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2013: Basically, once I got the lift in place I started working on the MGA. You can see the process that I went through on the link from my home page. 

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I tried to run the Jag once or twice a month but letting a car sit is the worse thing you can do to it. Also the initial rebuild kits that I used for the carbs sort of melted with ethanol fuel so I had to rebuild the carbs again. The new fuel tank still had varnish in it from years ago and this varnish got into the carbs and further gummed things up. 

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When it would not start I would let it sit for a month or two until I could get to it. Often times I would get it started and some other problem would pop up. I only did a couple of small things in 2013.

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2014: Started the Jag 14 times in 2014. The only work was to rebuild the clutch slave cylinder because it started leaking.

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2015: Started the Jag three times at the beginning of the year then it sat for 8 months. I tried to start the car in September but it kept flooding so I pulled the carbs off and rebuilt them and the Jag still would not start. I found a weak spark so I installed an electronic ignition and a Flame Thrower coil. The car starts easily but does not idle well.

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2016: Drove over to my daughter's house and back, about 3 miles but that is the farthest this car has been for 37 years.  

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Jag is starting to dump gas when I start it - found a cracked float in #1 carb so I replaced all of them with solid floats.

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Header tank is starting to leak.

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2017: Tried to start the Jag in January but the carbs are totally clogged again. I'll get to it when I have more time.

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I didn't start the Jag from the beginning of 2017 to the middle of 2018 when I finished the MGA. I drove the MGA a lot for a couple of months and then it came time to start back up on the Jag.

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As you can see the Jag looks the same but the MGA is up and running.