This was it, the big moment I’ve been having sleepless nights about for so long. Can I respray my own car in a garage once again, and somehow manage to make a better job of it than last time I…
With paintwork nearing completion, I’m planning ahead to getting the wheels back onto the car as quickly as possible, to enable moving it around the workshop again as needed, and the last big refurbishment job necessary for that to happen…
After a good amount of practice painting all the areas of the car that won’t be very visible when it’s finished, I now have the high stakes task of painting the bits that will be very much visible, starting with…
With the underside and interior now all painted and looking pretty, it’s time to shift my attention to the exterior, and the next big job is to fit the front wings. You may have seen in previous posts, I did…
OK, I need to start this one with a confession. Way back in my first post after restarting this site, I swore that I was going to pay a professional to paint JBY this time round. Well it turns out…
Not many progress updates for a while, but I have still been busily working away on the car whenever I have time. Very pleased to have started on getting the bodyshell into shape for painting, so here’s a quick summary…
Here’s a job I’ve been looking forward to, and one that has to be done before I start prepping the bodyshell for paint. This modification is definitely a bit of an extravagance, but it’s all part of my master plan…
Having spent what feels like months replacing both front inner wings with shiny new panels, it’s now time for a little job I’ve been a bit nervous about undertaking. As part of my V8 conversion project, I will be fitting…
In amongst the bigger jobs covered in my last few posts, there have been a few other miscellaneous welding jobs to take care of on the underside of the shell, so I’m just collecting them together here. With both floorpans…
Not many updates here for a while, but I have still been working hard trying to get the MG’s bodywork finished. The last few jobs have been doing all the work on the passenger side which I already covered in…