1958 MGA Coupe

[bobs77vet]

That BiG angle iron is from at least 10 yrs ago, the 5/8 x 6 snow plow blade is last winter and the bent fork lift extension is fresh

 

[Sam Cogley]

Where'd you buy that roller, and what's the motor you're using for it?

 

[bobs77vet]

Where'd you buy that roller, and what's the motor you're using for it?

harbor freight bead roller beefed up by yours trully and then i added the motor. heres all the specifics

http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php?347161-how-to-install-a-motor-on-HF-bead-roller&highlight=

 

[Sam Cogley]

Thanks. I see a new project coming on when I get the garage sorted out a bit...

 

[bobs77vet]

a quick 2 hrs today..... the goal this weekend is to finish all the body work.





any exposed metal gets green se;f etching primer

 

[bobs77vet]

woo hoo about 4 hours today.....

 

[bobs77vet]

I worked some more on the front fenders today and the bonnet, tomorrow the doors and the front shroud where I recut it.....then everything should be ready for block sanding to a nice surface for painting.

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

Nice work!

but I have a question

are you mad that some jerk parked a Mustang in your yard? :skeptic:

 

[bobs77vet]

no, its a fun car, my DD

worked for a little while on the MGA and then helped MGA Charlie with his beautiful TF fenders.









those TF fenders are beautiful







my TF when I had hair ....

 

[bobs77vet]

there was one spot that when the fender was all bolted up just didn't look right, it had some of a crown to it.....so its time to address it, I am not looking for perfection in the body work but if you can see something that's not right then you need to fix it.

the crown is hard to see but is in the first 2" of the seam and is from welding I think I didn't grind it down enough at first



so grind it down, it must have been from one of the first welding tacks when I was repairing it







just a quick rough sanding to see if I got it right

 

[JPhil]

Pulled up to the local machine shop to get some bellhousing bolts today and saw this in the front. Immediately I thought that looks like an MGA engine! I asked the guy in the shop and he said "I dunno. They just dropped it off. I haven't even looked at it." We saw the plate said MG so I said, "I'm gonna say '59 MGA." He pulled out the reciept, smiled and said, "Nope, you're wrong. 1960 MGA."



Sure is a cute little thing! (& thanks Bob for helping me look oh so knowledgeable to the shop man!)

 

[bobs77vet]

they are small engines for sure...

6 hours of real work today.....there are no more areas to weld that I know of!!!!!!!




















and I made a tent city to keep out of the sun in the 90* plus heat and I sanded and sanded and sanded



use a hammer backed by a spoon to take out the high spot

 

[bobs77vet]

Today I worked on the boot lid and sprayed some paint. I am using lacquer duplicolor paint shop red. its a base coat and then a clear coat. its a lacquer based product. This is the paint I am using for several reasons but mostly the ease of spraying. I am not saying that lacquer is the best paint because its not. I am not saying it takes less effort because it doesn't. I am also not saying its cheaper then using other paint but its not really much more expensive. I have used this product before and I was really impressed with it. We sprayed my sons old vintage camper with this paint and it has been sitting out side in complete sunshine for 3-4 years and it gets no love whatsoever and it has not faded or had any paint issues what so ever. I also like the patina of the lacquer paint jobs they just look right to me. I know theres lots or people who don't like lacquer paints and I have sprayed other paint products before, but for this car this is the paint I am choosing.



that's wet sanded with 400 grit





so I bought lots of paint...to take care of lifes future little events ....a basket ball bounced of my healeys show paint, my kids drove match box cars down the TF fenders, lets not talk about the trailer hitch and the corvette......etc,etc,etc. I am not sweating it this time and my paint product is great for touch ups

so we get three gallon containers , mix the paint, and then pour some into each container mix it and then pour it back into the qt containers .this ensures complete uniformity in color from each quart.








so I used the extra paint from the gallon containers and sprayed the boot it still has to be color sanded and then clear coated

 

[Sam Cogley]

The world's first MGA to be made entirely of MIG wire. :shocking:

:beer:

 

[denpo]

The world's first MGA to be made entirely of MIG wire. :shocking:

:beer:

1958 MIGA?

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

:lol:

 

[bobs77vet]

i did stop buying the small wire spools......

 

[bobs77vet]

oops this should have been the last photo

it still needs to be color sanded, resprayed and cleared, this was just using up the extra paint in the gallon cans and was thinned. i used a touch up gun and didnt spend any time on setting the gun up. curiosity was getting the better of me i wanted to see some color on something.

 

[mrvette]

I glanced through the first ~10- pages of this thread, and did not spot any post by me about an old buddy, who went into another friend's garage, set up a TIG welder, bought panels for his very similar car, cut the body down to having just the trans tunnel holding front/back sections together, TIGGED it all in himself, painted it yellow, having redone the drivetrain previously.....

So he packed up a ton of tools, and luggage, drove it from Wash DC region to Prudhoe Bay AK........and took a pix of him at the Park sign.....turned around and drove home.....this all about 25-30 years ago by now.....got back and bought a flower mill to live in, on the shores of a creek with waterfall on his property.....

He flew C130 in 'Nam and finished up with B52's.....head pilot....


When you get done, I recommend a similar trip....tons of fun.....

 

[bobs77vet]

I noticed a faint feather edge that I must have missed so I decided to play with a new Christmas tool and experiment with it, its an orbital sander that feeds water to the paper



the boot has a "play" coat of paint on it so its a great opportunity to get to know the capabilities of my new tool.

so I used 220 wet paper



followed by 400 wet