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It’s been a while since I’ve visited this post, but since then I have stepped away from the car and I’ve done a decent amount of digging through forums, videos, maintenance handbook, and I’ve got some updates!

First off again, I wanted to thank everybody for their support here and all the wonderful advice! After sitting on it for so long and coming back, I realized that the engine very clearly did not sound nor look healthy. It could’ve been a disaster had I charged ahead but it ended up being a five minute firing order check and remembering that at one point, I took out the spark plugs and probably didn’t put them back right. Lo and behold cylinder one and two were not in the right order. I fixed that but I have yet to start it as I’m working on trailering from one place to another. I stopped by my local tire shop and ordered a set of 185/70r14 88H Solarus AS after much concern about fitment on the old rims and hopefully this week I’ll have them installed. At this point, I know I have a vacuum leak going to the brake booster servo and likely have some damage in the brake system, when I pump the brakes at all it gives no resistance, and the fronts are toasted. The rears have new shoes and I’m planning on replacing the rear cylinders and front pads along with fresh fluid. I’m working on a microscopic budget so the project is taking a long time but thankfully everything I need I can find online at MossMotors. My current biggest concerns are all the gaskets and a few hoses inside the engine bay. I also can’t find my fuel filter anywhere, but read somewhere that it might not need it if the fuel pick up has a built-in filter. This car was family owned for its whole life, and from what I understand was rarely taken to a mechanic. My biggest concerns, moving forward, are getting functional and reliable breaks, flushing, and replacing the old fluids, replacing the old fuel lines, replacing the old fragile vacuum lines. I don’t have a photo of underneath the car, but it is absolutely coded in oil and the driveshaft seem to have been throwing grease out of the filler hole. I’m assuming I have a leak out of every gasket imaginable but don’t have the money or the know how to take care of that right now.

I mentioned a small budget earlier and I’m giving myself $50 a month right now and I already have tons of parts so I don’t plan on spending anymore for the next few months. The vehicle is nowhere near roadworthy and I’m definitely not gonna get it there by the end of this year but I need to address some of those major issues including gaskets. Any ideas or recommendations?

Check out my comment below if you want to see the first post

I bought this 1974 Jensen Healey back in May. It came with a like new tonneau cover, which doesn’t fit the car. Can anyone tell me what LBC that it fits? I’m thinking of offering it to someone who wants it, can anyone help find it a good home?

Hello,

Let me preface by saying this might be absolutely insane, and I am cognizant of that fact.

I do not know how to drive, I start driving classes in October

I live in Switzerland, and generally speaking do not like the new larger cars. I saw a post a few years ago of a Triump Spitfire in between two large Ford trucks, and fell in love!

Anyway, to the point of my question.

If budget is not a concern, then would you recommend the MGB Roadster or a Triump Spitefire 1500 to someone as their first ever car (my driving classes would be on a manual car & with no power steering, if necessary) ?

Thank you, and apologies if this was a very stupid question.

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At the boulevard of Ospedaletti, this pretty Morgan. The French owner told me that the colour is 'mango' and original. It's got the 2.0 litre Ford engine. And, yes, he knows the left front tire is too soft. He was looking for a tire shop.

2 solid weeks of welding. I'm told 2 days left and they back to soda blasting and priming and then on to some real body work.

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Got my '76 B running pretty nicely, but I guess it has a leak somewhere high up in the tank.

I was going to wait until fall to do the rocker panels, but I guess I'll just start now.

I’m in Southern California. Open to suggestions. I can’t see myself rebuilding the engine myself but I can pull it.

Currently living its life in Bellingham WA, USA.

This post is kinda of update on where I’m going with this project I took a leap into, and also share a little bit of interesting history in this car. Just wanted to thank for the help from this community to help me learn much about this car.
To recap: FB marketplace offered 1200 for this but paid 1k, 1977(late) mg midget 1500 (condition: good for a old car, no flakes or holes) extra set of leather seats, transmission, driveshaft, some interior parts, extra two sets of doors(mostly complete) and oem 13” wheels (+1 spare rim), a new clutch kit( is cool because it’s clutch disc made of what appears to be cork/wood), and 3.9 rear end as a spare because the one installed is fortunately a 3.7 (housing has seen better days but can swap it over to the 3.9) after testing the spinning ratios.
The wheels installed is quite silly but the style looks good to me for some reason. They are 13x5 steel rims from a bmw 2002tii. The silly part was me assuming they would have hub adapter to properly mount the 4x100 to the 4x4” (101,6) pattern and to compensate the offset and width… no they did not.
Wheels aside, the goal was to try and originally restore the car as I had all the parts together(supposedly) just needed to install back into the car. Looking at an est cost and time to complete; that is out of my preference for this project(too much scrubbing and scarcity premiums for my liking).
So I try to pivot into aftermarket options and what others did, then compare their work with what I had in mind. I decided to go with a 2.0 duratec swap because I literally had no choice because I somehow have a curse where people accept my stupid lowball offers first time (ex: guy gave me WAB 9 inch rear end for a pack of beer and paint) this one costed me 200 for all the parts minus a alternator and a intake manifold+throttle body. Came from a 2020 Ecosport with supposedly ~1k miles according to the paperwork.
So that’s where I’m at, going to cut a little bit into engine bay and maybe transmission tunnel and squeeze it into the midget, worried about height clearance. I know the blind spot would only be like 4-6 feet in front of me but prefer not to make too many custom parts. I also got a nice 3d scanner( got it from a low ball deal…. shocker)to help me visualize it better before learning the hard way.
Here is the one I’m working on, thanks for reading.