Heres my 1969 MGB that I never drove and started the engine only once. After one year's worth work restoring the body, I had to sell it when I graduated. The car had been completed and is in immaculate condition. See last page for fully restored pics.
Thanks for visiting!
-Ari
Top: My brother removing parts and details.
Bottom: Body with all parts and details removed. Front bumber left on for tow-bar hooks. Note blue MGB with left engine penel removed and engine suspended on hoist.
Top: Trunk floor removed.
Bottom: Floor panels removed and right door hinge post removed and rocker panels removed.
Top: More deteil on rust corrosion after body panels removed (floors, rocker panels, door post)
Bottom: Years of rust in rocker panel eats through inner frame member.
Top: Removing engine from body shell.
Bottom: My brother and I celebrate in the now-empty engine compartment.
Top: Body shell ready to be towed.
Bottom: Body flipped over in garage for under-body rust repair.
Top: Rear view of under-body condition.
Bottom: Cutting rusted areas in footwell panels. Note frame strut support for body.
Top: Patches placed in drivers-side footwell.
Bottom: Patched transmission tunnel and preparation to passenger sde footwell panel. Note patch in transmission tunnel ready to be applied.
Top: Patches placed in passenger side footwell (two piece patch). Note patch to frame member and transmission tunnel patch welds grinded.
Bottom: Driver side frame member replaced with new panel.
Rust removal from rear fender well panels. Patches taken from donor vehicle.
Top: Side frame mambers repaired with new lower panels (black).
Bottom: Fender well panel patches with grinded welds. Rear stabilizer bar brackets added. Brackets copied from later-year model. Note corresponding axel brackets for rear- antisway bar.
