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Matchless
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3 paper rounds, Saturday work in a pet shop, that included welding up angle iron frames for fish tanks, he wheeled the fish tanks out onto the pavement every day,Your parents must have been generous on the pocket money front
Matchless
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So, I moved a bench into my shed, was not empty for long! I took the MGB o/d gearbox apart some time ago due to jumping out of reverse and various oil leaks, then I stripped an MGA gearbox to get a few NLA parts, and a spare overdrive unit for spares as it was a factory recon unit but not exactly the same, just need to work out where all the bits go!
Matchless
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Getting ready to blast the front 1/2 of the body, cutting out the bent, rusty, bodged bits to get better access and to save blasting bits I am replacing! made up one new repair panel today, taller than the ones you can buy,
RWD3M
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No lick of paint for the gear box? You tightwad!
Matchless
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Put it in today, I seem to recall that 50 years ago I did wonder if it would actually fit! had that feeling again today! last time the body was still on, the difference between this 1967 1800cc MGB engine and gearbox apart from the extra two main bearings and 200cc is the overdrive unit on the back of the 3 synchromesh gearbox, the gearbox internals are even the same! I am thinking of fitting the brake servo up there instead of behind the front grille as I wish to test drive the chassis before refitting the body!
Cobbler
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I fitted a 3 bearing B engine & Piper head to the one I had years ago, I used it as a tow car for my trials car, also borrowed a caravan & dragged that down to North Devon. It was really good for towing, loads of “grunt” it had to go, wife was pregnant & couldn’t get in it!
Matchless
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Yes, you can see where I cut away the A tunnel and have a modified section of a narrow B tunnel ready to bolt in over the hole, in 1973 I made a tunnel out of chicken wire and fiberglass mat but the B section is a great fit and will be stronger.
Matchless
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Has anyone got an old, 1970-1980's WIX filter catalogue , I fitted paper air filters inside the MGA housings 50 years ago and they are due for a change, they have WIX A70 on them but I have no idea of application, I seem th remember they were an odd vehicle in 1974-5 when I pulled them off a shelf in Chingford car spares .............
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Ive a few air filter catalogues but cant check until the morning
Smallfry
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I am doing this with my Wolseley 1500, but fitting the later four synchro gearbox and overdrive, which is physically bigger. All I need is a MGB narrow tunnel to cover it, as its a lot easier than shaping something to fit, but they are like unicorn horns, and holy grails to find at a sensible price.
Matchless
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I found mine on ebay, something around £100, they are in demand because a race MGB needs a narrow tunnel to be pre 66,
Matchless
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Sounds a possibility, I measured mine at something like 45mm high (but a bit squashed, 80mm bore and 135 od but has some slack,
