Since the small projects on the Jag weren't enough to ease my boredom, I also did a little work on the MGB (and the 356, and Mercedes, but those will be another thread). I didn't really do much on the B. Just cleaned the engine bay a bit and added a cold-...
Back in the early '80s when the MG was my daily driver I would occasionally have to take my wife's car to work because the MG wouldn't start for no apparent reason. Then when I got home after work it would start with no problem. Very unpredictable back th...
Great little cars. Back in the day we used to switch the SU carbs for Weber. In 1968 a friend and I drove an MG Midget from Charlottesville, Virginia, to Panama in Central America. We bought a set of slightly used tires for the trip. We arrived to New Orl...
. . . was ours. Pictured at the 1970 California 500, frame lifted from a video clip on YouTube. What are the odds of viewing a clip on YouTube about a race you were at and finding the car you drove there? (Note the green MG TD parked next to us.) Art ...
The only time mine would ever overheat was when the carbs were out of adjustment, which caused excess fuel to burn off in the headers. The headers would get cherry red -- never a good thing. That added a lot of heat around the engine. But once the carbs a...
This was my car of choice in 1963 -I was in the Air Force stationed at a radio relay site about 15 kilometers from Paris. The AF really didnβt want us to have cars ( too many accidents created work for the squadron dealing with French civilians) They coul...