Restoration Play-by-Play

NAMGAR members are encouraged to submit articles describing the restoration of their MGA. Please submit your articles (in MS Word format) and photos (.jpg format only).

Repairing & Rebuilding the Seats March 18, 2014 I needed to do some clean up in the garage and needed a quick hit

Front Frame Extension Part 2 February 6, 2014 This is the last time I am going to spend time looking for Sharpies, my

Front Frame Extension Part 1 February 6, 2014 A few more nibbles of the elephant tonight. I used the O/A rig to put

Inner Wheel Well February 5, 2014 Nibbled some more today on the elephant (about 2.5 hours)….I think I have decided to

How to Bend Metal January 23, 2014 Well, while the turkey was cooking, I snuck outside for an hour and a half…I

Back to the Inner Sill January 21, 2014 Time to wrap up this side…..tonight I welded the inner sill and patch panels into

Front Frame Extension January 12, 2014 What a great day yesterday was! I got to go on a road trip with

Return to the Inner Sill January 5, 2014 Well we are getting close to wrapping up this side…. Here’s the panel fitted in

Foot Well Body Mount and Bolt January 2, 2014 Well – here is another bite of the elephant, and maybe the last thing I

Door Hinge Plate December 31, 2013 Woo hoo…..the basement room is now finished and it is now time to head back

More Body Work May 1, 2013 Bob returns to do some further repair work on the inner sill and panels. Worked

More Engine Work March 18, 2013 Well taking a week off felt pretty good. I got the chance tonight to work

Starting the Engine January 29, 2013 I want to poke around the engine some more and drain the oil in it

Repairing the Outer Sills – Part 2 November 15, 2012 In this session, Bob continues with the restoration of the sills and posts. I then

Repairing the Outer Sills – Part 1 November 11, 2012 The only tool I had to buy was the yellow angle finder in the photo

Repairing the Door Hinges and Aligning the Panels August 12, 2012 I got 5 hours of uninterrupted time in the garage today and got a lot

Repair of the Inner Sill August 3, 2012 Tonight is date night with the Mrs., so I nibbled away at the project right

Repair of Rust Areas Around Rear Window July 24, 2012 June 8, 2012 – put a couple hours in after work today while everyone was

Bob’s Restoration – Checking the Carbs July 19, 2012 My hunch is that this engine will run. So, for my long range plannnng purposes,

Bob’s Restoration – Boot Floor Replacement June 30, 2012 My son, Joe, and I worked on the boot floor replacement for a couple of

Bob’s Restoration – Assessing the Rust and Engine June 19, 2012 June 4, 2012 – today we picked some low hanging fruit and pulled the radiator

Restoration of Bob Krzywicki’s 1958 MGA Coupe – Part 2 June 10, 2012 June 4, 2012 – the boys and I put in 2-3 hours and pulled all

Restoration of Bob Krzywicki’s 1958 MGA Coupe – Introduction June 8, 2012 Here is my 1958 MGA Coupe driver quality restoration thread. June 4, 2012 – I