that removing side marker lights was some what acceptable. Any comments on this.

Also recoloring was a touchy subject. Mine is yellow or gold in color and was thinking about something different. Only thing is I don't really want to strip the engine bay out to recolor it. Blacking it out maybe? Everything else is stripped. I've got this thing down to the bone except for the engine bay.
Thanks
Tom
 
And another thing Tom. You need to understand British cars do not have RUST!! Its actually a particular kind of burnt ochre undercoating that was used for a number of years by British automakers. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nopity.gif
 
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Now the only thing still in one piece or all together is what is under the bonnet.

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& why is that?

If you've taken everything else apart, why not tackle it also? You don't want to open the bonnet on a beautiful car to see 'dingy', do you?

I'd love to see some photos of what you've found during your disassembly.
 
Seem to think thst engine bays were often the same color as the rest of the car since the whole thing was painted at the same time. My '69 has the bay repainted a matte black by a PO which seems practical, as far as the side reflectore are concerned all these things depend on how close to original you want the car to be - as long as it conforms with local law.
 
Yes, engine bays were always painted the same color as the car.
 
Eastwood does a nice engine bay black. Now if you want to get anal you can paint the engine in its correct color and the in thing at the moment seems to be to paint the valve cover as the Union Jack. Of course the headers need to be painted as well and the dashpot covers chromed. Me I just was the engine down once in a while.
 
I'm glad Union Jack valve covers aren't the in thing around here! But then, I'd never buy an MG with a black engine compartment but that's just my personal preference.
 
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