Nice progress Stevie! It seems (excuse the pun) to be coming together quite nicely. Have you chosen a pint color when all is done or keeping the original? Getting cold up in Canada here so my little G is parked and covered although have boot carpet coming and a few other smallish projects. Peace and health to you and yours
I’m of a mind to keep it the same colour as the original paint, mineral blue, I used to think it was a bit drab but I’ve seen some nice examples and it saves the paperwork for changing the colour at the DVLA Swansea (Wales) where all of GB vehicle records are kept, I’m in a good place at the moment and am ploughing through the work, hope to get the front crossmember refurbished and back on the car before it gets too cold here, hope you and yours are keeping well, Steve…
Been watching your progress with interest, great work. Your car is ex Pembrokeshire? DE registration? I'm doing a 1977 GT, a lot of work but mine was not nearly as bad as yours for rust. My biggest job was to undo the "repairs" done by previous owners - repairs done with more enthusiasm than skill. The first thing i did was buy a rotisserie roll over jig before stripping the car. Most of the welding is now done, sills, floors, boot, trumpets, jacking points etc. Fiddly bits like rear window & windscreen corners took lots of time and patience. Keep up the good work, your videos have given me inspiration and kept me from giving up. Good luck. Peter Jenkins
Thanks Peter, it’s a good feeling when people say you’ve helped them, my car was originally first sold in Jersey, Channel Islands, 🇬🇧 and was some time later brought to England and sold, I have got the heritage certificates and a new age appropriate(1969) Black and silver registration plate.
@@steviecuz2396 Thanks for the reply, your videos have certainly kept me going and given me ideas on how to do things. . Thank you. When I bought the car, I was told that the floor and sills were new and that there was only superficial other rust, which seemed plausible at the time. Like dry rot in a house, rust is always worse one you start investigating! The one new sill was an "oversill" MoT repair, i.e. patch over the rust to hide it and a new floor had been welded (badly) over the old. I bought a heavy duty roll over jig from, Ade Foreman who advertises on eBay. A really good quality product that I can recommend. Having cut my teeth 50 years ago on my back underneath minis with an oxy-acetylene torch I can tell you that the welding on this job with a roll over jig and a MiG has been a pleasure! The one big advance in technology has been the invention of the MIG welder, a real boon. The registration on yours is TH which is the old Carmarthenshire registration, DE being Pembrokeshire and EJ Cardiganshire (ours). For some reason I thought yours was DE, my mistake. Mine is a BC registration which I believe is Birmingham, but all the history I can find about it is around the home counties. Anyhow, Good luck and keep up the good work Peter
Just to say i,m enjoying your vids.
Cheers.
Thanks Mike, I try to return the favour of all who have helped me with their videos on MGB restoring.
Looks great! Mine is almost done. Just need to get some paint on it.
Are you painting it?
@@steviecuz2396 yes, that's the plan
Nice progress Stevie! It seems (excuse the pun) to be coming together quite nicely. Have you chosen a pint color when all is done or keeping the original? Getting cold up in Canada here so my little G is parked and covered although have boot carpet coming and a few other smallish projects. Peace and health to you and yours
I’m of a mind to keep it the same colour as the original paint, mineral blue, I used to think it was a bit drab but I’ve seen some nice examples and it saves the paperwork for changing the colour at the DVLA Swansea (Wales) where all of GB vehicle records are kept, I’m in a good place at the moment and am ploughing through the work, hope to get the front crossmember refurbished and back on the car before it gets too cold here, hope you and yours are keeping well, Steve…
Making good progress Steve 👍👍
Thanks Ted, steaming ahead before the winter.
Been watching your progress with interest, great work. Your car is ex Pembrokeshire? DE registration?
I'm doing a 1977 GT, a lot of work but mine was not nearly as bad as yours for rust. My biggest job was to undo the "repairs" done by previous owners - repairs done with more enthusiasm than skill.
The first thing i did was buy a rotisserie roll over jig before stripping the car. Most of the welding is now done, sills, floors, boot, trumpets, jacking points etc. Fiddly bits like rear window & windscreen corners took lots of time and patience.
Keep up the good work, your videos have given me inspiration and kept me from giving up.
Good luck.
Peter Jenkins
Thanks Peter, it’s a good feeling when people say you’ve helped them, my car was originally first sold in Jersey, Channel Islands, 🇬🇧 and was some time later brought to England and sold, I have got the heritage certificates and a new age appropriate(1969) Black and silver registration plate.
@@steviecuz2396 Thanks for the reply, your videos have certainly kept me going and given me ideas on how to do things. . Thank you.
When I bought the car, I was told that the floor and sills were new and that there was only superficial other rust, which seemed plausible at the time. Like dry rot in a house, rust is always worse one you start investigating! The one new sill was an "oversill" MoT repair, i.e. patch over the rust to hide it and a new floor had been welded (badly) over the old.
I bought a heavy duty roll over jig from, Ade Foreman who advertises on eBay. A really good quality product that I can recommend. Having cut my teeth 50 years ago on my back underneath minis with an oxy-acetylene torch I can tell you that the welding on this job with a roll over jig and a MiG has been a pleasure! The one big advance in technology has been the invention of the MIG welder, a real boon.
The registration on yours is TH which is the old Carmarthenshire registration, DE being Pembrokeshire and EJ Cardiganshire (ours). For some reason I thought yours was DE, my mistake.
Mine is a BC registration which I believe is Birmingham, but all the history I can find about it is around the home counties.
Anyhow, Good luck and keep up the good work
Peter