This 1990 Alfa Romeo Spider came to us with the owner commenting on some engine oil leaks. It’s a big job to stop these, but we’re giving it a shot. With the engine and gearbox removed from the car, we pressure-washed both to degrease them along with hand-scrubbing with a brush to remove as much…
The cooling system on this MGB is in rough shape. The radiator and fan have both seen better days, although the water pump has been replaced recently and is in good condition. The hoses are old, and in the case of the water pump inlet hose, completely incorrect. Additionally, the connector on the temperature probe…
The front suspension on this MGB is worn, with bad rubber in the A-arms, leaking rack boots and front shocks, scored and pitted rotors, and rusty fasteners. The kingpins, although covered in years of grease and road grime, are actually in good condition. We’re starting on the right side of the front suspension. After removal…
This 1972 MGB came to us after experiencing a significant oil leak at the transmission. After inspecting the car thoroughly, we found a significant amount of shade tree mechanic repairs that needed to be addressed as well. One of the most significant issues was that the dual-circuit brakes have been turned into a single-circuit system.…
This very nice 1962 Land Rover IIA came to us with no brakes. As brakes are definitely something that you want working, we quickly went to work diagnosing the problem. The brake pedal did go to the floor, and would pump up if given enough time, but immediately lose pressure after letting the pedal rest…
We removed all of the upper engine ancillaries after draining the fluids, then pulled the cylinder head. We then put the car on the hoist and dropped the engine and gearbox from the car. We had concerns due to a large amount of leak-down in the #1 cylinder along with low compression, so before we…
We need to make more room for the driver’s seat in this race car. It needs to be lower to the floor for headroom and safety. The original seat mount position was strange and as you can see in the lower right of the first picture, the floor was cracking due to stresses from the…
This set of MGB stub axles was sent to us for installation of a new set of kingpins. Some of the hard work had been done already, including removing the upper trunnions. We received a new set of upper trunnions so there’s a good chance there was some serious damage done to them in the…
We’ve removed the front and rear glass for better access to the roll cage for the upcoming addition of a dash bar and rear cross-brace for the seat. The wiring has been completely removed as well and we’ll be fabricating a new, much more simplified wiring harness and dashboard once the roll cage has been…
This Jaguar MK IX comes equipped with a pair of SU HD6 carburetors with an integrated SU starting carb (a form of automatic choke that adds fuel when the car is cold). The car is running very rich and the bottoms of the carbs are fuel-stained, so we need to figure out why. Testing our…