Before Pictures: The Body

I haven’t had a chance to do a detailed analysis of the body but it looks pretty good. There are a few rust spots and only one that is all the way through. Not bad for a car that is thirty years old.

Here are some pictures, notice that there is still a lot of clutter around. I’m working on it.

The rear looks great .

Here is the worst damage on the right wing, a ding and a rust hole.

Other parts (near the door as in this picture) there is corrosion. I don’t know much about body work but this sort of thing seems minor.

Some body work and a new paint job and the car will look great.

Before Pictures: The Wheels

The wheels have rusted pretty badly. I plan to have them sandblasted and then I’ll mask and paint them. I really like the look of nicely painted Rostyle wheels. I found a great post on a MGB blog (that I’m adding to my blogroll as we speak). You can read the post about refinishing Rostyle wheels HERE.

They look worse then they really are.

Before Pictures: The Engine

Here are pictures of the engine and they are pretty raw. The battery is out and there an it is pretty dirty. The carburetor is off and I have a separate picture of that. While I was cleaning I found a carburetor rebuild kit that I bought a long time ago.

Finally: Some Before Pictures: The Interior

I’m still cleaning and I”m not done by a long shot.  The plan is to get the bay clean and then the brother and I organize tools and the workspace.

Today I got enough out of the way that I was able to take some pictures.  They are basic pictures and once I get real room and time I’ll take more detailed pics.

The Interior

The seat on the right isn’t that white, that is caused by the flash.  The dashboard looks good and I will do a detailed analysis of what needs to be done at a later date.

Here is a different angle that shows the color better.  Plus you can see the great speakers I had installed back in ‘79.

Here is a closer look at the steering wheel and instrument panel.

Tomorrow I’ll post pictures of the engine and after that the body.