The MGA With An Attitude
MGA Guru Is GOING MOBILE - (October 16 - October 31, 2023)
Monday, October 16, 2023:
Busy editing a new tech page about gearbox shifting detents. Got a call back on a future appointment (for Wednesday). One important task for today is to figure out where the car is loosing half an ounce of brake fluid daily. We took it to Darrell's garage to check it out. First good news was the master cylinder was not leaking, kind of as expected, but good to verify anyway.
 Put it on the lift to check out the left front brakes, because that was what we were tinkering with a few weeks ago. Brake fluid dripping from the bridge pipe between slave cylinders, traced to a loose flare nut fitting up front. Not long to tighten that fitting, wipe things dray, and get it back off the hoist. Finished tht little chore, and not too painful.
Then there was this MGA 1600-MK-II that had some throttle and choke cable adjustment issues. Turned out the choke cable adjustment was very close to correct, only needing a small twist on the fast idle screw. The throttle had a very slack cable, only allowing about 2/3 opening of the throttle. After that adjustment, the pedal worked well, but throttle was still a little short of full travel. That was a throttle arm on the carburetor being set at wrong angle, a bit too high. With full throttle the arm was nearly in line with the cable, so the reaction arm was very short and hard to pull. Loosen the cable stop, rotate the arm downward a bit, re-tension the cable, and like magic the throttle had full opening again.
The current choke cable had a non-standard T-handle. Owner was considering installing a standard round knob cable, but was worried about difficulty to pull on the small knob. Also the new replacement cable had some deficiencies, like no chrome on the zinc bezel, and printed letter "C" on the front where it should be embossed and inlaid with white enamel. That turned into a wait to see what the owner would decide. For now, it runs much better with full throttle available again.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023:
Finished and uploaded new tech pages for
Detents for the Shift Rods
and Sliding Hubs
and
How The Interlock Arm Works
Darrell's garage for Tuesday night natter "n " noggin (no tinkering tonight). The MG Midget is resident, but I've been wondering what's under the tarp. Calico MGB? Another parts car awaiting disassembly, or looking for a storage spot. Ten friends in the circle, feet together. One late comer leaving about 8-pm. Darrel and I sat to chat until near 10-pm. Then off for late night dinner.
I think we're heading east by midnight, having an appointment northwest of Philadelphia tomorrow.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023:
Bit of a drive east last night and this morning, dropping in to visit Dale Van Aken in New Hope, PA at noon. He had called a few friends. The red MGA was a visitor. The blue MGB needed a little carburetor tuning.
The blue MGA is resident, and has a stiff choke cable problem. The yellow MGB is resident, under restoration, most serious work finished, now being reassembled.
The blue B belongs to Andrew Lubin in Morrisville, PA. Initial investigation found it running rich on both carburetors. The air cleaners had to come off for access to the mixture adjustment nuts ion the SU HIF carbs.
We turned the mixture nuts one full turn leaner on each carburetor, resulting in much faster idle speed. Reducing idle speed ran out of clearance between arm and fork on the throttle shaft, needing minor adjustment. After synchronizing air flow we got the idle speed down, then just a tiny final mixture adjustment, and it was purring like a kitten. Put the air cleaners back on and it was time to rev off with a smile.
In the process I noticed the HIF carburetors do not have any venturi vacuum port, so the vacuum signal pipe was connected to the intake manifold vacuum, but the distributor had a normal vacuum advance unit for the earlier cars, and this is not supposed to work together. Idle timing was running at 40d BTDC, very odd. We checked camshaft timing, which was okay, then discovered that vacuum advance was not working. Turned out the distributor rebuilt less than a year ago had a failed vacuum unit with ruptured diaphragm that could not hold a vacuum, so no vacuum advance motion. If the vacuum unit was working it would have retarded the timing about 20 degrees at idle, then sitting around 20d BTDC at idle, which would make more sense. Apparently ignition timing was set earlier when the vacuum unit was working.
We called Rob Medynski at British Vacuum Unit, and he will be sending a new vacuum unit, this time the correct vacuum unit to work properly with manifold vacuum signal. Meanwhile the engine runs okay without the vacuum advance,just a little sluggish off the line, and maybe a little down on highway fuel economy.
The blue MGA was suffering with a stiff choke cable. That turned out to be much too long with the excess cable pushed around under the dash with too many tight turns. We cut off nearly all of the protruding inner wire, then pulled the knob and wire right out of the jacket. Then cut 6-1/2 inches off of the jacket length, put the wire back in, and cut the wire again to leave 4-1/2 inches protruding. Then pull the wire out again to solder the tip of the twisted wire so it cannot unwind and fray the tiny wire ends. Final assembly and adjustment with most direct routing of the cable with minimal bends, and after final adjustment the knob was an easy pull for full choke. Score one for the good guys. A couple more visitors popped in about then, killing some time for chat. Then time to break for pizza, followed bt a photo opp in the garage before the last of the visitors hauled out after dark.
A bit of poking around the yellow B was mostly for show and tell, noting recent progress. This is going to be a very nice car. Late evening chat with Dale and his wife until it was time for them to turn in. Play time over, so I get to go to work to bring you these photos and notes, and finally crash about midnight.
Thursday, October 19, 2023:
Posting photos and notes. Catching up a month worth of records in Friends List. Planing near future activities. At least we know what we're doing tomorrow.
Friday, October 20, 2023:
On a tip from a friend, we stopped by Jaguar Specialists, Inc (Paul Toth) in Levittown, PA. Word is that he works on some vintage British cars other than just Jaguar. Hard to tell from the host of Jaguar sedans parked outside. Supposed to be open 9-5 M-F, we were here at 9:30-am, and the place was locked up. Called the published phone number, no answer, left a message on the answering machine. By day's end no call back, but I will try again later.
Skip forward a few hours.
We had an appointment to meet Tom Zofchak of British Miles (Morrisville PA), at the prior shop of Clarke Spares and Restorations (Todd Clarke, deceased), in Chalfont, PA. British Miles has purchased the business and everything within, exclusive of the building space which was (and still is) leased. We may help some with moving, but are really here to see what we can do to promote the moving and restocking in the new location, and getting this merchandise back on the market, available to the customers. There is also manufacturing machinery and tooling for making lots of unique parts that no one else offers. Lots of people have been asking, "What happened to Todd's stuff? When is it going to be available again? Is British Miles going to resume and continue production of Todd's special parts? When, when, when? We're anxious".
We were delayed a bit in front of the paint store, blocked by a fork truck unloading a semi, but a few minutes later it cleared out so we could get behind the building to the rear doors where Todd was doing business. Step inside and start taking pictures, for all posterity, and to make note of everything that is here, for the purpose of planning how to move everything, and what to do with it after moving. To the right of the entrance doors, a view of the loft with who knows what (or why), The room below that loft has tables in the middle of the room and shelving around the sides, obviously space for shipping and receiving. The "BIG" machine is a bending brake for forming long strips of metal into "V" or "U" shapes, like MGA under dash braces for instance.
Looking along the right side of the room, the "BIG BLUE" machine is an even larger press brake for forming heavier metal, like MGA floor support rails for instance. To the left of the old heating stove, behind the belt sander, the machine with the orange flywheel is a small size punch press. There will be several of those here in a wide range of sizes. A step to the left, the green machine with the larger flywheel is a much larger punch press, weighing a few tons, capable of punching out and forming heavy gauge steel parts. A few steps farther left, another green machine is a mid size punch press. Reason for so many presses is not just material capability, but also to have multiple tooling set-ups and not have to swap out the press dies so often. Notice between the two green presses, stacks of large rolls of steel strip stock, raw material feed stock for the presses.
For more than 80 photos and notes of what we found in this building, check the
Supplemental Photos and Notes page for everything about this visit.
To answer a few ongoing questions, Todd passed away in January, and Tom bought the business with all of the materials and tooling shortly thereafter. It is now in the process of moving to the British Miles facilities, likely to take a few more weeks for the carry-out stuff, and maybe longer to move the heavy machinery. Existing materials and car parts need to be logged into inventory before the parts will be available for sale again. There is intention to resume and continue production of the car parts, but it will take a long time to get it all organized with the machinery re-installed and set-up for production.
Saturday, October 21, 2023:
Back to the Clarke Spares shop, we spent a few more hours hauling heavy carts of inventory parts out to the trailer, until my old back gave out and screamed "no more". Some progress is showing, as the back wall of fixed bins parts has been all bagged and removed. Then we crawled back to the local WiFi spot to continue processing pictures to load up this page. Got the photos and half the notes up by late night, the rest of the notes hopefully tomorrow.
Sunday, October 22, 2023:
Finally finishing up the photos and notes from Friday and Saturday. -- We had a walk-in visitor today, asking about the MGA in the car park, and wanting to chat. Turned out he was driving s 1964 Chevy Corvair convertible, very nice.
Making phone calls and email contacts for this next week of travel, looking to be lots of miles running all the way out on Cape Cod, MA, and to be right back here in eastern PA for a club event by Saturday. Hauled out at 10-pm, driving over 100 miles, stopping after 1-am.
Monday, October 23, 2023:
Looking for a viable WiFi spot, three strikes and some wandering around before finding a good one, and we missed breakfast. Sitting in Fairfield, CT for brunch. Had a tentative appointment in Stratford, CT, but no call
back, so gave up on that one (for now) and headed east after 1-pm.
Stopped to visit Jonathan Hillyer in Waterford, CT. He has a nicely restored MGA 1600, very original style. It had a mysterious fluid leak under the master cylinder, which did not appear to be coming from the pushrod area. Sides of the reservoir seemed to be wet, so it must have been leaking from the raised cover gasket. So we tightened the cover screws and wiped it dry, and time will tell if we got it fixed.
Drove another hour before stopping for dinner in Swansea, MA. I think navigator just wanted to take in the fourth state in one day, PA, NY, CT, MA. Then another 45 minutes late night to Buzzards Bay, MA.
Tuesday, October 24, 2023:
Up early for breakfast in Sagamore Beach, MA. Will be heading east another 36 miles until we run out of land in Orleans,MA. End of the world at Provincetown would be another 28 miles north. Don't need to go there this time, BTDT, and we are not tourists.
Say hello to Steve de Costellane at de Car Classics in Orleans, MA. He has one more mechanic, and a silent partner I think, so make this a 2-man shop. He has been doing this stuff fo about 40 years, an enthusiastic veteran of the hobby, and it shows in the results of his work. He buys and sells a lot of classic cars, and works on them as well. These days he prefers restoration work, not so much for minor repairs. Rust repair, body work and painting is sub-contracted, while he does most everything else in house, so he can provide complete beginning to end restoration service. He has three of the first four business units here, and another one in the next aisle.
Some nice cars outside, more inside. I recon anything vintage is probably available for sale. Inside the shop, right up front, two MGBs in process.
More to the rear there are an MGA Twin Cam and a BMW Isetta under restoration.
Some prior work on the Twin Cam was not quite up to snuff. The part in hand was a laminated spacer for the oil pump screen, for use with a deep sump. This was quickly replaced with a one piece machined spacer.
Restoration is moving right along. This is pleasant when things are clean and only need to be assembled. Love the Competition Deluxe seats.
Original Twin Cam gearbox, now replaced with a Ford T-9 5-speed. A new deep sump with baffles to reduce oil slosh. A neat book of photos and notes on the prior life of this car when it was racing. History is always interesting.
Next door, a totally restored De Tomaso Pantera. This one was a rusty derelict on arrival, worn out engine, broken suspension arms. Looks like new now.
The Land Rover had a make-over, but still a vintage Land Rover, in case you have ever driven or ridden in one. There was Unit 13, which is actually two units both numbered 13.
A few more MGs. We do try to keep the nice ones indoors.
After chatting up too much of Steve's time, we should let him get back to work. So heading back west to Plymouth, MA to visit Browns British Motorworks. Meet Richard H. Brown Jr, another enthusiast working on vintage British sports cars for close to 40 years. Beginning to sound familiar? These shops are still around, if you know where to look. Gotta smile when the first thing we see is a freshly restored MGA with its nose in the light. This one belongs to partner Rob Frailey.
These guys like Truimphs, but there is also an MGB in the back corner.
After a nice chat here it was time for late lunch and a WiFi break, and do some more pushing on the upcoming appointments.
Wednesday, October 25, 2023:
Up early for breakfast. Got some email and phone calls from future appointments, which put us a little behind schedule. Then trying to cold-start the car, the choke knob came out in my hand along with a few inches of wire. No time to fix it here, just crank a little longer to start, and get on the road heading back west 75 minutes or so to Marlborough, MA. Our 10-am turned into 11-am arrival. Say hello to Aaron Coolidge in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Get back to him in a minute.
But first we needed to fix the choke. Already broken wire, disconnected at the carburetor end, not long to loosen the nut behind the dash to pull the cable out, which had some extra length to spare. Measure once and cut twice.
Grab a Dremel with a thin abrasive cut-off tool. Gently slice off the frayed end of the control wire, and pull it out of the jacket. Also cut off 3-1/2 inches of the outer jacket. A few minutes to clean the bare end of the wire, and put a dab of solder on it to to prevent fraying. Pull a new cable stop with nut and washer (and a new split pin) out of the Magic Trailer, and in due time (maybe an hour and a half this time) it was all back together.
Then we were checking out Aaron's toys. He does not currently have any little British cars, but he does have a keen interest in the tech information on our MGA web site, and the idea that some bloke (me) is doing his own service work and teaching others how to do it yourself. He found something useful here, and has been following our follies for some time, just wanted us to drop in and say hello. He has a personal interest in VW Corrado cars. The red one is a regular driver car that enjoys track days.
The black one is a new acquisition, which is likely to be a parts car.
He also has this Porsche 911 Turbo Carrera, and a Datsun 280Z, which is a kissing cousin to an MGB (if you know the post-war history of Datsun).
A bit back in his shop there is another Corrado, solid body but damaged, which he is repairing to be a good street car again. Must be a fever, just like MGs, to be restoring a car with marginal value.
We had a tentative appointment in Mountpelier,Vermont. Just as well that one fell through, as it would have required an additional 300 miles travel with some night driving an loss of sleep.
Thursday, October 26, 2023:
Early morning appointment today with John Pirretti in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. He has 3 MGA (and a passel of other collector cars). That's a TVR Vixen stashed in the center spot of the 2-car garage.
this is his regular driver MGA 1600=MK-II. It has an interesting modification of the front bumper which he had never noticed. The two main mounting studs pointing forward have 3-inch tube or round rod spacers. The two angled side support studs have 2-inch spacers made from heavy gauge flat steel formed to horizontal "C" shape. The bumper ends are very close to original location near the front valance. There is a slight noticeable angle between the face bar sections, mostly hidden behind the overriders.
Factory style luggage rack, period correct Ansa exhaust. Moto-Lita wood rim steering wheel and MG crested wood shift knob. Vinyl covered dash in original configuration, including original position of the dial instruments.
Running a bit rich, and slow to start on a cool morning, we gave it a bit of a tweak for fuel mixture, and shortened the choke cable some for immediate fast idle adjustment and full motion of the choke linkage. Also noted the slight anti-clockwise rotation (about 20 degrees) of the distributor position, meaning the distributor drive gear is installed 160 degrees out of place. The HT wire terminals are correct, which means teh bottom end drive dog on the distributor must also be installed 180 degrees off. One error leads to the other error during assembly. Correcting this requires both reorienting the drive gear and rotating the drive dog. Since it runs okay as is, it is owner's choice if he wants to fix that later.
While checking and adjusting timing with a set-back timing light,k we noticed a substantial oil puddle that had formed in maybe 10 minutes of running time. It was the timing cover seal leaking one drip per second at idle speed, and it was not going away with higher engine speed either. Estimating about one quart per hour oil loss, that one certainly needs to be fixed. Short discussion about R&R of the radiator and crank nut, lock tab, crank pulley, and timing cover to replace the seal and cover gasket. Owner can do that later at his convenience. For now it runs like a champ, and he is very happy for a spin around the block.
In the larger detched garage, parked on the drive-on hoist, was this neat racer type MGA 1500 with racing stripes, Brooklands windscreen, fat tires on very wide wheels. We had it raised, walking under, don't recall what we were checking out, but it was a very clean car.
Plenty of time for lunch this time before an evening appointment with John Elwood in Jaffrey, NH. Had to like this guy immediately, a younger fellow with a passion for the hobby. I always thought it would be good to have a
carriage house apartment over a garage with a little space around it, but this guy takes this to the extreme. He has an old dairy barn with 10-acres on top of a mountain with drive-in lower level and drive-in upper level. He has also configured a full 2-bedroom apartment upstairs in front with all home amenities. Gotta grin some more just for kicks. --- I guess he likes Jaguar Coupes, buying used cars for small money, fix up enough to drive, sell a few or pass them on when they get beyond recommended use-by date. Don't bother to repaint, just buy another one. Plenty space for restoration of his favorite toys. He has a "normal" day job, so this is just his hobby, not a public business.
There was this MG Farina Magnette MK-IV that had seen better days, must have led a rough life, but he was going to restore it, because it was a copy of his first car.
He has this "dealer service required" manual vacuum/pressure pump for servicing Hydrolastic suspension (used on Morris 1100 and sister Mini cars, and subsequent MG 1100, Austin America, Austin Princess, and corporate sister sport coupe cars. Not being normal consumer product, these pumps are rather rare.
This is of interest to me, because I used to have a 1969 Austin America with Hydrolastic suspension. And there is an MG 1100 sport sedan, immediate predecessor to the A_A. Notice the number tag, "Booker T. & the M.G.s".
Walk up the hill and in the side door upstairs. Smacked in the face by a nice Arnolt MG-Bertone coupe. Just to the side was an MGB and a MG ZB Magnette. A few more toys, some larger spare parts, more space available, and that is the door to his upstairs apartment in the background of the last picture.
Looking at the XPAG engine of the Arnolt with fuel pump, battery and all of the electrical stuff right up front. Nicely restored interior from the MG T-type era, not as "modern" as the later Z-Magnette cars that would have a wood instrument panel. At the time the Arnolt was the lowest cost coach built car in America (and slow).
Friday, October 27, 2023:
Breakfast appointment with Richard Vessella in Lincoln, Rhode Island. We were meeting him at Maria’s Breakfast & Lunch. Well reviewed place with limited parking, but more space allowed across the street. His wife joined us before we finished breakfast, and we finally ambled across the street to check out their MGA 1600-MK-II, which was built just 50 cars from end of production, maybe a day or two before the line was shut down to be reconfigured for MGB production.
Pretty good repaint, except for paint over piping. Re-cored radiator, extra row of tubes, not as good as the original cell core but serviceable.
Numbers matching car, what's not to like there?
Checking out the original factory style oil cooler with steel pipes and short hoses, very nice.
The late production wiring harness with Lucar push-on connectors.
I had to get pictures of the period correct aftermarket luggage rack with suction cups and screw-on hooks securing it to the edges of the boot lid. That is going to make a new Accessories tech page.
Then places to go, gotta run.
Off to visit Her Majesty's Auto Services in Cranston, RI. This place has been somewhat elusive in recent years,
changing address and phone numbers a few times. It was a round about search, but we finally found the place. Front door locked with a sign saying use the side door. Walked around the building in wrong direction but did find the side door. Some vintage British cars outside, owner not there, and the prior phone numbers not working. Some detective work reveals he is still here, but likely not taking on any new commercial business orders. I may have a lead on a current phone number, time will tell. Will let you all know if I find any more information. In the meantime,I think this place is no longer a viable commercial shop.
Saturday, October 28, 2023:
Moving on across a few state lines, have a well announced morning appointment for Cars & Coffee with British Cars of Bucks County in Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Something like 18 little British cars there, all a bit early I think, and they put our little semi-tractor-trailer rig right in front for publicity. Jolly good show.
I got to tinker with the red MGA with MGB engine and SU HS4 carburetors, belonging to John Gottschalk in Newtown, PA. Drivable but running with badly rough idle. Turned out to have very lean mixture on both carburetors, almost surprised it was running at all. Turned it 2-1/2 turns richer for the rear carb, and 1-1/2 turns richer for the front carb. Wow, but at least it worked, and the engine is running much better now.
The light blue MGB belongs to Prof. Andrew Lubin in Morrisville, PA, right across the street from the gathering place. We have worked on that car fairly recently (check earlier reports). That's the car with a new distributor that had a faulty vacuum advance unit. A new vacuum unit was installed just yesterday, and it would like a magic touch to be sure it is tuned properly, but it can wait a bit, as we have other more pressing requests.
The red MGA went home a bit early after the party, but John Gottschalk has some other cars of interest. So off to visit Newtown, PA. There is a nice Triumph TR8 that runs like a champ and needs nothing.
But also a nice TR6 that would run a little rough. Both Z-S carburetors were just a tiny bit rich in mixture, but nothing egregious, so owner decided it wasn't worth disturbing them so that was a short visit.
Then back to Morrisville, 1-mile from the morning party, to visit Greg DuPey. He has a 1958 Triumph TR3 that he said was running a little rough. That must have been the understatement of the year. After checking it out I was surprised it made the one mile to the morning party and back.
Nice clean car, easy to work on, but like the MGA, the TR3 air cleaners are hard to reach around for tuning. This one had me baffled for a couple hours. Bad idle, misfiring on #3, spark plugs all black and fouled. Clean the plugs and restart, ran half decent for a minute before fouling out again. Switch plugs 2 and 3, still misfiring on #3, all black plugs again. Do compression test, 150 psi for all four cylinders, no problem there. Clean plugs again, fire it up, still running rich. Finding fuel level at top of the jets, too high. R&R both float covers to lower the float levels a bit. Back together, still running very rich and still fouling the plugs.
Try adjusting carbs leaner, but the rear adjusting nut kept turning and turning without moving up. Curses, the lower jet bearing is spinning, meaning the large gland nut on bottom of carb is not tight enough. No way to get a wrench on that without removing the carbs for partial disassembly. In for a penny, in for a pound. Remove the carbs and get to the bench. -- While Greg was removing the TR3 carbs, Andrew Lubin came by with his MGB, and I was distracted for a bit to fine tune that car (after it had a new vacuum advance unit installed). Get the air cleaners off long enough to fine tune the carbs fuel mixture. Didn't need much, as we had tuned it previously (when discovering the bad vacuum unit). All happy again there, send him on home.
Back to the TR3, as Greg had the carbs on the bench by then. Disconnect linkages, pull out the rear carb fuel jet.
Trying to push it back in, will not go all the way, so a jet seal ring is fouled. Remove the packing nut and all internal jet seal parts, finding the top jet seal in tatters. The Magic Trailer provided the needed jet seal parts, and both carbs are soon repacked and leak free. Out of time today, so schedule to return for reassembly on the car tomorrow afternoon.
Sunday, October 29, 2023:
in the morning, upload a new tech page for Thermostat Blanking Sleeve Gasket when using a blanking sleeve with a thermostat on top of it.
2-pm back to Greg's place. A couple of friends were there to serve as sidewalk supervisors, so things were a little slow until they went packing off.
Greg had already installed the carbs back on the engine, so a quick walk around to check out the details. Needed to finish connecting the fuel hose and lower link between the choke arms.
With all things assembled, the fast idle cam was "over center" with the link rod on wrong side of the pivot point. The expedient fix there was to R&R the small shoulder bolt to reposition the cam. This is an amazingly complicated serial chain of parts on the TR3,all hanging on small clevis pins subject to wear, allowing the arms to wobble sideways some. That makes it finicky to get the wire length adjustment just right for good fast idle cam action, but persistence pays off in the end.
Follow the throttle linkage, starting at front arm on the front carb throttle shaft. Short link with two ball ends going down to a bell crank arm that pivots on a bracket attached to bottom edge of the intake manifold. From there another double ball end link running back under the carburetors to a crank arm on the throttle pedal shaft. One of those "why did they do that" things. Seems it could have been driving an arm on back end of the rear carb throttle shaft, eliminating the long horizontal link and front ball crank assembly.
All together, fire it up, not too bad, no leaks, but still running somewhat rich. We turned both mixture nuts all the way up, and it was very close to perfect mixture, just the tiniest bit rich, wanting another one flat turn which it couldn't reach. But it was supposed to be near two turns down. Looking down the carb throats, top of the fuel jets
were near spot on 1/16-inch below the bridge, which is correct height when the nuts are two turns down. So there is some mechanical error, like the carb bodies are too tall (maybe), or the fuel jets are too short (not likely), or the cork sealed packing nuts on bottom are not screwed up all the way (no way after all we went through to fix that issue). But the solution is simple. R&R the dashpot covers long enough to loosen a set screw to lower the needles about 1/32-inch to give more adjustment range for the mixture nuts. -- Finally got the victory picture of the grin on Greg's face. Nice fall colors here in eartern PA. Time for dinner.
Monday, October 30, 2023:
Catching up a few days worth of email and BBS messages. Updated a tech page for Restoring 1600-Type Side Curtains, Fabric Cover to add instructions for printing the full size templates. Half a day more processing and posting more photos and notes to catch up the past week of activities. Sure feels good to be caught up with that for a change (see everything above). Some record keeping to catch up. Some future travel planning, heading back to York, PA tomorrow.
Tuesday, October 31, 2023:
Happy Halloween at Darrell's garage in York, PA. We had some hope of putting his Morris Minor master cylinder back together, but the packing kit didn't show up yet. Just a few guys for Natter 'n' Noggin tonight, as this town treats Halloween like it was a national holiday. Everybody stays home to treat the visiting kids and avoid tricks. Nice chat time anyway, before heading for late dinner. Then heading southeast late night.
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