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24th August 2010 – Rear differential reconditioned
We sent the rear differential off to Coventry Transmissions (recommended through Pete) last week, for rebuilding and reconditioning. Mark picked it up last night. WOW! They have done an amazing job. They have fully [...]
15th August 2010 – front brake calipers have arrived
The front brake calipers have arrived. Originally, Me and Jon talked about which front brake to go for and after a conversation with Gerry at Hawks, we decided that the standard MGB brake may [...]
11th August 2010 – GearBox arrived
Mark picked up the gear box and bell housing from PowerTorque engineering in Coventry and then assembled them together. Its a T5 box by Ford that would fit a Mustang etc, but is a [...]
7th August 2010 – Striping the back axel
We managed to source a Jaguar XJS back axel from ebay that arrived, and to an untrained eye looks like a piece of greasy junk. Well in this condiction maybe, but this particular axel [...]
7th August 2010 – Front suspension
The front suspension is based on the MGB with upgrades made by Gerry at Hawks Cars. I went back to Leicester this weekend and spent most of saturday in the garage with Mark. The first [...]
21st July 2010 – Detaching body and chassis
In order to work on the car and get all the bits in and built up, Mark unbolted the body to reveal the metal chassis. This is the main component everything bolts onto. Can't [...]
21st July 2010 – The body kit and chassis arrives
9 weeks in the making we finally take delivery of the body and chassis. Now we can really get building! ---
