Friday, August 18, 2017

LONG TIME GONE

I did not realize it has been over two months since I posted something. As they say; time is fun when you're having flys. I do have a wee excuse though. Seems as though yet another MG T-Series found its way into my garage. This one is in pretty good shape; however, as always I did need a bit of sorting (still does), but is fully functional. Yes, MGs & Mercedes... what a combo.

Johnny, on the other hand; remember Johnny? This after all is a Blog about Johnny. Johnny is still in the shop at Auto Haus with all the panels corrected and painted along with freshly refinished wheels shod with new Michelin Defenders. Simon, on the other hand, has been on vacation the past three weeks, so things have been a bit slow on the progress front. It's all good though, because I want it done right the first time.

I did drop by the other day and had a look since it got back from the interior shop where the headliner was replaced. I'm not sure I actually care for what they did. The original material was replaced with an Alcantara type material and as well not being anything like the original headlining material it is also lighter and it just does not look as crisp as it should in my view. Something for Simon and me to talk about.

You may remember I decided to go with the monochromatic look, painting the cladding and bumpers in the original Arctic White instead of the silver/grey. Now that I see it I'm not too sure that was the right way to go. For now I'll live with it and probably get a better feeling for it once I get the car back. That said, if I don't get the feeling down the road that that was the right way to go then I can always have them put back to "factory original."

I still have a laundry list of things to do for the car. All in good time. All in good time. I'm hoping more and more that I'll have time to handle a lot of the future projects myself and leave the heavy lifting to Simon and Auto Haus now that the car is up to a presentable level.

Disappointedly, our annual Classics on the Green car show was cancelled this year. I hoped that was going to be Johnny's coming out party. There are still a couple of minor shows to go, so hopefully he will make one or two of those.





Long Overdue

I can't believe it's been two years since I posted anything about Johnny. Just as with the rest of you it's be a tumultuous time...