>I'm happy to say my '66BGT found a new home. Kelvin picked it up
>yesterday. It was good to meet him and put a face with a name on the list.
> Nice guy and knowledgable too. He gave me some good advice on my current
>restoration project. I have two pull-handle '65 Bs, the car I was thinking
>of saving looks good, but has some hidden damage and shoddy repair work.
>The other one looks rough, but is actually a better candidate. I'll go
>with Kelvin's advice.
>
>Thanks.
>
>John Fagerlund
>
>'65 B under restoration
>'65 B doaner
>'66BGT sad to see it go, but too many projects and that work stuff gets in
>the way as well
John -
Pull-handle '65s are not real common. I have GHN3L57254 - and production
ceased at 57985. Mine was VERY rusty and my time is VERY limited - I've
been welding on the shell since Fall of '95. The good news is it's almost
done (the shell, that is - not the car!). Mine had rust in pedal box
sections, and I even had to fabricate flanges for the heel boards and
bottom of the transmission tunnel. To add my 2¢ worth - between your two
cars, pick the one that's strongest in these areas, other factors being
equal. It's all repairable - but oh so time-consuming. I also had to
reskin doors, using doorskins intended for later pushbutton handles. Fussy
work! And the indentations are slightly smaller in the later ones - so
the results are not preceisely the same.
Are your cars in the NAMGBR pull-handle register? I'm curious about the
VINs if you care to share them. ' Kinda wonder how many '65 pull-handles
are still around...
Cheers,
Allen
Allen H. Bachelder =iii=<
Sinking Creek Home for Wayward MGs
New Castle, VA 24127
USA
540/544-7333
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