Once the car is painted things move quickly. The first thing I did was to put the MG logo on the boot lid just to see what it would look like. Next I reinstalled the windshield and put all the posts on so I could see which tonneau cover I was going to use and luckily one of them fit perfectly. Every time I added something I had to keep in mind that this car was really just a body, frame, engine and multiple boxes of parts.
I put on a new top from Robins and it went on very smoothly. I like the way it looks.
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The taillight plinths went on easily but the beading between the fenders and the body took some time.
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I took the wheels to a shop that specializes in powder coating wheels and the results were excellent. Now I had nice wheels and a painted car.
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The top comes without any LTD (lift the dot) hardware installed. This was fairly easy to do. Once I had the top installed I put it away and haven't used it since. At least it is there if I really need it.
One of the previous owners bought older style insulation so I used it on the floorboards and on the tunnel. I also covered the tunnel and under the dash with the modern stick on insulation with a reflective surface.
These are the correct carbs that I bought online. They cleaned up well but I could not get them adjusted properly so I bought the kits and rebuilt them. They are now adjusted with no leaks.
Once I had the car running and the insulation in place I installed a carpet kit that I bought years before I actually had the MG. I always knew there would be another MGA in my garage.
I followed the MGA Guru's advice for the carpet installation. I used 3M Hi-Strength 90 adhesive to glue everything in place. I used large pop rivets for the wheel cover. This was fairly difficult just because of the awkward position of the rivet gun.
The previous owner had the interior panels covered in leather and they fit well. I'm really pleased with the way the interior contrasts with the green color of the paint and the black carpet.
I used an old socket to punch holes in the panel behind the top frame.
I've kept a log of all the time that I put into this project. Currently I have 1642 logged hours.
I'll keep the site up to date with a blog and I thank you for visiting my site. If you are just getting into rebuilding a MGA be sure to visit Barney Gaylord's website http://mgaguru.com for a wealth of information about rebuilding and maintaining MGAs.