Monthly Archives: October 2013

More Tales from The Engine Room

Butch finished up with the Morgan +4 on Wednesday, pending the owner’s final inspection.  What you see rolling down the hill on the south side of the shop under its own power is Butch’s last 100, or so, hours of … Continue reading

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Tales of The Engine Room

While not strictly a picture from this week, it’s actually around October 1st, it is a pretty accurate snapshot of how things usually are.  John is about to run off a couple of (very) quick miles in this Shorrock supercharged … Continue reading

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Upstairs, Downstairs, Left, Right & Wrong

Very late in the game when British Leyland realized a Federalized 1275 “A” series engine wasn’t going to have the woof to haul around an MG Midget and still meet emissions requirements, they pulled a driveline swap with the Triumph … Continue reading

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Fine Fall Foliage Weather

Butch logged 265 hours on the blue Austin Healey BN7 two seater seen here, but I did the road testing on Tuesday afternoon.  The car ran fine.  It stopped and turned well but it overheated and the freshly rebuilt (but … Continue reading

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