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engine swaps and other performance upgrades, plus "factory" and Costello V8s

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smelfi
Steve Melfi
Alexandria Ohio
(90 posts)

Registered:
04/26/2008 07:35AM

Main British Car:
1977 MGB 302

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It's finally back from body and paint
Posted by: smelfi
Date: May 01, 2012 07:14PM

A few months ago I got to the point where I needed to get the body work and paint done before I could go any further on my 77 302 conversion. After two months of waiting it's finally back. Well worth the wait.

First photo is the before.

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pspeaks
Paul Speaks
Dallas, Texas
(698 posts)

Registered:
07/20/2009 06:40PM

Main British Car:
1972 MGB-GT 1979 Ford 302

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Re: It's finally back from body and paint
Posted by: pspeaks
Date: May 01, 2012 08:06PM

Nice job Steve, you should be proud, and I like your wheels! As I'm in the market, what kind are they, and where did you get them?

Paul


DiDueColpi
Fred Key
West coast - Canada
(1366 posts)

Registered:
05/14/2010 03:06AM

Main British Car:
I really thought that I'd be an action figure by now!

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Re: It's finally back from body and paint
Posted by: DiDueColpi
Date: May 02, 2012 01:40AM

ooh! Shiny! Watch out for the raccoon's!

Looks pretty nice Steve.
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smelfi
Steve Melfi
Alexandria Ohio
(90 posts)

Registered:
04/26/2008 07:35AM

Main British Car:
1977 MGB 302

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Re: It's finally back from body and paint
Posted by: smelfi
Date: May 02, 2012 07:44AM

Paul,

The wheels are Seven X's by MB wheels. Sold by Discount Tire - they have a web site. Mine are 15 X 6.5 4 lug with two different lug spacing patterns, 100mm and 114.38mm. One of those spacings is the standard MGB spacing, I forget which one at the moment.
The tires are General Exclaim UHP's 205 50 R15.


ex-tyke
Graham Creswick
Chatham, Ontario, Canada
(1165 posts)

Registered:
10/25/2007 11:17AM

Main British Car:
1976 MGB Ford 302

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Re: It's finally back from body and paint
Posted by: ex-tyke
Date: May 02, 2012 08:52AM

Getting paint is like turning the corner towards a final completion....won't be long now before another blue oval hits the streets.


74ls1tr6
Calvin Grannis
Elk Grove,CA
(1151 posts)

Registered:
11/10/2007 10:05AM

Main British Car:
74 TR6 / 71 MGB GT TR6/Ls1 71 MGB GT/Ls1

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Re: It's finally back from body and paint
Posted by: 74ls1tr6
Date: May 02, 2012 09:44AM

Steve,

Very nice! What color it that? I like the Ghost stripe!


smelfi
Steve Melfi
Alexandria Ohio
(90 posts)

Registered:
04/26/2008 07:35AM

Main British Car:
1977 MGB 302

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Re: It's finally back from body and paint
Posted by: smelfi
Date: May 02, 2012 12:19PM

Calvin,

It's 1972 Dodge B5 blue. There are variations of B5 blue across the late 60's and early 70's, some years are lighter in color and some have a bit of green mixed in the blue. The 1972 version has no green and is the darkest version.

What color is your Triumph?



rficalora
Rob Ficalora
Willis, TX
(2764 posts)

Registered:
10/24/2007 02:46PM

Main British Car:
'76 MGB w/CB front, Sebring rear, early metal dash Ford 302

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Re: It's finally back from body and paint
Posted by: rficalora
Date: May 02, 2012 07:14PM

Looks great Steve!


74ls1tr6
Calvin Grannis
Elk Grove,CA
(1151 posts)

Registered:
11/10/2007 10:05AM

Main British Car:
74 TR6 / 71 MGB GT TR6/Ls1 71 MGB GT/Ls1

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Re: It's finally back from body and paint
Posted by: 74ls1tr6
Date: May 02, 2012 08:35PM

Steve,

The color I used was a Dodge 2004 Atlantic pear blue. We had a Dodge Durango with this color, and Brenda (my wife) said that would be a classy color to use, so I said "Okay" since I'm the color blind one. When we purchase a gallon it was very pricey, not knowing it had 3 pearl color metal flack in it. It was almost 6 bills just for the paint.

I would like to see yours someday, because it looks fairly close to my color.


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