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MG MGB Technical - Engine picture

Does anyone have a good picture of a 1964 MGB US spec engine. I am doing a restoration and would like to have a good example of where decals, spill pipes etc
were placed.

Thanks

Les
Les Jacobs

In the excellent book "Original MGB" by Anders Ditlev Clausager, all specs for all MGB with many, many colours pictures.
Regards.
michel

You need to find some pics of Paul Hanley's Iris Blue 64B. It has to be the best MGB in North America. I have two engine bay pics from his car that I took at MG2004 (after it won the Concours and Best in Show). I might be able to send them as an attachment but Paul is on the BBS, he has a reply in MGB General on some thread about painting. His email address is there. You might try contacting him direct to see if he has some pics online.
Carl W French

Hi Les,

Hope all is well.

Here is a picture of the above mentioned car. The image is located on the MGCC-LIC site.

http://www.mgcars.org.uk/mgcclic/images/events/mg2004/mg2004-055.jpg

Regards,

Mike
Mike Zaffarano

Les,

Certainly get a copy of Anders Clausagers "Original MGB". You should equaly, if not more, rely on the text as the photos that you will need for the '64 are pics of other's restoration and therefor contain the restorer's interpretation of what was original. Generator end brackets are not painted as they should be, for example. Yet the text will explain that 'engine, with gearbox attached and all ancelary components were painted in place in a rather slapdash manner'. So make sure your thermostat housing is fitted with a new thermostat before painting. Paint the generator and their bolts off the engine and chase the thread and the bolts so that they will go in by hand and you just have to snug them tight. This might reduce the paint from chipping off the bolts. Ok, I know that's getting carried away...

I would suggest getting the MGA general clamp kit from Clarkes Restoration and Spares. His clamps(clips) are correct in shape and color and although you'll have a few left over, for the money, they're worth it.

Save all the old bolts under the bonnet. For safety, I should clarify. Save all the bolts that hold the radiator shroud and radiator. Save the accelerator pedal stop bolt and the bolts that secure the washer bottle bracket--they're all British and are marked differently than the American tick mark system. These "show bolts" if you will, can be replated and reused. While in contact with Todd Clarke, buy 4 or 5 doz. 10-32 posi drive screws as the British used them instead of phillips head.


Carl, thanks for the compliment. There were so, so many realy nice cars at MG2004. Sometimes, I think I truly took the easy way, that's all. Original is documented in books. I had something to go by as I'm not that automotively inteligent to do all the mods that so many do! There lies the real challange--setting up 1/4 and 1/2 cams, adjusting Webers, etc. I just line things up like the book tells me to.

Mike, thanks for posting the picture--finally it appears on the web!!

Les, believe it or not, I don't have any pictures of the car in its current incarnation. The last photos I have were from before St. Louis last year and there were some decal issues that have since been straighened out. I was planning a photo shoot in the near future and will email some to you then.

Cheers,

Paul
Paul Hanley

Paul, here is another shot from NJ.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/157274816/157276820nNnSSw

I have two I took close up of your engine bay and I will put them somewhere for you to use online.
Carl W French

Thanks to all for your suggestions and pics.

Paul

How do I contact Clarkes Restoration and Spares and what size and where did you get the white walls.. I looked at Coker and didn't see the tire size available in the large ww

Thanks

Les
Les Jacobs

http://www.clarkespares.com/carparts.html

You can try asking some hot rod people out there as they would have some lines on wide whites.
Carl W French

http://www.widewhitewalltires.com/

http://www.whitewallcandystore.com/default.asp


The magic of Google.
Carl W French

Carl

" Be there done that" Already wrote to
Diamond inquiring about correct size.
Les Jacobs

Les,

The whitewalls are indeed from Diamond Back Classic however, you're not going to find them in their catalog. The tires are Dunlop SP40 175 70 14's. The man who owns Diamond Back, sorry I forget his name, went to a local Dunlop dealer and ordered the tires for me. He then vulcanized the whitewall on the tire. Call them, the owner takes each phone call if you ask for him and talk to him. This company knows customer service. I just ordered a set of tires for my A from him and highly recommend them. 1-888-922-1642.

I did make one mistake. I let Diamond Back convince me not to whitewall the spare since a.) it's stored upside down and no one can see that its missing and b.) there was concern that long term storage of the whitewall against the boot floor would somehow discolor the whitewall. To do it over again I would get five so I could do a 5 tire rotation and just store the spare against a sheet of large parchment paper...available from any friendly restaurant manager or chef.

Many people have asked me whether the vulcanization process requires a reduction in the thickness of the sidewall. In fact, nothing at all is removed. The process of vulcanization is one of time, temperature and pressure. The ornimental whitewall is joined to the original Dunlop. HTH

Paul Hanley

This thread was discussed between 13/07/2004 and 16/07/2004

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