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Offline radiomarty

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Our new toy !
« on: 16, December, 2012 - 17:31:12 »
Not saying it is contagious but there is a sub hobby travelling round some members of the forum  ;) Brought this new toy at the weekend MGF 1.8 VVT 1996 - full service history / headgasket replaced etc :







Drove it home from Devon and it was amazing fun - Planning to get it tip top over the coming years (decades !)

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Re: Our new toy !
« Reply #1 on: 16, December, 2012 - 21:31:08 »
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It looks like a nice car to me, lovely colour. well done!

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Re: Our new toy !
« Reply #2 on: 16, December, 2012 - 21:51:05 »
Hi Marty,

looks like a good clean example. Out- and inside look impeccable, how's it below?

These are very rare here, but there's one, in BRG, just up the road from me in very good condition.

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Re: Our new toy !
« Reply #3 on: 17, December, 2012 - 13:26:47 »
welcome to the fold  8)

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Re: Our new toy !
« Reply #4 on: 03, March, 2013 - 17:27:18 »
Been tweaking the MG a fair bit - this weekend I stripped out the interior and door trims and swapped them for red leather ones - I think it looks much better :

 








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Re: Our new toy !
« Reply #5 on: 03, March, 2013 - 17:43:32 »
Red ones look ten times better than the black  8) 8) 8)

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Re: Our new toy !
« Reply #6 on: 03, March, 2013 - 17:55:22 »
Well done it looks great .......Nice toy

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Re: Our new toy !
« Reply #7 on: 03, March, 2013 - 18:09:57 »
It looks ace.  I love the look of the early MGF's. I think these were the best with the black screen surround.

Will you be going to the MG car club event with it this year at Silvetstone?

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Re: Our new toy !
« Reply #8 on: 03, March, 2013 - 19:07:24 »
Many thanks chaps - Pso buzz yes indeed we are looking forward to the MG Live event  :)

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Re: Our new toy !
« Reply #9 on: 03, March, 2013 - 20:28:05 »
Great. See you there. I have been going every year for the last 15 years.

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Re: Our new toy !
« Reply #10 on: 04, March, 2013 - 08:50:59 »
those red seats are awesome matie  8)

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Re: Our new toy !
« Reply #11 on: 04, March, 2013 - 13:20:00 »
We should have a Roadster meet up!

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Re: Our new toy !
« Reply #12 on: 10, March, 2013 - 20:09:45 »
Can't wait to see it done  ;)

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Re: Our new toy !
« Reply #13 on: 11, March, 2013 - 09:16:24 »
I love the red trim, the great thing about MG's is that they are tinkering machines and you can get a ton of bits for them. This one is mine:

http://www.zen70509.zen.co.uk/mgb/mgb/nov2.jpg

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Re: Our new toy !
« Reply #14 on: 11, March, 2013 - 15:51:07 »
I love the red trim, the great thing about MG's is that they are tinkering machines and you can get a ton of bits for them. This one is mine:

http://www.zen70509.zen.co.uk/mgb/mgb/nov2.jpg

That's a very nice car  ;)