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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
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Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Photos of Ian Metcalf's ZA Magnette race car...
Posted by: Moderator
Date: August 21, 2009 02:56PM

...have been uploaded to our "Project Journal" section.

Ian, please accept a very warm welcome to BritishV8!

It's a very interesting and unusual project, and definitely worth a look!

Click here to check it out. (43 photos so far!)

Believe it or not, this is a "Before" picture:
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/MGMagnette/MG%20Pics/7.jpg

And this is where Ian's extensive rebuild stands at the moment:
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/MGMagnette/23022008071.jpg

Shocking, eh? I'm curious to hear everyone's reaction. This is the place for that.

I'll start: the "before" picture reminds me of a Checker cab on steroids, which is a look I rather like actually, but I'm very confident I'll like the "after" picture much better. I can't wait to see this one come together. Crazy!


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: Photos of Ian Metcalf's ZA Magnette race car...
Posted by: rficalora
Date: August 21, 2009 09:03PM

Great work Ian! The doors was a great idea & the frame/sill work was cleaver too. Keep posting updates.


427ZA
Ian Metcalf
Milton Keynes, UK
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08/15/2009 12:57PM

Main British Car:
1955 MG Magnette 427ci Chevy

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Re: Photos of Ian Metcalf's ZA Magnette race car...
Posted by: 427ZA
Date: August 22, 2009 12:52AM

Thank you for the warm welcome guys, it's appreciated.

I've got a lot more typing and pictures to upload yet as the car is actually at the point of going in to primer, the last picture above was taken about 11 months ago.

I'll get some more posted tomorrow. :-)



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427ZA
Ian Metcalf
Milton Keynes, UK
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Main British Car:
1955 MG Magnette 427ci Chevy

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Re: Photos of Ian Metcalf's ZA Magnette race car...
Posted by: 427ZA
Date: August 24, 2009 05:47AM

More updates have been added. http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/MGMagnette/Smilies/thumbup1.gif


427ZA
Ian Metcalf
Milton Keynes, UK
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Main British Car:
1955 MG Magnette 427ci Chevy

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Re: Photos of Ian Metcalf's ZA Magnette race car...
Posted by: 427ZA
Date: August 29, 2009 10:27PM

Another update has been added, this time it's the front suspension replacement.

This car had quite a bit of history before I owned it, the original build was in the mid 80's. I've slowly collected pictures of it's history so I thought I'd post a few here...

In primer...
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/MGMagnette/20090426-1832041.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/MGMagnette/20090426-1832141.jpg

Then it went green but still up in the air gasser style...
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/MGMagnette/Scan10005.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/MGMagnette/Scan10007.jpg

It's blue phase saw it a lot closer to the ground...
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/MGMagnette/Scan10003.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/MGMagnette/Scan10004.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/MGMagnette/Scan10006.jpg

Then it was featured in Street Machine magazine in the UK but this time it was an orange/red mix...
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/MGMagnette/SAVE00361.jpg

Finally it became the yellow beasty as I bought it...
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/MGMagnette/MG%20Pics/MG3.jpg

Now I've changed the character of it completely, some people approve and others think I should have stayed with the original design as it's part of UK hot rodding history.......


427ZA
Ian Metcalf
Milton Keynes, UK
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Main British Car:
1955 MG Magnette 427ci Chevy

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Re: Photos of Ian Metcalf's ZA Magnette race car...
Posted by: 427ZA
Date: September 15, 2009 10:31AM

I've added some more updates but because I've run out of room for photo's in the thread i've started a second one appropriately with the same title but part 2. :)

Mr moderator, I want to post a link at the end of part one to take the reader to part two and a link at the beginning of part two that goes back to part one to keep them tied in together. Is this possible? http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/MGMagnette/Smilies/cheers1.gif


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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
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71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: Photos of Ian Metcalf's ZA Magnette race car...
Posted by: Moderator
Date: September 15, 2009 02:15PM

Done.

I'm enjoying seeing the photos and updates!



Bill Young
Bill Young
Kansas City, MO
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10/23/2007 09:23AM

Main British Car:
'73 MG Midget V6 , '59 MGA I6 2.8 GM, 4.0 Jeep

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Re: Photos of Ian Metcalf's ZA Magnette race car...
Posted by: Bill Young
Date: September 15, 2009 03:08PM

Love the early shots of the car Ian. Do you still have the bonnet that fits with the Magnette grille? I think that looks so good even if it's not the most aerodynamic bit.


427ZA
Ian Metcalf
Milton Keynes, UK
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08/15/2009 12:57PM

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1955 MG Magnette 427ci Chevy

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Re: Photos of Ian Metcalf's ZA Magnette race car...
Posted by: 427ZA
Date: September 15, 2009 06:55PM

Unfortunately I don't, Bill.

I will look at making a fibreglass front from an original Magnette front end once the car is built, that way I can have the original grille in place which I would really like. The panels on the donor car were just too far gone to be able to take a mould from but I will succeed even if it means 'borrowing' a set of panels from Shortens. :)

The front on it at the moment is ok but there are only three of them in the world, mines the only one with a scoop and the mould has been destroyed. 'I must not break the front' needs to be sign written inside of the car!

Thanks for sorting the links Curtis!


427ZA
Ian Metcalf
Milton Keynes, UK
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1955 MG Magnette 427ci Chevy

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Re: Photos of Ian Metcalf's ZA Magnette race car...
Posted by: 427ZA
Date: September 16, 2009 09:52AM

Another long string of updates has been added.....http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/MGMagnette/Smilies/thumbup1.gif


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Kevin Jackson
Sidcup UK
(361 posts)

Registered:
11/18/2007 10:38AM

Main British Car:
1975 MGB GT Rover V8 4.35L

Re: Photos of Ian Metcalf's ZA Magnette race car...
Posted by: castlesid
Date: September 17, 2009 06:08PM

Ian,

Great progress and nice to see the car actually looking like a Magnette again, albeit with only two doors which I think works reallly well.

Keep up the good work and looking forward to seeing it with the paint on.

I know there were quite a few people on The V8 Owners Forum interested in seeing progress with the rebuild.

It might make your progress easier to follow if you paste a link to the latest work in you last post.

Kevin Jackson.


427ZA
Ian Metcalf
Milton Keynes, UK
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1955 MG Magnette 427ci Chevy

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Re: Photos of Ian Metcalf's ZA Magnette race car...
Posted by: 427ZA
Date: September 20, 2009 01:51PM

Hi Kevin,

If this link will work, it takes you to the Part 2 section.

[forum.britishv8.org]

I'm not sure how to post a link to the latest update though because the updates can only be done in the form of an edit so there isn't a seperate posting for each update I put up. I'll make a note on here when I've updated and where to look in the thread for it.

Hopefully that'll work, I'm not very good at this interwebby stuff.

Keep reading, I'll put another update in tomorrow.


Here's a sneak preview of it in primer. It won't get it's top coat until I've made the alloy panelled interior as that has to be painted as well...

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/MGMagnette/MG%20Magnette2/05092009442.jpg

Enjoy!



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427ZA
Ian Metcalf
Milton Keynes, UK
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Main British Car:
1955 MG Magnette 427ci Chevy

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Re: Photos of Ian Metcalf's ZA Magnette race car...
Posted by: 427ZA
Date: October 02, 2009 01:03AM

The latest update is posted!!

If you scroll down Part 2 I've put a marker date in the edit (30/09/2009) to show where the latest update begins.

Enjoy and if you have any comments please feel free to post them on here whether they're good or bad I don't mind, it's all useful to learn from as this is my first ever project like this! http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/MGMagnette/Smilies/thumbup1.gif


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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
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Re: Photos of Ian Metcalf's ZA Magnette race car...
Posted by: Moderator
Date: October 03, 2009 01:10AM

Awesome!


427ZA
Ian Metcalf
Milton Keynes, UK
(36 posts)

Registered:
08/15/2009 12:57PM

Main British Car:
1955 MG Magnette 427ci Chevy

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Re: Photos of Ian Metcalf's ZA Magnette race car...
Posted by: 427ZA
Date: October 03, 2009 06:36AM

"Awesome"

Now that's the kind of comments I like, it suggests that the project is moving in the right direction. http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/MGMagnette/Smilies/cheers1.gif


Feedback is good as this is my first project like this, I've only ever restored Beetles and built one full on race & show beach buggy before this madness. http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/MGMagnette/Smilies/yes1.gif



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