James Jones's Journal

80 Worklog Nov 2010 Floor Pan And Crack Of Doom

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:25:17 -0600

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November 25, 26, 29 2010 installed/welded driver side floor pan. (3 DAYS)

Posted 2011-02-09 13:25:17 by Jim Jones

80 Worklog October 2010 Engine Bay

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:24:26 -0600

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October 2010 removed paint from engine bay. 1st coat of primer. (7 DAYS)

Posted 2011-02-09 13:24:26 by Jim Jones

80 Worklog Jan 11 2011 Body Work

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:29:00 -0600

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Jan 11 2010 removed all side molding, rear lamps, window vents, door hardware and wielded the crack of doom on passenger side.

Posted 2011-01-11 18:29:00 by Jim Jones

80 Worklog Dec 2010 Engine

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:27:47 -0600

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December 27-31, Started engine rebuild, crank to machine shop, all is well. Installed all of bottom end.

Posted 2011-01-11 18:27:47 by Jim Jones

1980 Worklog Dec 2008

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:54:32 -0600

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Dec 2008, removed engine and transmission. (1 DAY)
October 2010 removed paint from engine bay. 1st coat of primer. (7 DAYS)
November 25, 26, 29 2010 installed/welded driver side floor pan. (3 DAYS)

Posted 2010-11-30 17:54:32 by Jim Jones

Update

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:32:40 -0500

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June 15th-22nd Reassembly of brakes, brake lines, fuel tank, engine bay accessories, and electrical wiring.

June 30th Installed engine and transmission.

July 5th-8th Installed engine components, clutch slave cylinder, master cylinder, brake master cylinder, fuel lines to engine, oil lines to engine.

July 10th-12th Finished checking all connections, tried to crank would not fire.

July 14th Continued checking wiring, firing order, vehicle still would nto fire.

July 17th Bill Kieger came and assisted in starting vehicle. Dist was 180 out of time. Rewired dist fired engine. Ran for about 20 minutes for break-in.

July 18th-31st Still installing parts, chrome, luggage rack, lights, signals, final preperations to get car on the road.

Posted 2007-09-17 05:32:40 by Jim Jones

Body Work Complete

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 06:36:42 -0500

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May 15th Well the shop is now open again and work has begun, doing a put on another coat of primer and finishing up a few rough places.

May 16th Started block sanding again and used a mist of brown primer as a glide coat to assist in finding and high and low spots. Sure enough found a few more but taken care of.

May 17th Finished block sanding and everything is looking great.

May 18th took the evening off.

May 19th Sanded the door jambs and door pillars. Stripped trunk, sealed cracks and joints with seam sealer. Primed the trunk.

May 22nd Sanded trunk, and fixed minnor inpertections that were found on body.

May 23rd, General cleanup of body and shop preparing for final coat of primer on complete car.

May 25th Compressor malfunction, regulator went south, cleaned garage. NO PRIMER

May 26th Replaced regulator, regulator would not adjust air flow to proper PSI. Nothing Done.
Thru up hand in disgust and went camping for the

May 27th Replaced regulator again, this regulator was also defective. Went back to campground and had mixed drinks and watched the race.

May 28 No work, holiday.

May 29th Replaced regulator put final coat of primer on.

May 30th Started the final sanding process.

May 31st Completed final sanding. Removed all tape and covers, vacumed, cleaned interior, installed wheels and loaded on the trailer to go to the body shop for paint.

June 1st Well the B is now at the body shop getting the first coat of paint. What a job it has been.

Posted 2007-06-01 06:36:42 by Jim Jones

Endless Journey

Thu, 10 May 2007 05:57:54 -0500

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Wednesday February 21 I started my venture as of May 10th I am still working at it but getting closer.

See previous Journal Post

Wednesday April 18 installed hood.

Thrusday April 19th Stripped all hood hardware and fitted grill.

Friday April 20th thru 22nd Working on body as required.

Tuesday April 24th Installed seam sealer where the new rocker panels were installed. Worked on body as required.

Wednesday May 25th Installed and reworked seam sealer as it did not adhere properly, worked on body as required.

April 26th thru 29th Filling in any little pin holes and aligined doors. Removed valance, removed dents, stripped and applied putty as required sanded and primed.

Tuesday May 1st Finishing up any know high or low spots with putty.

Wednesday May 2th Starting work in the trunk area. Sanding off old loose paint and seam sealed any gaps where the new quarter panels were installed.

Thursday May 3rd Took trunk lid off, worked out edges, dents and dings out. Applied putty to areas that needed fixed.

Saturday May 5th Finished working on trunk lid, primed and reinstalled on vehicle, prepared car for first coat of primer and got the first coat of primer on. (CLOSED SHOP)

Tuesday May 9th Started and finished block sanding car. Found many high spots and low spots that needed a little touch up. Put on a second coat of primer.

Wednesday May 10th The progess has been pains takenly slow but well worth it. I will be taking the night off giving the primer enough time to setup well before hitting it again Sunday. (Shop Closed)

<First coat of real primer before block sanding.>

Posted 2007-05-10 05:57:54 by Jim Jones

Grill

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:11:38 -0500

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Installed rechromed grill for alignment, all is well after having to file some metal that was causing a bad fit.

Posted 2007-04-18 12:11:38 by Jim Jones

Hood/Bonnet

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:09:06 -0500

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Well I just go back from a trip to PA and went to the Roadster Factory and purchased repoduction Bonnet. I have it installed and the lines are great. I am really impressed with a reproduction.

<BDOY AND HOOD 016.jpg>

Posted 2007-04-18 12:09:06 by Jim Jones

February, March, April Body Work

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:46:18 -0500

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I started the body work back on February 21st, by taking 3 days off of work when the weather was good. I have been working on the weekends and week nights when time is available. I have been working to get everything ready for final primer and paint. I have completed almost all of the filling that I have to do since the car came back from getting all of the new sheet metal installed. I am on the final steps just filling in any small dents and dings. The progess has been pains takenly slow but well worth it. I am in the process of purchasing a hood as the original is so damaged that I do not think it would look as good or last with large amounts of filler. I had a goal of getting the car back on the road by April 6th but now I have set my sites on the end of May. Hopefully this goal is realistic as I am on the short rows now.

<Final stages on right side>

Posted 2007-04-02 04:46:18 by Jim Jones

Picked Up Car From Body Shop

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:02:50 -0600

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Well I went and picked up the G last evening from the guy who did my sheet metal work. (SEE PICS) He did a great job in getting everything to line up and it looks great. He put POR on anything that had rust. Now it is time to remove any old filler and get the car ready for new filler.

<New Quarter Panel>

Posted 2007-02-19 06:02:50 by Jim Jones

Sheet Metal

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:44:45 -0600

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Just recieved a call Saturday that the car is ready for pickup at from the body shop. I will be going over sometime this week to pick it up and start slapping some putty and getting it ready for paint.

Posted 2007-02-12 04:44:45 by Jim Jones

Sheet Metal

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 04:37:41 -0600

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Friday night I got a call from the guy who is doing my sheet metal and boy was I a happy camper. He had already installed the left rocker panel, left rearqtr patch panel and left front dog leg. He also has cut out the right quarter panel and he will be installing it and the new rocker sometime this week. I had to order a new right front patch panel as the original has a few rust spots. If all goes well I should have it back and ready to slap some puddy on it in a couple of weeks.

I had the grill re-chromed and the insert polished. I picked it up Friday after work. It looks really good, it is not show quality but it looks great. Reassembled the grill and other components

<New rocker, qtr patch panel and front patch panel installed>

Posted 2007-02-05 04:37:41 by Jim Jones

Body And Chrome

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:17:22 -0600

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Took the B to the body shop Saturday to have the qtr, rockers and othe sheet metal installed.

I just took my GRILLE ASSEMBLY to the platers today for repair, rechroming, and polishing the grill insert.

Posted 2007-01-24 11:17:22 by Jim Jones

Door And Engine Compartment

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:52:17 -0600

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Completed the driver side door adjustment as well as cleaning and adding 2 new home frabricated stoppers. Engine compartment has been stripped, and primed. I will be taking car to welders to have qtr panel, rockers and some other sheet metal installed this week.

<Primed and Frame Rails Painted>

<Engine that is ready to go.>

Posted 2007-01-16 09:52:17 by Jim Jones

Engine Compartment

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 04:35:51 -0600

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Well my son and I sanded for 2 hours last evening in the engine compartment, got most of of it sanded and primed. Still have a long way to go in the compartment to get it the way I want it to be.

Posted 2006-12-14 04:35:51 by Jim Jones

Engine Compartment

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 06:14:37 -0600

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Well I finally got back to working on the ole' B today. I took out the Brake and Clutch master cylinders, the housing, the heater core and housing and started to strip some of the old paint. I have also removed both side windows and vents, I also replaced the seals on the vent windows.

Posted 2006-12-12 06:14:37 by Jim Jones

66B To B Or Not To B

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 05:05:38 -0500

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I purchased this car back in 1989 and drove it as a work car for years before putting it in storage with intentions of doing a minor restore, but once it was away I found I had other things to take up my time.

I began working on this project again about 10 years ago but lost interest once again and just worked on her a few times a year. Now I have devoted all of my spare time to get it up and running by Spring 2007. I have removed the all of the rotten panels and found lots of inside rot, all new panels will be replaced with the next month or so. I had the engine rebuilt from top to bottom and have reassembled it. I have purchased new gas tank, exhaust system, installed new gaskets on tranmission,reworked the brake system, purchased new tires, bead blasted the wire wheels, primed and painted.

So you all of you on the fourm please keep me reminding to get this B back on the road by Spring 2007.

<MGB Car 056.jpg>

<Sanding and Stripping Paint>

Posted 2006-09-21 05:05:38 by Jim Jones