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MG MGA - MGA Mk 2 Coupe Pictures

A few final pictures to finish the page on the MGA coupe restoration are up at

http://www.rhodo.citymax.com/page/page/1653190.htm

I was worried about using modern colours on an old car, but I think it turned out all right.

Bill Spohn

Bill,
It looks really nice. I thought about using a similar color on my coupe but I chickened out. I'm glad you chose a color you liked. What is the engine pictured in the 4th row? Are you planning a V8 conversion?
Bill
Bill Boorse

Nice paint job Bill - the non standard red really suits the car. Are those the head lights of an early Jensen I can see in the back ground of one of the photos? Cheers Cam
Cam Cunningham

Bill,
Great Job, but you aren't trying to fool us into believing that the white coupe is the before picture, are you?
Congratulations on a great job.
mike parker

Bill,
How os your windscreen washer bottle fixed to the heater shelf? - I am ready to fit mine but not sure how or where to fit it.

Many thanks,

Maurice
M. Standish

Nice job, Bill. Love that coil cover!
Tom Balutis

Bill - I moved that pic (don't know how I posted it there) - it is a GM V6 that is going into my Jamaican MGA project. http://www.rhodo.citymax.com/Jamaican.html bottom row. It now looks rather like an MG engine, doesn't it?

Cam - good eyes - that is a 1965 Jensen CV-8 http://www.rhodo.citymax.com/i/non-rhodo/cv8ca2.jpg and http://www.rhodo.citymax.com/i/non-rhodo/cv8eng.jpg
Time I got it off the stands and on the road!

Mike - the white version is as I restored the car in the 1970s and used it to go to Namgar GT5 etc.

Maurice - the black washer bottle bracket has holes for screws on the base.


Tom, that isn't a coil cover per se - it is a very rare early Lucas sports coil - I've only seen one other. Had it on the shelf for years and finally checked continuity and figured why not use it?

http://www.rhodo.citymax.com/i/non-rhodo/coil1.jpg
Bill Spohn

I also have one of those very rare early Lucas sport coils in my coupe!

Regards,
M.D.
'57 coupe
M. D.

Bill
I made that comment based on the Mark 1 grille and the 1500 tail lights on the white car.
mike parker

MD - nice! Now I know of two of them. Ever see any other coils like it?

Mike (hitting forehead) of course you'd think that. When I first restored the car I used some 1600 fenders which were better than the Mk 2 rears, and so went the whole way and did it as a 1600 Mk 1. When I re-restored it, I pulled out the taillights, plinths, and Mk 2 grille that had been sitting on the shelf for the last 25 years and put them where they belonged!
Bill Spohn

Bill,
I have one of those funky sports coils too. Pray that the coil doesn't die because I have been trying to unscrew the housing to replace the coil in mine for about 5 years. I have soaked it with Kroil, tried judicious application of heat and rigged up a two foot lever arm trying to free it but no joy.

Frank
Frank Graham

Yeah - I figured it might be a bear to unscrew that collar!
Bill Spohn

I think Frank and Bill are pulling our collective legs. Some coil though! Doesn't look like it could power a small town or what!
Paul Hanley

No, Paul - those coils appear to have been constructed by encasing what I think was (judging by the colour and shape of the plastic bits) a Lucas Sports Coil in a finned aluminum casing.

There is a threaded top to it - you can see it in my picture - but when they lid and case have been together for 50 years and you only have the finned part that you do NOT want to break or mark to grab on to try and unscrew it, disassembling them when the coil goes bad to stick another one in (assuming Frank and I are correct about what is inside) is a very difficult proposition.

Here is an example of the coil we think would fit (although this one is a 6 volt unit I expect the guy will have a problem selling - anyone know any British sports cars that used a 6 volt system?)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NOS-Lucas-Jaguar-XKE-MGA-Triumph-TR2-3-SA6-sports-coil_W0QQitemZ8039995267QQcategoryZ6763QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Bill Spohn

Come to think of it, I guess they used the 6 volt coils in later 70s stuff with ballast resistors?
Bill Spohn

Bill and Frank,
Put vinegar around the threaded parts and let it sit a few minutes. It will usually eat through the aluminum oxide without affecting the aluminum a great deal. Rinse it off when completed in plain water.
mike parker

This thread was discussed between 23/02/2006 and 26/02/2006

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