Jody,
That is brilliant! - about your daughter I mean. My daughter was
dead keen on my cars and she was the only one who wanted to drive my
old Maserati - others were scared of its power. But now my
granddaughter leans more to cars than my grandson. I have a
delightful photo of her helping me with the MGB GT V8 when when was
about 11. Give your daughter a hug from me !!
At 12:22 AM 12/7/2012 -0700, Jody Kerr wrote:
>Here in Arizona it's finally getting cool enough to work on cars outside.
>
>My daughter (13) is working on her first restoration, a 1970 MGB. The
>intent is that she gets it finished by the time she gets her driver's
>license. Before the summer got too hot we pulled the exhaust, the fuel
>system and the exterior lights. Recently we contructed one of those
>temporary garages from Harbor Freight over the car and she'll finish
>stripping the interior next. Hopefully over Christmas break.
>
>On the not so MG side (but still very MG) I'm tearing through a '69
>Sprite right now that was supposed to be her mum's first restoration.
>But, now we're expecting, so I got left with this car taking up prime
>real estate in my garage. Right now I'm stripping and restoring the
>electrical system and dash. Next is the carbs. Should hopefully have
>the engine/tranny out, last of the bolted on bits off, and the
>external sheetmetal off the car by Christmas. Then it's blast, paint
>and reassemble.
>
>Jody
>
>On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 11:56 PM, Tom Daughdrill <lincman90@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Been trying to enjoy driving the wife's '79 MGB. The car tends to leave me
> > places, but, with enough recent "fiddling", it is been better
> than ever. It
> > now starts easily enough, doesn't stall, and seems to enjoy being
> driven. It
> > seems to have always wanted to be a pleasant car, and now, it may
> be! Still
> > miss my Midget, though...
> > Anybody got a good car for sale?
> > Tom
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