Hi all,
A recent trip to the barbers ended up with me being given a free MGF, so like with any of my project cars, I thought it was best to join a forum. So here I am!
This came about when the chap who owned the local barbers shop cooked the engine due to the absence of coolant. Thinking the usual head gasket failure, the mechanics he used stripped the head but found that, during a previous gasket replacement, the liners had been disturbed. He remembered that I enjoyed tinkering with cars (I'm a regular on the Project Puma forums) and had admired his a while back, so offered it to me. Obviously my wife was thrilled to have another non-runner on the driveway....
So, the car was duly deposited on my drive by some friendly local mechanics last night!
Some pictures!
After a bit of poking around, I've found very, very little rust, in fact, so far only the rear edge of the drivers side sill has shown any rot.
It's also a VVC model which I wasn't expecting.
So, the first job will be to give the bodywork a buff up (to give me motivation to do the engine swap) and then source another engine. Then who knows?
One thing is for certain, I'll probably need a lot of advice about K-series engines if you'll all oblige?