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We Drove Her Today!!

GaryBeu

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Thanks to all of you here on the BCF Carla and I managed to overcome our fear of being non-mechanical and spent the last 6 1/2 months SLOWLY working on "Ellie"...our 1971 MGB. She sat in a guy's shop for 18 years and needed a lot of TLC and work.

Today we rolled her out of our garage and, after some carb adjustments, she ran like a top for her first 4 mile drive! We are VERY excited and are ready to fine-tune a few things and put her on the road. Thank you all very much for the assistance and I'm sure we'll be asking more questions in the future.

Gary and Carla
 

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Woohoo! :cheers:

Enjoy the drives, that's what it's all about.
 

DrEntropy

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Good news, indeed!

It's great when house ballast turns into a real CAR!!! :thumbsup:
 

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Doc,

Do you really know that feeling?
I hope to .... soon.

- Doug
 

DrEntropy

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Repeatedly, Doug.

...just not <span style="font-style: italic">recently</span>... :smirk:
 

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Way to go, Gary and Carla!

I remember when you started with us, and the concerns you had about the job.

Satisfying, isn't it? :thumbsup: This is just the beginning!

:cheers:
Mickey
 
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Thanks everyone for all of the encouragement. Yeah Mickey, we had a LOT of trepidation about starting this since we were both total novices at mechanics. It's been great fun and a great learning experience and will continue (the learning) for sure!
 

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BTW time to change your signature
 
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GaryBeu

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You're absolutely correct JP. I actually thought about that yesterday and then forgot. Then nobody will know that we missed our deadline by 2 months! :smile:
 

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GaryBeu said:
You're absolutely correct JP. I actually thought about that yesterday and then forgot. Then nobody will know that we missed our deadline by 2 months! :smile:

We prefer to think of it as 10 months early - says the guy who was five years into a two year project when Ms Triss hit the road for the first time.
 
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