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MGB-GT My '70 MGB GT Coupe /w pics

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Bret

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Hi Dracy,

Welcome to the BCF. Nice pics. I know photos can be a little misleading but it appears to be fairly clean. But boy, eleven years in storage is a long time. Hope you can get her running without too much trouble. Checkout Tony (theAutoist) Barnhill’s web page when you get a chace.

theAutoist

He's got lots of technical information. Also be sure to join your local MG club if you haven’t already they will always be a great source for stuff in your neck of the woods.

Above that – be sure to tell us how things are going and feel free to ask questions. We’ve got lots of helpful people in this forum.

Good luck!
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Thanks for the comments you two
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Yep Bret, 11 years is a long time... And it wasn't touched once in that timespan
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I'll be sure to look around, and find the MG club. And thanks for the link
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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Darcy:
<<SNIP>> Yep Bret, 11 years is a long time... And it wasn't touched once in that timespan
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E-gads! That amount of time one I can almost guarantee you are going to have to go over a few things. Watching the Spike’s power block TV (was TNN) this afternoon they resurrected an old Truck that had been sitting for years. Here are some of the things you should look at before you just slap a new battery in your GT.

First make sure the engine hasn’t seized. You can test this by removing the plugs & manually turning over the engine on the crankshaft bolt or putting it into gear and pushing the car. If it is seized up, put some penetrating oil in the spark plug holes and then try again after it’s had some time to do its thing. If after all that it is still seized you’re going to have to rebuild. But if you’re engine is OK make sure to change the oil & filter.

Next the fuel system. Before you even attempt to start her I’d empty & flush out the gas tank and then rebuild the Carburetors. Check for & replace any bad fuel lines & replace the fuel filter.

Then I’d look at your ignition system. Don’t go cheap – go ahead and replace the distributor cap, points, plugs & plug wires.

There is a lot more things you are going to have to look at to be sure but the above is a good start.

Again good luck!
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Welcome, nice car, I know you will enjoy it. Hope you can get it going without anything major and at least enjoy driving it for awhile.
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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Bret:


E-gads! That amount of time one I can almost guarantee you are going to have to go over a few things. Watching the Spike’s power block TV (was TNN) this afternoon they resurrected an old Truck that had been sitting for years. Here are some of the things you should look at before you just slap a new battery in your GT.

First make sure the engine hasn’t seized. You can test this by removing the plugs & manually turning over the engine on the crankshaft bolt or putting it into gear and pushing the car. If it is seized up, put some penetrating oil in the spark plug holes and then try again after it’s had some time to do its thing. If after all that it is still seized you’re going to have to rebuild. But if you’re engine is OK make sure to change the oil & filter.

Next the fuel system. Before you even attempt to start her I’d empty & flush out the gas tank and then rebuild the Carburetors. Check for & replace any bad fuel lines & replace the fuel filter.

Then I’d look at your ignition system. Don’t go cheap – go ahead and replace the distributor cap, points, plugs & plug wires.

There is a lot more things you are going to have to look at to be sure but the above is a good start.

Again good luck!
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[ 02-22-2004: Message edited by: Bret ]<hr></blockquote>

Nope, the engine hasn't seized! It was manually turning over fine, which I'm very happy about
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I couldn't hear any gas in the tank, so draining shouldn't be that bad
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Though for some reason, the previous owner added too much engine oil
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Count on the brakes being shot. Shame they repainted the original shmoo blue. Then again, I'm the only one who seems to like that color.
 
Well, here she is! Bought her + had her towed yesterday,
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Don't know if it'll run yet... No battery. But there's no rush either, since everything's going to be drained when it warms up...

On with the pictures!
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Corvette Yellow, with BF Radicals. How they fit? I don't know
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Here's the wonderful engine shot
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Steering wheel shot


Hopefully that's enough pictures for you guys...

Although it needs some work, I couldn't of asked for anything better. She'll be my first British car, and I can't wait until she's on the road, hopefully this Summer!

The paintjob isn't the greatest... But it's fine if you don't look too close
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The price you ask? $750CND, or $562USD I don't believe the owner was in it for the money... He just wanted her to go to a good home, to be driven and taken care of.

EDIT:Oops I forgot to add, it was under a dropcloth, inside a garage for about 11 years. She ran before she was parked.

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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Baxter:
Count on the brakes being shot. Shame they repainted the original shmoo blue. Then again, I'm the only one who seems to like that color.<hr></blockquote>


Haven't had a chance to jack the car up and look at the brakes... It'll be interesting
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I'm not really a fan of shmoo blue... So yellow is fine!
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1. Go to my website & read the article on "Awakening a Sleeping MGB"...follow the checklist

https://www.theautoist.com/awakening_a_sleeping_b.htm

2. Why did they whack up the battery area...it would've taken a 12V without all that work...now you've gotta retrofit the original pieces.....& I can guarantee they have an aftermarket fuel pump under there!
 
You got yourself a bargain, no matter how much work you need to do to it, I think. From the photos, at least looks like everything is there. (OK, except the battery.) For a split-bumper GT, a good deal, no matter how you look at it, I think!

Although I second Tony's comment about the battery compartment. Shame about that -- Obviously, previous owner didn't know that a good Group 26 12-v battery will fit in the exisiting hole just fine. It would be good to fix that up to original, but I guess, given everything else you may have to do, that this can wait. (After all, no one's going to see it.)
 
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by tony barnhill:
1. Go to my website & read the article on "Awakening a Sleeping MGB"...follow the checklist

https://www.theautoist.com/awakening_a_sleeping_b.htm

2. Why did they whack up the battery area...it would've taken a 12V without all that work...now you've gotta retrofit the original pieces.....& I can guarantee they have an aftermarket fuel pump under there!<hr></blockquote>


Thanks for the link Tony! I'll read it over in a bit...

The thing is... The guy I bought it from got it from a kid in '88 I believe... So the tires, the battery hole, and the exhaust were all done by the kid... So I think I'll be finding little surprises along the way
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The whole exhaust system is really messed up I think... I'll have to take a peak under there and see what's been done
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And hopefully, by late Summer she'll be ready to drive
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