MGB & GT Forum

Hey all. I'm getting a MGB to restore soon. Condition is a little in know body is not bad. And it's running now. My dad is giving it to me because he bought it for parts thin found the parts he whantednoff it for the mg midget don't match up... So he bought a 2ed midget for that and I bet the MGB. It is a 76 rubber bumper.. He has the remove able hard top to. I'm thinking of changing it to chrome frount. I'm not so much worried about it being all stocknbut whant to feel like A classy sports car.

Any thoughts for me I don't have it yet its still in his shop..

The reddish one is the one I'm getting the green midget is his new parts car and the stripped one on the rack is the one he is restoring. He just got the body rino lined.

Your question is kind of hard to answer without knowing your budget. First thing is how big is your wallet because that dictates where you are going with the project.

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jb

Too soon we get old, too late we get smart!

Well I don't plan on having it done all at once so there is no budget. Probably do 500 to 2000 a year tell its done.

If the motor is running fine then I would rebuild the front and rear suspensions and the brakes. When rebuilding I would lower the car down to CB height. Nothing better than a tight suspension and working brakes for those twisting back roads these cars are made for. I stick to the MG motto Safety Fast, you can always make it pretty but it's the driving experience your after. I am sure others will chime in.

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jb

Too soon we get old, too late we get smart!

Thanks didn't think about lowering it.. And CB height what do you mean? The first part that I'm going to have to work on is breaks LOL... My dad found out the hard way that only emergency break works. Not sure if they just need cleaned up from sitting so long or if stuff needs replacing yet.

With an initial budget of $2000 you can get the car reliable and safe. I've spent about $3,000 that includes a new top, tires, bushing kit, front lowering springs, rear straight shock conversion, exhaust parts, a bunch af bits and bobs for the engine, $250 for roll bars yet to be installed. I probably have spent $500 on spray cans.

The top and the tires were definitely the "big" spends. Everything else has been $100 here and $100 there. Soon it adds up to real money though...

Fortunately what I didn't have to do is brakes and clutch. If you don't have to replace/overhaul master and slave cylinders you can do the brakes for ~$100 including new rotors for the front - amazon $25 each.

For recent experience bringing a 77B up to reliable standards search for posts with 77B in the title. I post lots of pictures so you can see what's going on.

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