Getting real close. I am in Michigan at the specialty garage and drove it for the first time since 2000. Dad bought it around 1980 and I acquired it from my twin brothers estate
Me after driving
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Underneath - lot of work wethe underside and getting it painted. A lot of metal work and literally evey mechanical components needing rebuilding - engine, trans, brake, steering etc
Technically the voters for HOF are only supposed to consider the on field performance. This came up before with Lawrence Taylor and Terrell Owens. Technically is highly variable
Just an add on. I am pretty sure I posed some of these way back in this thread but here are some before and after shots of the MGA. And yes, the color does look totally different depending on what light is nearby
I am heading up there next weekend. It is about 98% done but the 2% is a back ordered trim piece
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After
Not far from truth. I think I averaged a little under 20K for the two paint jobs on the MGA. The first one was done in our garage in 1980. The second was not. Granted the second included a lot of metal repair first but a really good paint job is 10-15K
it does have a floor switch. On my first MGA I spent half a day and learned all sorts of new cuss words trying to wire it. Obviously you are upside down and have your head in the footwell for a while. Very glad I am paying the specialty garage to put new harness in the current MGA
Was just going to post this. 5 is killing the players and they expect a lot more wind later on. If you haven't been watching the hole position is just brutal. I have seen at least 5 pros with a 25 footer below the hole - leave it 10 feet away. They just showed that it is currently the hardest hole so far and again the wind is not a big factor yet
They don't rust but they do rot. My first MGA let me know that in grad school. Coming up to red light with a huge puddle of water in the lane. Leg was straight to depress clutch. Water came thru the gap and straight up the pant leg - almost to the crotch. That will wake you up in a hurry
Getting real close to finish line. The carpet is in. They also let me know that transmission parts finally showed up and the rebuilt transmission is perfect. We are still waiting for what is called the front cockpit rail. It runs on the top of the dash. Hopefully soon and then it is finished. The rail is backordered howsoever. Those seats are the ones we had made in 1980 and still look good.
No idea if they did this on that generation of Tacoma but it is pretty common in Toyota and others. See if they put a transmission cooler in radiator. It's common and works until one of the line fails. You then get the strawberry milkshake and a new transmission. Easy fix is to replace with a new radiator and trnasmission hoses before it happen, Usually ten years but at least check. Also unless you have records then just do the brake fluid.
Transfers and differentials are very easy. just pull the fill plug FIRST... Only issue was the village idiot that designed the fill plug on the front diff of my 01 4Runner. Einstein used a plug with hex insert instead of a six sided plug. Almost impossible to get enough space to pull down and remove it since it was hidden by frame. Had to get it way up on ramps first.