Both rubber-bumper tourers. The first one was my mid-life crisis car in my mid-40s because I couldn't afford a Porsche and a Miata was too damn small (no leg room - couldn't operate the clutch without my knee hitting the steering wheel). I acquired the second one for parts, but then found out it was too complete to part out. It's sitting out under tarps where my mom used to live out in the country (my sister bought the land from the other sibs), but the car is still there. I'd go get it and bring it here if I had some place to store it. The first one is sitting in my basement waiting for me to get enough "round tuits" to repair the damage vandals did to it the ONE TIME I had to park it out on the street instead of in my driveway. They smashed the windshield & driver side glass. It needs a complete new interior because I wasn't able to get all the glass shards out of it. And by now it's been sitting so long it probably needs a major restoration. I know the tires are too old. They'd suffice for me to get it some place to have new tires put on, but only because the old tires all have inner tubes. I can repair an inner tube on the side of the road, but a tubeless tire is beyond me (I don't have the tools & couldn't afford them). The second one gets restoration as soon as I finish restoring the first one. I don't know what I'm going to do then. I learned about the magic smoke during my first MOS school (Aircraft Radio Repairer) & from OJT working with the electricians on the helicopters in my National Guard Unit (where I spent the first 17 years of my career in the National Guard). On 10/4/2021 16:14:47, Larry Colen wrote: > > >> On Oct 4, 2021, at 1:00 PM, John <jsessoms002@nc.rr.com> wrote: >> >> Larry, >> I own two MGBs and I have this T-shirt: >> >> http://mossmotorsltd.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Lucus-and-Oscar-001.jpg > > Are they both for driving? Or is one for parts? What years? Roadster or GT? > > Getting mine > http://www.red4est.com/jasmine/ > back on the road has been an exercise in disaster management, and by disaster I mean wildfires 20 years ago when I was waiting for engine parts, a kid crashing into my garage and putting it out of commission for a year, I admit that racing the miata for a few years sidelined my time/energy budget from Jasmine. After working on the Singer, I’m particularly motivated to let the house fall down on it’s own for a little while so I can get the MG back together. With the supercharger I could keep up with miatas down the straights at the track. > > It was through the team.net email lists > > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo > > that I learned the smoke theory of electronics. That electronics work because of magic smoke, and if you let the magic smoke out, the electronics stop working. And just like British cars leak everything else, they often leak smoke. > >> >> On 10/3/2021 20:59:33, Larry Colen wrote: >>>> On Oct 3, 2021, at 5:25 PM, John <jsessoms002@nc.rr.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> WTF? >>> The Interocitor is from “This Island Earth” >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCMLmm8oLu4 >>> And Lucas electronics have a someone iffy reputation. >>> As in the 3-position light switch; off, dim and flicker. >>>> >> >> >> -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question.

Somewhat over 20 years ago, a friend of mine bought a nice little MG Midget. He brought it over to show off his new toy, and I told him that he had better get the Haynes manual for it and a set of wrenches. His response was that this little car was in perfect condition and he wouldn't be needing to do any repairs or maintenance on it. He sold it as a non running tow away about a month later. bill On 10/4/2021 2:20 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > LOL! > > I remember my old MG. Always in the shop, and always a long wait for > parts. Once, the throttle linkage broke, and I drove around for months > with baling wire as a "replacement part" until one arrived from British > Lowland. It was a lot of fun to drive -- when I could. >