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Well... if you want to. But I ain't touching it!

JB

I don't think "standing out" with this car will be a problem.

Besides subltey has it's rewards. We have a silk covered sledge hammer here!

And remember the three colour rule.
We already have silver, burgundy and chrome.
Notice how the air dam, as the fourth colour in black, just doesn't quite work.

At this point I wouldn't change anything.
There's a lot of other stuff to do in a very short time span.
Jim and his henchmen have done an outstanding job.

Holy shmaboly!
I am impressed beyond words.



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"Everything is Beautiful, in its own way!" The paint is AWESOME. guess we will skip the christening with Dickel and just celebrate wtih a drink! Look out Townsend

Wow. I can turn wrenches, but those paint/body guys make magic!

I'm thinking Burgundy Batwing.

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I'm thinking Burgundy Batwing

Why don't we just paint it PINK and be done with it!

Hey Jim,

The lights are here.
A little different layout than the ones that I had gotten previously.
But should work just fine.
Will ship them off in the morning.

Cheers
Fred

Thanks Fred I'll be watching for them.

If someone wants to order them, we need one exhaust manifold gasket from TAPerformance.com and one rubber valve cover gasket. The exhaust gasket is for the SE heads (round port) and is made of the gray material. We need it so we can hook up the exhaust.

The next Roadmaster Weekend will be held on the last weekend of April, which is the weekend after Easter and a couple weekends before the meet. We need to hook up the exhaust, install glass and latches, fit the lights and dashboard and in general get the car ready for wiring and to show at the meet. We also need to change the oil, filter has already been changed. That should be about enough for now but if we have more help we can go ahead and install the brake pedal assembly and hook up hydraulics so we have no open systems.

JB

Nothing like a "sleeper"! Nice work guys, love the body color.

Rick



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Steve ordered the windshield and hatch glass rubber from the Beehive and they came in yesterday:



He said he'd see about getting the exhaust gasket and I think the valve cover gasket as well.
Fred Key really sent us a bonanza on the headlights. Did anyone have any idea that what he was sending us was a HID headlight kit? I sure didn't. This will be one of the very few MGBs with HID headlights. He also included a nice set of front marker/signal lights with chrome brackets in the package. Presumably these attach to the bumper in some fashion and are in case we are not satisfied with the lights in the headlight. But I expect they will be just fine.



Roadmaster weekend is a month away, put it on your calendars. 29th of April to the 1st of May.

JB



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Yep, exactly right Jim.
The signals are just in case everything went sideways.
The brackets are stainless so feel free to bend them if needed.

Cheers
Fred

PS. All the delivery charges were paid up front but they couldn't guarantee anything at the border.
If there are any fees send me the bill.
Thanks

Small world.....tonight after work I had a couple of beers at BW3 in Savoy (IL) with the salesman who sold me my F150.

He grew up in Souix Falls...and knows Terry Schulte.

Jim,
Just ordered the gastkets. Should be to you by the end of the week.
I will be arriving on Wednesday of the work weekend.
I will need a head sount for BBQ.
Steve

On the subject of headlights... I dug out the old headlight buckets. Unusable. Rusty and the spring clips to hold the trim are gone. Plus the new headlights will not fit inside them so we need a new idea there. Also the trim rings are dinged pretty good.

It might be possible to use the adjustment tabs on the new headlights (plastic) to hold the trim rings. It will take some very careful trimming and it is pointless to even do it with the old bent rings. So we need a new pair of trim rings. As for the buckets, I might be able to make something to attach from the inside of the fender and keep crap out of the headlights, maybe in aluminum, but that will take me most of the Roadmaster weekend to do and means other stuff will not get done. Stuff like installing the shifter, brake pedals, and, oh yes, I've decided that if we have enough man hours to get the essentials done I will donate and install an air-bag front suspension kit. But since that only takes one or two wires it isn't at the top of the priority list like the headlights, tail-lights and dashboard, and since it isn't needed to keep crap out of the car it is behind things like glass and latches. That means without more help it's probably one of the things that won't get done.

JB

I thought all MGBs used the same buckets?

If so...a new set of buckets isn't going to solve the problem if the new headlamps won't fit the old ones.

What am I missing here?

I have a pair of buckets from the 67 GT that you can have if needed. I can probably also scrounge up a pair of trim rings.

The new integrated HID headlights with turn signal and running lights are considerably larger in the rear than stock headlights so they will not fit the stock buckets. OTOH, a pair of good flanges (cut from the buckets) would make attachment of the trim rings a good bit easier. For the back I'm thinking we need a pair of appropriately sized stainless steel bowls that can be adhesively attached to the backside of the headlight opening, or something along that line. Rick, if you want to send along what you have I'll do my best to make it work. Maybe the Dollar store will have some usable sized bowls, or even better, a laboratory supply house. (Know any good ones?) As far as the wiring goes though, we can at least mount the HID modules I think.

The key right now is to get enough people working on it to get everything that uses wiring installed. The glass and latches are the first priority, but Jack can't wire what isn't there so it concerns me a little that we only have 2 guys and a 3rd maybe, myself included. I know as well as anyone that it's getting close to crunch time and we all have our own cars to get ready, heck I've still got a head to put back on my truck before it's usable for the trip, and as usual it's fighting me for every inch. But this is one of those deadlines that will cause us a considerable setback if we miss it. If there's wiring that can't be done because the car's not ready then there will be other stuff that can't get done later, until we can finish the wiring. The interior won't go in for instance. Even worse, Jack won't be able to complete the job in accordance with his own standards and I think that would be deplorable.

Of course, those of us that are here will do our best.

JB

Can we make the stock buckets deeper by cutting & spot welding the the back half from another set of buckets?

BTW, I am working on getting up there for, at least, part of the Roadmaster Weekend.

I found a new pair of headlamp gaskets today that I'll send down if needed. Let me know.

Are the headlights already weather tight? Do they need full enclosure?

Jim, I see you took a computer to the Grand Canyon with you. I am planning to come for the Roadmaster weekend.... details later. Friday evening is iffy.

Jim, sorry I can't make it this time. I know you want the project to move forward as we all do , but you and the guys can only do so much. I'd much rather see you and all my friends in Townsend than the car if it comes to that. It's the people that are making this thing happen that are most important. Sorry to get all mushy, but I just heard this morning that we in the Spridget community lost another great guy, Frank Clarici, and I'm just remembering what is really important in our hobby.