The nice thing about a plant shut-down is that I got to spend almost two full weeks back at the ranch. That certainly gave me plenty of time to work right?!? You are correct and I spent most of that time... woodworking, I was building a workbench for my apartment, but fear not Spritacus did receive its fair share of work. Unfortunately I do not have any pictures, partly because the car is in rough shape at the moment, I originally though that only the passenger floors under the seats would have to come out, I was mistaken. Rust and its companion holes have taken over my MG. It looks as though the passenger floor from rear spring shackle to forward foot well needs to come out. Luckily I purchased the floor repair panels from Moss Motors a while ago and they are waiting patiently to be installed.
With the limited amount of cutting that I did do I found more hidden rust. I wonder why the Brits even put drain holes in their cars. With the additional work that will have to be carried out on the floors it looks to be a good time to build a rotisserie for the car. Excess 1 inch heavy wall pipe from a failed well, weeks earlier, and some 2 inch pipe from the local 'home' improvement store looks to me the needed ingredients for a home build car spinner. This is heads up to keep your eyes open for the story of the up-coming rotisserie build!
Also news on the engine, the continuing search of 5 speeds, and Floor-o-rama are all coming up!
Keep On Keepin' On
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