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Guess Who's Coming Back From The Museum

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Mike Ruane — Posted on The MG Experience
Sunday April 28, 2013 2:50 PM

America on Wheels has finally let me have Mrs. Peel - 1964 MGB - back, after a year of imprisonment in a warm, dry, climate controlled area

Glad to get her on the road again!

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Cuting And Patching

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Mike Ruane — Posted on The MG Experience
Monday October 22, 2012 4:34 AM

After a few weeks of non-structural cutting and cleaning, I got down to some serious work this weekend.

First, I started to rebuild one of the two battery boxes. When that was done,I ended up patching the passenger-side convertible top mount - that piece that the thess screws go into.

FInally, serious sill work began. After bracing the passenger side door opening, I removed the pressure treated lumber that was holding the car together, and then cut out a lot of rusty metal.

Rear of bad sills, batery box repair

Patch for top mount

Where are my sills?

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Frankencar

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Mike Ruane — Posted on The MG Experience
Tuesday October 2, 2012 4:36 AM

Back in April of 2012 I acquired this car, believing it was in better shape than it was. Body seemed pretty good, floors were still carpeted and seemed pretty solid, and the underside seemed 'surface' rusty from being in a barn.

Got it home, began disassembling, and found out the truths.

After removing the seats and carpeting, I discovered that the floors were cut out, replaced with aluminum road signs, and then fiberglassed in place. I also discovered a line of large bolts through the passenger side inner sill - holding pressure treated 2x4's that were the new sill and frame there.

So, I set about removing the rusty floors, drilling out hundreds of rivets, in addition to the 'regular' disassembly of a car for restoration.

Since the spring shackles were badly rusted as well and needed to be replaced, I ended up having to remove the rear axle and leaf springs. I have the car on a lift, so I put the rear of the car up on jack stands, and last night removed the axle and springs. I'll update this journal with descriptions and work done already over the summer, and then try and keep it up as work progressover the fall and winter.

Just a little surface rust

Where the jack stands are located

That battery box needs a little work...

Note the missing floorboards, battery box, etc

On the plus side, tube shock conversion looks good...

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Comment by Charles Roche at 2013-01-10 19:40:56

Looks like you've got your work cut out for you. Good luck and keep
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Re-Assembly Begins

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Mike Ruane — Posted on The MG Experience
Tuesday September 6, 2011 12:44 PM

This past weekend we started putting pieces back *on* the GT. After I had bent some replacement brake lines, my son Tim and I installed the rear rain gutter trim, rear quarter windows bottom trim, rubber seals, and the glass and finishers. I did the passenger side, Tim did the driver. Jeremy ended up connecting the gas tank filler tube.

Wiring harness and hydraulics are next...

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Finally - Painted And Buffed

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Mike Ruane — Posted on The MG Experience
Wednesday August 24, 2011 12:59 PM

After weeks of sanding, priming, painting, sanding, over and over and over, we buffed the car this weekend. Tim and Jer and I sanded and buffed, and it looks pretty good. We'll check it out and clean it up some more, but we're getting close to putting pieces back on.

Sanded, not buffed

Buffed

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Waxoyl, Paint, Runs, Drips And Errors

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Mike Ruane — Posted on The MG Experience
Monday June 20, 2011 5:29 AM

What a busy Father's Day weekend. On Saturday I masked off and painted the spoiler on my daughter's new (to her) 1997 Camry. The paint had been washed away - sanding and a rattle can from paintscratch.com

I then installed my returned Speedometer from Nisonger - it's not calibrated for my 1280 TPM overdrive so far as speed is concerned, but the mileage will be 28% fast.

Since it was a warm day I ended up shooting the 64 and 79 MGB's with WaxOyl - Sills, behind the mud guards, and in the doglegs. Hopefully it will hold the tinworm at bay.

Finally, on Sunday, father's day, I decided it was time to take a shot at painting the GT. After Tim, Jeremy, and I did a final batch on wet sanding and cleaning, I began to paint the car. Coverage was pretty good, not too much orange peel, but lots of runs and drips on the sides - Not sure how I did it, but they're there. So, I see more and more sanding in my future, but the car it all one color, and needs some work before I start to reassemble.

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