Welcome to the list!!
Larry
>>>>On 9/10/99 6:12 PM so and so (Chris Velardi) said. (And I quote:)
>I'm not sure if introductions are normally done on this list, but I just
>signed up and here's my back ground. In 1981 I bought my first car, a 1961
>MGA 1600 a a gift to myself for high school graduation, (a family thing I
>guess because my mother's first car was a '59 "A" of course it was new then)
>we'll until this day and 10 or so cars later I still have the "A" and still
>consider it my baby and will probably never sell it. I have put it aside
>for the last few years to do a frame up restoration . I always thought it
>was in mint condition until some one dragged a bumper down the side of it
>and I was to embarrased to drive it wounded. Well after taking the scared
>body panels off I found the A arm bolts just about eaten through and some
>body rot , well the further I went the more I found, and now it's going to
>be a frame up ,done better than the factory (as soon as I find the time and
>the extra cash) I live in Hamden CT USA and if anyone in the area feels like
>lending a hand or has good info on frame up restorations . any info would be
>appreciated. I also need to rebuild the transmission or swap it out for a
>"B" trans with an overdrive and some more brearings on the mainshaft. I'm
>also into Land Rovers specifialy the Defender which is my daily driver (and
>extreme off road rig) and my old trusty 1960 Dodge D100 "work truck" most of
>which you can see on my web site below.
>Chris "V"
>http://www.xtremedefender.com
>http://www.extremeforce.com
Larry Macy
78 Midget
Keep your top down and your chin up.
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Manager/Administrator
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 10 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
In a world without walls or fences, what use do we have for windows or
gates?
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