Emil Wojcik
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Yesterday I posted about my recent Jag projects, today it's my MGB projects.
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-air intake kit in an attempt to get cooler, denser air into the carbs since the added HP tends to heat things up under the hood -- sorry, under the bonnet. I had to order parts from a few sources but Amazon makes that easy, although the two main components are from Moss Motors. If you're familiar with vintage British cars, you're probably familiar with Moss.
That's about it for the MG for now. Unfortunately, because the car doesn't have a roof and I'm not currently allowed in the sun, I'm not able to drive it. So for now it's back in the garage for the winter, waiting to be driven in the spring.
Yesterday I posted about my recent Jag projects, today it's my MGB projects.
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-...
I guess that’s what happens in life…
With things we appreciate and get (in too large numbers 😂) 🤷🏻♂️
Vintage British car ownership has its ups and downs.
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...
Sorry…
My bad 😊🤷🏻♂️ He also had a cousin twice removed, from Italy, going by Magnetti Marelli 😂
MGB
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...
The white '65 Dodge Dart GT in the photo . . .
. . . 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 ...
Did the new air kit improve the temperature ? One of the issues of MG B is overheating when driven in summer (my parents have one I enjoy driving, except it tends to overheat particularly in the traffic, but on French Riviera in Summer...)
Also, how do you open the boot / trunk with racing aerodynamics back (behind the driver) ?
I can only assume the air kit is doing the job as it should since it takes air from in front of the radiator and not from the engine compartment as it did before.
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...
My lesson in patience
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 didn’t want us to have cars ( too many accidents created work for the squadron dealing with French civilians) They coul...
