Dear Steve, Blick, and WeatherCat automobile enthusiasts,
Happy Biquette Birthday! My MGA just celebrated its 57th last week, built April 29/29, 1958. Our cars are quickly approaching our own age, percentage wise.
Yes, with these
"mature" vehicles odd things can happen. I have dated women younger than my car!
Look on the bright side, you are all ready to go with a new air filter as soon as you get an engine upon which to put it.
Well, that's a story on to itself. The big-block engine is a bit "bigger" than the engine bay was designed for. The engine does fit, but a standard 3 inch filter is so tall that the wing nut was going right through the hood insulation and was very close to the underside of the hood itself!
I discovered this shortly before the engine failed and visited my local auto parts store. It turns out there are filters that are the same diameter but only 2-1/2" tall. That's why that filter is so clean, it was hardly used before the engine failed.
However, to make a story longer, I need to replace the hood insulation that was damaged by that, and obviously, it would be good to do that before the engine comes back. However, I've -
still - not finished the headlight relay wiring. So it is something of a race and at the moment - I'm losing!
The body work looks amazing.
Well, not quite there either. There is a ding on the driver's side door and some trim that needs to be upgraded. So once the drive-train is working, she'll have to pay a visit to the body shop . . . . . .
It just -
never - stops!!!
Cheers, Edouard