Hi Allen and listers,
No they are not in the NAMGBR register, it's time I joined again. The VINs
are GHN3L36483 and GHN3L46227, not too far from each other.
I'm sure both are buildable, but as you know, it takes time and I'm not
retired yet. If I won the lotto, I would have to fine examples of restored
early Bs in my stable. But...
When the time is right, I'll look for another home for one of the shells.
Someone have a doaner car willing to give up its parts.
I sure do miss driving it.
John Fagerlund,
'65 B (squared)
At 01:08 PM 3/7/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>I'm happy to say my '66BGT found a new home. Kelvin picked it up
>>yesterday. It was good to meet him and put a face with a name on the list.
>> Nice guy and knowledgable too. He gave me some good advice on my current
>>restoration project. I have two pull-handle '65 Bs, the car I was thinking
>>of saving looks good, but has some hidden damage and shoddy repair work.
>>The other one looks rough, but is actually a better candidate. I'll go
>>with Kelvin's advice.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>John Fagerlund
>>
>>'65 B under restoration
>>'65 B doaner
>>'66BGT sad to see it go, but too many projects and that work stuff gets in
>>the way as well
>
>John -
>
>Pull-handle '65s are not real common. I have GHN3L57254 - and production
>ceased at 57985. Mine was VERY rusty and my time is VERY limited - I've
>been welding on the shell since Fall of '95. The good news is it's almost
>done (the shell, that is - not the car!). Mine had rust in pedal box
>sections, and I even had to fabricate flanges for the heel boards and
>bottom of the transmission tunnel. To add my 2¢ worth - between your two
>cars, pick the one that's strongest in these areas, other factors being
>equal. It's all repairable - but oh so time-consuming. I also had to
>reskin doors, using doorskins intended for later pushbutton handles. Fussy
>work! And the indentations are slightly smaller in the later ones - so
>the results are not preceisely the same.
>
>Are your cars in the NAMGBR pull-handle register? I'm curious about the
>VINs if you care to share them. ' Kinda wonder how many '65 pull-handles
>are still around...
>
>Cheers,
>Allen
>
>Allen H. Bachelder =iii=<
>Sinking Creek Home for Wayward MGs
>New Castle, VA 24127
>USA
>540/544-7333
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