MGB GT V8 build. **SOLD**

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Re: MGB GT V8 build..

#141 Post by 3xpendable » Fri Mar 18, 2016 12:30 pm

To be fair, I've just bought a Hyundai Santa Fe in the US..that's as close to a Victor Meldrew style I'm going to get over there I think..
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Re: MGB GT V8 build..

#142 Post by TerryG » Fri Mar 18, 2016 1:08 pm

3xpendable wrote:I've just bought a Hyundai Santa Fe in the US
We have huge problems with those. The steel is so thin, to fit mobility equipment (person / wheelchair lifting hoists) they need huge spreader plates where as fords, vws, etc it can just be bolted in.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.

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Re: MGB GT V8 build..

#143 Post by 3xpendable » Sat Mar 19, 2016 8:06 am

I'm not surprised, but I bought one because my brother who is a veterinary surgeon abused one (and I mean abused) for many years and he still couldn't kill it. Cars or astronomically expensive in the US compare to here so we needed something reliable and basic as a runabout until we get on our feet.
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Re: MGB GT V8 build..

#144 Post by 3xpendable » Fri Apr 08, 2016 9:20 am

Had a good week last week on the car, got all of the plumbing done except for the relocation of the fuse box and some other assorted wiring.

Brake lines, wiring and fuel line:

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Fitted a joiner in case we ever need to change a section:

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Also fitted a battery kill switch, I've placed it so that the i could access it even if god forbid I was trapped in the drivers seat.

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Brand new handbrake cable, broke seconds after fitting

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Finally got the bootlid lined up and on!

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Also checked out the cranked gearlever positioning with the gaitor on, looks like it all fits pretty good.

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After all that I did an oil change on the MINI

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Re: MGB GT V8 build. **SOLD**

#145 Post by 3xpendable » Tue Jun 21, 2016 4:39 am

Well, it will probably come as a shock, but here is where my involvement in this project ends. I had a week off between finishing my job and moving to the US and I wanted to get the MG engine running before I left just for a morale boost. Well, long story short, due to a number of things going wrong the car pushed me over the edge so I priced up what I had put into it and began asking around about what it might be worth. A gentleman from the Netherlands has bought it for a very reasonable price and so it has gone, was collected on Saturday.

It is a sad way to end things, but the car was causing me more stress than enjoyment and was still a long way from being complete. It would have fallen upon my dad to finish it off and I didn't want him spending all his time on it when he has his own cars he wants to work on. So in a way I'm sad, but also relieved. The car was becoming a headache and for what I sold it for, I am already looking at nice 4 cylinder GT's out here.

Thanks for reading.
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Re: MGB GT V8 build. **SOLD**

#146 Post by kevin » Tue Jun 21, 2016 8:33 am

sometimes, moving on is the best way, its not failure just an admittance that you have taken a project as far as you can.
might I ask what you are going to do in the states?

Good luck for your future

Kev

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Re: MGB GT V8 build. **SOLD**

#147 Post by JPB » Tue Jun 21, 2016 10:38 am

There's certainly no shame in taking a decision of this sort and, when that decision brings with it a reduction to your stress levels, then there can be no doubt that you've done the right thing. Moving to a new home is one of the most stressful things for anyone, but doing so to a place overseas must be indescribably stressful.
Here's wishing you well with the relocation. I'm reliably informed that there's internet access in the States too, so please keep the posts coming.
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J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true.. :oops:

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Re: MGB GT V8 build. **SOLD**

#148 Post by 3xpendable » Tue Jun 21, 2016 6:43 pm

Thanks guys, yes I don't intend to be without a classic for long so will keep you posted.
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Re: MGB GT V8 build. **SOLD**

#149 Post by SirTainleyBarking » Wed Jun 22, 2016 9:09 pm

If I recall a certain alabbasi of the parish is stateside as well
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Re: MGB GT V8 build. **SOLD**

#150 Post by TerryG » Wed Jun 22, 2016 9:39 pm

He is indeed and with his project collection:
https://www.youtube.com/user/aalabbasi/videos
He may be a good contact if you are looking for a classic state side.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.

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