![]() ![]() The owner says they were on someone's car but rubbed the fenders, so he got them cheap but has to replace the one chewed tire. Left rear has a nasty case of sidewall rash and slightly chewed up wheel. The tires are 275-25-26 (considering that semi trucks use 22-inch wheels). I was always curious about such "Conestoga" wagon wheels placed on modern cars. Sneaking toward 2-am, will have to take this up again tomorrow.Ī strange way to start the day, parked along side of this thing. It was a substantial effort but, so far only through the A's and B 's. This was a start on the members list of British Motor Trade Association. Up by 11-ish, after catching up with email and BBS, I spent several more hours posting more MG Shops on the new links list. No rest for the guru.ĭay off (you might think). Would you believe we connected to WiFi again until crashing a 4-am (duh?). ![]() Well, actually it was 3-am due to change of time zone. Finishing just at closing time (11-pm) we headed east another 165 miles, landing in Perry, FL at 2-am. This included all (recent) recommendations from the BBS and from incoming email. Then we found a WiFI spot in Santa Rosa Beach, FL to catch up with the world again, and took the rest of the day to post more MG Shops on the new links list. We had a nice lunch together accompanied by plenty of MG chat. All in all he is in great shape with two running MGs, a Porsche Boxter he bought new in the mid 90's, a utilitarian pickup truck, and not much to worry about (no big projects pending). In the shed he has two MGB hardtops (needing repaint and re-trimming), a spare gearbox and a few more spare parts. Story is that one was cheap and the other was free, but both had to be painted and re-trimmed. He has two MGB, a '67 and a '72, both very nice. Then we traveled east some late at night 120 miles east out of Mississippi, through Alabama, landing just into the Florida panhandle in the wee hours of the morning.Īnother 100 miles east we stopped in Freeport, Florida early afternoon to visit Dean Bowman. This was followed by some work on the new Links web pages for MG Shops in North America (which is off to a good start). I spent some time on WiFi catching up email and BBS. It leaks a bit around the top of the front hatch door, but that should be fixable. This will be the subject of another article in the Trailers section of my web site. It has 18-foot bed and opening hatches on four sides (easy access to tie-downs and car doors), and it weighs only 1800-pounds empty. Gene also has this very nice all aluminum box trailer built by Montrose Trailers. Also note the home-brewed wire mesh grill. It also has inner fender louvered panels (ala MGA Twin Cam), which he says drops the coolant temperature about 10dF. With proper timing it runs much better, but hasn't had a good hot weather workout yet. It had overheating issues for a long time before he discovered the ignition timing was severely retarded. It has air conditioning, a "high capacity" radiator, and electric fan. The MGA Coupe has been a pet project for a while. ![]() It was originally configured for racing, never raced, but is tractable for street use. This is his "other" MG TC (also with supercharger). Up by mid morning, and out to the garage to check out Gene Gillam's additional rolling stock. MGA Guru Is GOING MOBILE - (January 1 - January 15, 2016) ![]()
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