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The Classic Marque

Amen to that Nigel. I'm in the middle of restoring a "Ladies spade" to usefulness for my old friend Judith.
On the one hand it's only a knackered old spade, but on the other it's something given to Judith by her late husband when they married back in the 60s and she likes it.
I somehow managed to fix a mantel clock last week without making it even worse, for another lady friend. She was s...

Grey,
thanks a lots.

Not waffle, very interesting. I've got a feeling he said something about it not having pockets but I might have that wrong as he was quite quietly spoken and as with all good micropubs other conversations were going on at the time.

I got the country wrong, I thought it was an island off the top of Scotland! :)

I'll copy and paste the text of your...

The NGK's have performed best in my 79-B. Nothing against other brands, but each engine has its own "preference" You just need to choose which ones your engine "likes" best.

Cheers

Gary
79 MGB

If it was working fine and you know it’s not been abused I’d be tempted to re use it. The new Borg & Beck I’ve just fitted to my 1275 is nowhere near as well made as the old B&B that came out. Both the cover and plate are made from thinner gauge material and there’s just an air of ‘cheapness’ about it. It works ok but so does the one in my Sprite with 20k hard miles on it.

Thanks Jim, we think it is the tube shock conversion that is changing the run. If all the measurements check out OK I will make up some extenders and also sleeves to extend the outer cable as that is also short. Gives me chance to practice my trade.
I will photo and share when we get it right.
Ray TF 2884

Email sent.

For anyone else who wants restoration work done on old leather, the name of the fella who sorted my jacket is Martin Ashworth.

Website: mlworkshop.co.uk
Phone: 01407 811060

E Mail martin@mlworkshop.co.uk

The Leather Workshop
Treruffydd Farm
Ty Croes
Anglesey
LL63 5HJ

FWIW he did an outstanding job for me.

Not a fix.


In my rebuilding I tried to keep as much of the original MG as possible. My cables were shredded. I managed to get the old cables out of the ends and open them up. I had SS aircraft cables swaged in.
Unfortunately I came up short.
I fabricated some Clevis extenders.
Later one of my reworked cables pulled out, so I got new ones. The extenders were not used.

Might take a little while to find it Nigel, but I'll have a good look when I get home tonight.
The fella did a first class job. My jacket is (AFAIK) 84 years old and I still use it occasionally. The restorer even managed to free up and retain all the original zips. I remember him saying that it took a litre and a half of whatever leather feed stuff he used and it's still in lovely condition, h...

Hi,
(hoping I've remembered the right person?)
have you still got the details of the person that restored your grandfather's flying jacket please?

In the micropub last night as I was wearing my Serge Hervet (fashion copy?) flying jacket and a chap was telling me he had an original flying jacket with communication (conduits?) leads but it needs restoring so I said I'd see if I coul...

Looking at the clutch wear plates should give you an indication of wear? Hopefully at 9000 miles it should have plenty of life left in it.

That clutch realise arm pivot bush, pin, and tolerance ring on the 1500 is a weak point in my opinion. I would make sure they are in good condition.

I’m still using a bodge bolt instead, as the hole in my clutch release arm is worn. I’m after a g...