OH OH...New toy!!!

[ol' dirty]

Been after a drivable project for a while, & this one came up & I had to have it...no bartering, straight in there- I want!!

trying to get pictures off the phone on here, but till then ill leave you guessing.

3ltr, 4speed with o/d, 1972, 4 seater, 2 door

[S2 Giles]

MGB GT i would of guessed, but with a 3ltr ? was that not the original engine.

How about a 3.0 Capri ? possibly too early

[tog]

ol' dirty said:

Been after a drivable project for a while, & this one came up & I had to have it...no bartering, straight in there- I want!!

trying to get pictures off the phone on here, but till then ill leave you guessing.

3ltr, 4speed with o/d, 1972, 4 seater, 2 door

Stag? MGC? Scimitar?

[pstruck]

Stag?

[S2 Giles]

ooooooh no....... Aluminium


Buy some heads now !!

[ol' dirty]

someones already guessed it!












my new baby!

[tog]

Looks quite tidy How much of a project is it? I've always quite wanted one of these, although being a big car person through and through I've always preferred the fatter SE6s myself.

[ol' dirty]

tog said:

Looks quite tidy How much of a project is it? I've always quite wanted one of these, although being a big car person through and through I've always preferred the fatter SE6s myself.

from the look of things, it should be just cosmetic, things like ditching the louis vitton carpets & the steering wheel for prettier items & a respray, but...not sure if I dont like the colour yet.

As I said before, I will need to look at the rocker assembly as its a bit tappety- but have been told, with these engines you can stop the noise but it will come back 1-2000 miles later, the tickiing will seriously p1ss me off, so im looking at it as motivation to shove a v8 in it, but hat will come later!

Wife is getting me mini-lites for crimbo...she's a good girl!

[tog]

The LV carpets are quite, er, individual, aren't they!

[THE BIG DOG]

tog said:

The LV carpets are quite, er, individual, aren't they!

I'm not seeing Louis Vuitton there.........I'm seeing BET LYNCH

[mechsympathy]

Nice I'm verry jealous. I nearly bought one in BRG a few years ago, I didn't have a garage though

[Yertis]

mechsympathy said:

Nice I'm verry jealous. I nearly bought one in BRG a few years ago, I didn't have a garage though

They're made of plastic, you don't need a garage.

This is what I got as a sensible car when our eldest daughter was born. We had to fasten the baby seat to the rear seats with load straps. Good fun but always overheating and tricky when the limit of adhesion was exceeded.

Weirdly, said daughter is now saving up for one (apparently) having no recollection of ever having ridden in one and with no prompting from me.

[Bomber Denton]

Have to say I quite like it.

[S2 Giles]

I would love it if you could keep it all 70's chic - leopard skin & a fluffy dashboard

I particularly like the brown arm rest ! seats are in good condition tho.
how is she underneath ?

[ol' dirty]

JUST got it home, alternetor just pumping enough, scraping 12v!
Probably dodgy guages though, going to have a really good look at it on sunday.
List so far...

rip out LV, sorry...Bet Lynch carpets
exchange brown bits for black ones
re-wire dash electrics
Over-drive
fan switch
Tappets
Oil change
bin the hideous steel wheels
possible new alernator
new steering wheel
Get rid of sunroof
fit period sterio
& black number plates

Then the body work begins...fun times ahead!

Edited by ol' dirty on Friday 12th October 21:25

[theboymoon]

Cool! Back on the road yet?

[ol' dirty]

No mate, probably not till mid next year. Taking my time & trying to get it right

Edited by ol' dirty on Sunday 25th November 19:43

[Nick_F]

Sorry, this is a thread with Scimitar pictures in it - so this is mandatory:



Thanyou, you can carry on now.

[ol' dirty]

Loosing the will to live at the moment- my garage is covered in oil & I once I got the heads off- they had a nearly brand new set of gaskets hiding away.
Still its coming along & hopefully will end up like this (PH'r Ducati Gary's old example)
I love it to bits!

[crugbun]

That looks gorgeous....