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How's your pinky now Bill?

Nice huh? 🤣.

But actually it really is beginning to feel a lot better. Fingers still very rigid in the mornings, but as the day goes on, more flexible.

Meanwhile, Guy. How's your shoulder? Something to consider, it may be the menopause. 🤣🤣.

"Emma was eventually diagnosed with a frozen shoulder - pain and stiffness often brough...

Karl
My rep has the coupe top attached to the front bulkhead by rivets.
Originally at the back it was attached, by Archers, with small nuts and bolts. The gap twixt coupe top and rear panel was filled: the filler kept cracking as the body flexed.
My local bodyshop removed the coupe top and fitted a rubber seal where formerly the filler had been replacing the nuts, bolts, rivets.
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Another thread highjack, for Alan Anstead:

Any idea why the typical Sebring Sprite roof is bonded on at the front but not at the back? I can see it would be sensible at the front to support the new windscreen but I am unable to think of a good reason not to bond the roof onto the body behind the cockpit.

Out of interest, is there any pressing reason that brake systems can't be "plumbed up" with flexibles?
Almost all motorcycles have them, of varying quality. Personally I replaced originals with Aeroquip or Goodrich armoured hoses on several of my bikes which resulted in better, more sensitive brake response every time since they were very resistant to expansion under pressure.
I have never ...

Hey Malc.
She might have settled by now mate, -- not worth a knock on the door - ?
Cheers
willy

Eight years ago I ran an unscientific survey regarding the age of MGA owners, and several weeks ago I performed a follow-up survey. The result: we've aged, and younger enthusiasts just have no interest in MGA's. Its generational and demographic issues which are at play; survey results are attached.

I'm still (barely) under 60 and regularly spend time on several social sites. BBS is different in a good way. This is where I come to learn about my car from a community that KNOWS the MGA. Sure, I could go check on Barney's site, or read the shop manual (both of which I do), but those are static sources with one opinion each. This forum gives me a range of opinions based on years of real expe...

The whole of this BBS seems to have gone very quiet.

The Midget and Sprite general section is the only one that still gets posts virtually every day. The TD-TF seems fairly active, followed by MGA.

I wonder how long it can keep going.

I’m only early sixties, but I’m not inclined to head over to facebook, so I will stick around here for as long as it lasts.

I had a copper brake line fail at the rear slave cylinder.

It was one of the few times my ex-wife drove the car (with me as passenger), she dealt with the sudden lack of brakes very well, but the three hour wait for the recovery vehicle less so!

We started divorce proceedings six months later.

It may have just been a coincidence, but not worth the risk. For the good of your m...

OK, I'm an old fogey (80) and right darned proud of it and I find this old technology much easier to use that modern stuff. That's possibly because I've used this for a long time and have never become comfortable with the newer stuff. I'm sure the age thing is a big part of the issue but, interestingly, over the past three years the membership in my local British Car club has grown from about 60...