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MG 1930
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 19/06/2013 : 15:46:29
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Hi all,
I just wanted to post a message showing the beginnings to my first MMM project having dabbled with minis in the past its time to move on. At 22 and having finished my degree in mechanical engineering I'm due to begin my first proper job in September; I felt it is time I made a start. I recently collected my completed J2 chassis from Russ Truman at MG Live and put it together with a few parts I have been collecting over the last few years for the photo below. I am planning on creating a J4 rep having always been fond of the 'miniature K3' look.
I think a couple of weeks fettling should sort it out, dont you? Then I'l be gunning for you Foz and Oliver on the track within the coming years.
Thanks for taking an interest and to all of the MMM's that have helped me so far (I'm sure I will need some more assistance in the future!),
Daniel
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Cathelijne
Netherlands
744 Posts |
Posted - 19/06/2013 : 16:01:14
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Hi Daniel,
Good on you! Go and get some mates your age interested as well and this Register might just survive  !
Good luck in the next couple of weeks!
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Onno
Netherlands
1045 Posts |
Posted - 19/06/2013 : 16:35:13
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That looks like a good start!
Cathelijne must certainly appreciate someone with the same taste in foot wear ;)
Nice to know I am not the youngest anymore and thanks for the help in lowering the average age around here.
Hope to see you on track as soon as possible!
My motto for my D special is "I'll drive when I'm 35" (29 now so a few years to go)
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MGB
Netherlands
114 Posts |
Posted - 19/06/2013 : 17:49:31
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Originally posted by Cathelijne
Good luck in the next couple of weeks!
And I thought I was optimistic...
Daniel, good luck and I really hope you will enjoy your car as much as I do.
Regards,
Maurice
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JMH
United Kingdom
911 Posts |
Posted - 19/06/2013 : 18:16:07
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Daniel,
If you reckon 2 weeks for the blown option - ditch all that unnecessary complication & you'll be there in 10 days!
JH |
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PeterL
United Kingdom
1723 Posts |
Posted - 19/06/2013 : 18:41:54
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Pat Widdup
New Zealand
399 Posts |
Posted - 19/06/2013 : 21:51:38
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| Hi Daniel . Well done on the start of your project. They all take time and you should have plenty a head of you . I like the LOW RIDER aproach. Cheers Pat |
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George Eagle
United Kingdom
3238 Posts |
Posted - 19/06/2013 : 22:45:04
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Hi Daniel
And a welcome also from me also to the wonderful world of Triple-M motoring.
I look forward to seeing the J4 rep racing in the near future.
George
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Edited by - George Eagle on 20/06/2013 09:00:02 |
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MG 1930
United Kingdom
9 Posts |
Posted - 19/06/2013 : 22:55:42
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| Thanks for the support, my primary aim is to finish my car before my dad finishes his. He bought it when I was born and still has yet to finish it yet - motivation if nothing else to outpace him! |
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Foz
United Kingdom
769 Posts |
Posted - 19/06/2013 : 23:04:54
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Hmmmmnnn....worrying.....looks like a young Mike Hawthorn.....
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MG Maverick
United Kingdom
1045 Posts |
Posted - 20/06/2013 : 07:56:49
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I look forward to restoring/rebuilding my J2 alongside you, I hope to have it in the UK in about end of July 2013. Good Luck.
Chris ( J2353 )
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Fred Boothby
United Kingdom
364 Posts |
Posted - 20/06/2013 : 14:04:56
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| Daniel , can I put you down as a sure entry for the MMM race a MG Live next year ? And stick with the supercharged option - Foz needs opposition ! Good luck , and stick with it . |
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MG 1930
United Kingdom
9 Posts |
Posted - 20/06/2013 : 14:59:43
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| I wish Fred, maybe the year after should there be a true MMM race! |
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gordclark
Canada
170 Posts |
Posted - 20/06/2013 : 17:16:34
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Daniel,
Congratulations. I can relate so well.
Having been a continuous MG owner since May of 1951 when I was a fledgling 18 yrs old, and, as a result of meeting the late Bob Hudson and having a quick run in his C-Type, I knew that my stable of MGs (4 at that time) was incomplete without a Triple M MG. So in I set out to find a J2 or PA that was affordable. Along the way, I amassed a whole lot of spares including a tub, and that “collection” is displayed in the left picture below, taken two years before I had even located my PA.
In the fall of 2009, I learned of PA 0921 and traced it to a lockup in New Hampshire, where it had lain undriven since 1986, resulting in the car you see on the right. It is now in serious restoration. I’m now 80 and the MG flame still burns brightly, but there are now interrupting limitations!
So Daniel, you and I are on the same page. I only wish we were on the same continent so visiting you could be easier, however I do come to the UK often to visit my bro and one just never knows ...
My very best to you with your project.
Gord Clark
Rockburn, Qué.
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Ralph
United Kingdom
72 Posts |
Posted - 30/08/2013 : 19:53:10
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Hi - like you I was a very young man when I found my favourite 1934 MG J2 for which I paid £100 in 1966. I wish I hadn't gone down the road of trying to update ie TC MGA MGB but when you are young you do silly things and now I am 66, I can't afford to buy a similar J2.
I will therefore have to go down a similar route to you ie chassis engine and keep obtaining parts.
If anyone knows of a J2 chassis with V5c at a reasonable price, please let me know.
Good luck with your project
Ralph
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MG Maverick
United Kingdom
1045 Posts |
Posted - 30/08/2013 : 20:15:55
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I can't wait to get my J2 back to the Uk to make a start. I have already commissioned a new blumels brooklands steering wheel to replace the original which now adorns my garage wall ( its too fragile to be used ), I have also sent my two speedo / rev. counters for rebuilding ( the later one will be for sale once restored )and I have purchased a tool roll from the brothers..I am off to Cyprus after Goodwood to further dismantle the chassis for shipping..I was hoping to complete this exercise in July but circumstances meant that I could'nt be away at this time. At 65 I find that climbing around a chassis is more difficult...but one has to suffer for ones pleasures...where is the paracetemol ??
Chris ( J2353 )
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