- Arrival and inspection
This 1973 MGB from the Kalamazoo, MI area came to us with some severe rust in the floorboards and rockers. The owner had begun repairs and felt he was getting in over his head, so… Read more: Arrival and inspection - Left side rocker damage
We knew there was significant rust in both rockers and opted to start on the driver’s side. After starting to cut damaged metal away we discovered a fairly common sin in MGBs – someone installed… Read more: Left side rocker damage - Repairing the driver’s inner sill
The inner sill provides strength to the chassis as part of the double box section that makes up the rocker assembly on an MGB. The driver’s side inner rocker was fairly solid except for the… Read more: Repairing the driver’s inner sill - Fitting the castle and membrane
We chiseled the remains of the old castle section off of the inner sill before fitting the new castle. We clamped the castle in place and made sure it lined up before welding into place.… Read more: Fitting the castle and membrane - Uncovering the passenger side damage
With the driver’s side stabilized we started on the passenger side. Double-sills was the order of the day again and we found significantly more damage on this die. The car slipped on a jack at… Read more: Uncovering the passenger side damage - Inner sill repairs on passenger side
The front section of the inner sill is too badly rusted to work with. The rear section is fine, there is heavy pitting and significant damage from the jack support forward. We’ll be cutting this… Read more: Inner sill repairs on passenger side - Fitting the passenger castle and membrane
With the front section of the inner sill repaired we continued the rest of the repairs. We needed to carefully chisel out the rear section of the outer rocker and remove the remains of the… Read more: Fitting the passenger castle and membrane - Fitting the rockers
The Steelcraft rockers we were provided don’t fit as nicely as the Heritage ones (which are still acceptable, but getting worse as the tooling wears out) so some extra adjustments were needed when fitting these… Read more: Fitting the rockers - Prepping for floorboard installation
Before we can install the floorboards we need to make some repairs to the rear corners above the spring perches. The right side needed some sheetmetal fabrication to repair a large rust hole. We cut… Read more: Prepping for floorboard installation - Installing the new floorboards
It’s time to fit the floorboards into this MGB. These floorboards are from Heritage and are of excellent quality and have the added bonus of the seat rail capture nuts pre-installed in the proper locations.… Read more: Installing the new floorboards
