New pics of midget with the engine installed!!!

[Hooper11772]

Have to give a shout out to Chris S and Grey cat without them there is no way I would be this far along! After spending some serious time over Chris's place i've finally got an engine in my car. I figured i'd post some pics of the progress. Hope to get the manifold and exhaust installed tonight. Wish me luck. https://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0Bbsm7dq1asXmQ

 

[tony barnhill]

It doesn't work:

 

[Hooper11772]

Allright lets try this again!

https://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0Bbsm7dq1asXmQ

 

[tony barnhill]

Good photos - & I like the silver & tan together!

 

[Hooper11772]

Thanks, I wasn't sure what I thought about that at first but the color combo is growing on me.

 

[walshja]

the color combo is awesome !!!

car really looks great, question, how did you get your seats so clean? they look great.

I have tan seats as well, and they are rather dirty, looking for advice on cleaning them. another post suggested the only way is with a bucket of soap and water and start scrubbing.

joe

 

[tony barnhill]

I'm doing my customized V8 MGB named SSsnake in that combo.

 

[Hooper11772]

The seats were in pretty good shape when I got them as far as tears there were none etc. I got the 30 yrs of grime off of them by first spraying the whole seat down with purple power and letting sit for a good ten minutes. After that I used a scub brush with stiff bristles to get in all the grooves. I wiped down the whole seat with a wet reg they repeated until clean. For the real tough spots I used goof off and a rag. That stuff is strong though so be careful if you try.

 

[jvandyke]

Is that more metallic silver or gray? Either way looks great.

 

[GeeBee1]

very nice, keep up the great work

 

[Hooper11772]

It's supposed to be metallic silver. I painted it myself so its more silver than metallic but it looks good from a far. As Chris said to me the other day 20/20 "Looks good from 20 feet at 20 miles per hour"

 

[John Moore]

wow! I love the color combo! NICE!

 

[Gray_Cat]

Hey Roger:
It is great to see the engine in it's new home!!! The color scheme looks great too and the paint as well. I'm glad the engine got there ok, I just wish the pistons had survived the trip though. Can't say enough for all the assistance Chris gave on the receipt and building of the engine - when we will have audio???
Roy :thumbsup:
sure you don't need a nice Weber 45 DCOE for it???

 

[Hooper11772]

Tempting, thats definitely on the wish list for next year. I can barely eat and pay my rent after whats been done thus far even with all the help. This is an expensive hobby!

 

[Gray_Cat]

Much better to get the engine sorted out with the SU's anyway.
Can't wait to hear it run!
Roy

 

[Dadandson]

Great job!

 

[bugimike]

Looks great :thumbsup: !!! The dramatic" lighting in the photos sure sets it off nice!!