1975 MGB. 50 Year Anniversary Edition.
Discovered that the engine has been rebuilt before. Previous owner heated the front springs and put blocks under the rear axle so the car has been lowered... Very cheaply.
Done:
Engine Rebuild ($875)
Front Springs
Rear U-Bolts and shackels
Engine is back in
Headers, intake, and carburetor are installed
Clutch kit is installed
Starter is back in (after being made pretty)
Water pump installed
Alternator is back on
Fan and radiator fully installed
Engine, tuning, and transmission
Whats left to do:
Brakes
Making it look pretty
After that, interior redo and exterior repaint, but thats too far to think about.
In desperate need of rebuild and new carburetor.
Off to the machine shop. (Still at machine shop 12/14/06.)
Emergency brake and lowering blocks are out from under the axle. (12/1/06)
Other rims.
Got new coil springs and U-Bolt kit for rear springs. (12/14/06)
Got passenger side coil spring off. Doing driver side tomorrow. (12/14/06)
Driver side spring is now off. (12/15/06)
What the old, heated springs look like.
U-Bolt kit and front springs are now done. (1/4/07)
How the car sits now:
Interior Picture:
New sponsors. Haha
Engine still at machine shop. (2/20/07) :(
(Took some headbolts down to the machine shop yesterday, and I'll be able to pick it up today. 3/7/07)
(3/8/07)
Finally got the engine back today. Just need to get a new water pump, all new hoses, a Hayne's Manual, clutch, and Weber Carburetor. All those should be ordered during this spring break so I should have everything by the time we're back in school so it should just be putting everything back together.
Clutch Kit and carburetor have been ordered. Next to order are hoses, engine mounts, and need to get serial number off the engine to figure out which water pump we need.
Page 1: Engine pull, suspension, and rebuilt engine
Page 2: Carburetor, clutch kit, and water pump
Page 3: Engine replant