decent UK mgb forum

[sloopeh]

i have looked (properly) and cant find one. the mg owners club doesnt seem to have one and the best i can find is www.mgcc.co.uk which isnt very active

i am looking for noobie advice, meet ups etc

i know there must be a lot of mgb activity on the net but cant find it...apart from parts sales of which there is a lot.

can anyone help?

cheers

[SB - Nigel]

Try http://www2.mgcars.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=mgb...

ETA: whoops, not just UK but one to consider

What do you need to know?

Have you got a copy of the invaluable owners Handbook see - http://www9.mgcars.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=mgo...

Edited by SB - Nigel on Friday 2nd July 11:45

[sloopeh]

thanks

i have ordered some books and that forum is better than what i have found so far.

what i really need is to find some active mgb people to help me get started on my restoration. this is not a nut and bolt job. it's a 1970 mgb gt in fairly good nic

it needs bodywork and some mechanics but i am not at all familiar with these cars and i was hoping to find a local meet and get some opinions from people with experience
and maybe give me some pointers to get me started.

[mgtony]

Most areas have a regional MG club,

http://www.mgownersclub.co.uk/local-mg-meetings.ht...

click on your area and see what one is local to you, this was us on the Essex coast at the weekend;

[SB - Nigel]

As I said above the owners Handbook is invaluable for driving the car (and restoration)

A club meet is very useful for comparing cars but do remember that not all the cars you look at will have everything correct and not all the owners very knowledgeable about the workings of their car

Best thing you can do is get the owners Handbook and do a 36,000 mile service then drive the car regularly to keep it in good condition and for you to learn to drive the car (and get used to 1970 brakes) and to find out what are quirks of your car and what are faults

A lot of classic car owners only drive their car a few miles a year on dry days to shows or the annual MOT so know very little about how to drive the car in an enthusiast way or what faults and quirks can be lived with and which ones can be easily remedied

Anyone that just wants to restore their car and then drive it very little because of all the hard work they've put in then that's fine just not my idea of car ownership

[sloopeh]

cheers

i already have another car so for me it's about the restoration for the love of it. there is nothing quite like coming home from a stressful day in the city to going into the garage and doing metalwork

thing about my car is i think it has a fair few aftermarket parts on them and whilst some people learn from books, i find it much easier to learn by talking to people

thanks for the link will check it out.

[SB - Nigel]

Just be aware of cheap parts (buy 3 to get 1 almost right) and reconditioned and refurbished parts consider how many times these parts have been reconned or refurbed and each time how well the work was done

If you have good quality original parts usually it best to hang on to them

On the other hand some new updated components can be superior to the originals' design especialy if you're using the car

[neilr]

I can second that about the quality of a lot of replacement parts. The quality of a lot of them is shocking. I'd pay twqice the price for properly manufactured stuff. Having to re thread the threads on the stub axles i fitted for example simply isnt good enough. (the needles bearing ones)

Even the new headlight fittments I bought a couple months back need fettling so the headlight surround trim will fit correctly, its a joke.


....and breathe.

[sloopeh]

thanks for the advice will buy the best i can