I'm posting this to the group hoping to scare up one that I found out about
a few months ago, but have since lost all the contact information.
I have a 74 MG Midget - chrome bumpers/round rear wheel arches - that suffers
from enough rust problems that I am ready to scrap my whole restore project.
It is probably salvageable, but I don't know where to start.
Anyway, I really liked this car when it was my daily driver and I'd really
like to drive one again. So, I'm thinking of trying to get a good body
with either minimal rust or none and recoverable mechanicals (ie, one
without frozen up brake/suspension/etc/systems.). If someone on the list
knows where I can find a shell or a non-running Midget with a decent body,
I'd appreaciate the tip. Or, if the person I exchanged mail with before
is still around and still has the car, call or write. I am interested.
Ideally, I'd like minimize my expenses by getting a car that needs work
for an appropriate price and use mine and the new one to make a decent
runner. I really like the round-arch cars, but would go for earlier
models, too.
BTW, regarding body repair... Does anyone have advice on learning how to
restore a shell? I have a welder (MIG/no gas bottle) and have a full
set of air tools (sander/grinder/Binks #7 gun) to prep the metal and repaint.
I have decent facilities to do the work, but no one to teach me. If I could
find an individual in the area who would help me do something like a sill
as a lesson (for money/trade/whatever), that would be great. If there is
another way to learn that anyone can suggest, that would be great too.
Reading a book and translating it into doing the work isn't that easy.
I know mechanicals well and can do most anything there, but the body work
part is intimidating and it probably doesn't need to be.
Glenn Stauffer
Kennett Square/Lititz, PA
stauffer@swarthmore.edu
610-444-0797
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