MG CAR PARTS : Parts are readily available ('tho not necessarily at your localparts store) and lots of people know how to work on MGs. IMHO the MGB'sworst problem is rust. It was one of the first unit-body cars and thevarious nooks and crannies seem designed to hold moisture-laden dirtpacked against the insides of the sheet metal. The sill plates areespecially vulnerable and are critical to the car's structure; theycan be replaced, but at a price. Rust has been such a problem that,even tho MG's are no longer made, whole new replacement bodies are beingmade, using the original tooling, on a production basis to satisfy the needs of those who love their MBG's!Didn't they release the MG RV8 in England just recently? It's basicallyan slightly redesigned MGB with a Rover 8-cylinder. I've heard that they are actually using new bodies being made for these as well.
MG CAR PARTS : MY recommendation if you buy an MGB is to replace the stock carb with a Webber downdraft. Saves the trouble of having to tuneit every weekend..In rec.autos.antique, (The Evil One) writes: Yep. I believe the basic bodies are supplied by the same group producingthe MGB replacement bodies. MG is just a badge name now, owned by,I think, the Rover group; it no longer is a dedicated bunch at the oldAbingdon factory cranking out nimble, affordable sports cars. I likethe RV8, but the $40k price sort of takes it out of the traditional MG league. Actually, I like the SU carbs. They draw on basic physics, notblack magic, to regulate air/gas mixture over the range; but they doneed attention and Webers seem to be very popular.In article , (Dave Chu) wrote:MG's are wonderful cars. You'll find the unreliability reputation has beenexaggerated by people who are too easily frustrated. If you are patient andcan fix some things yourself you will be ok. If you have to pay somebodyelse to change a light bulb you may find yourself one of the easilyfrustrated and give up. For your first MG, get a Midget or an MGB with agood body, not too much rustout, that already runs and drives, even if notvery well. Mechanical work on these cars is not any harder to learn thanfor any other car. Get a Haynes manual, a Hemmings Motor News, and a partscatalogue from Moss Motors, Special Interest Car Parts, or RoadsterFactory, or there are many other parts sources in the US and Canada. Join alocal or national club, its a good source for repair tips. I got throughcollege in an MGA, and graduated to Jaguars. Best Wishes.
MG CAR PARTS : In article , (Dave Chu) wrote:MG's are wonderful cars. You'll find the unreliability reputation has beenexaggerated by people who are too easily frustrated. If you are patient andcan fix some things yourself you will be ok. If you have to pay somebodyelse to change a light bulb you may find yourself one of the easilyfrustrated and give up. For your first MG, get a Midget or an MGB with agood body, not too much rustout, that already runs and drives, even if notvery well. Mechanical work on these cars is not any harder to learn thanfor any other car. Get a Haynes manual, a Hemmings Motor News, and a partscatalogue from Moss Motors, Special Interest Car Parts, or RoadsterFactory, or there are many other parts sources in the US and Canada. Join alocal or national club, its a good source for repair tips. I got throughcollege in an MGA, and graduated to Jaguars. Best Wishes.
MG CAR PARTS : In article , (Dave Chu) writes:...>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ MGs : It depends if you want to drive a MGTC, TF,TD, or if you wanta solid little bee. On the more practical side, I would suggest a 70-73 MGB. They were the nicest looking of the B's, they are most widely andeasily reconised by the chrome bumpers. The only MAJOR problem you must knowabout and thus look for, is rust in the cills (are under door). Since theMGB, like the XKE have a uni-body stucture (the body is the frame essentially),is that area is rusted out, you are likely to have your car bend in half !!!... )I pretty much second what everybody else says, except to emphasize thatyou should join the local MGCC chapter. People there will understand thecar, they will probably know the history of the one you are looking at,and will be able to help you avoid a turkey.
MG CAR PARTS : The real problem is that until five years ago, these were undervaluedcars that kids bought to beat around in. When something broke, it oftengot "fixed" with whatever was at hand. I think I have seen EVERYTHINGon sports cars of the 60s and 70s, from bolts driven in with a hammer,to wires soldered across fuse blocks, to structural rust "repaired" withtightly strung piano wire! They are getting old enough tat the reallybad examples are disappearing, but you really do need to know these carsto understand some of the funnies. The Brits do do things differently.For example, through the early MGBs they used a positive groundelectrical system. Instead of a 12 volt battery the used 2 six voltunits in series. The shocks are oil filled lever units that are rebuiltinstead of replaced. They need to be maintained and not run dry. Wirewheels use a splined hub which has a tendency to wear and is quiteexpensive to replace.
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