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#11
General Car Banter / Re: Thinking of selling the GM...
Last post by RRocket - Jul 13, 2026, 06:02 AMQuote from: blur911 on Jul 12, 2026, 04:10 PMThe guy just looked at her. I said I was going to list her at $22k and he didn't protest, wants to make an appointment for me to take her to a garage for his mechanic to look at.
Nice!!
#12
Show and Shine / Re: 2 More MGBs....
Last post by Firm - Jul 13, 2026, 12:40 AMCouple weekends ago I got the beige one all finished up, took care of a bunch of little cosmetic things, detailed everything, and took some beauty shots. Will get it listed in the next couple weeks...Still waiting on the title to come in the mail (here in TN the DMV prints you a registration, but title is mailed from a central 'official' printer, takes about 6 weeks). One of the nicest MGBs I've had the pleasure of owning, but I don't need it, and it's much too nice to live outside like it has been now.
Today I started working on the white one for the first time...I had taken a fitting from the fuel pump to get the beige one going, so I started with replacing that, but the fuel pump itself was dead. A brand new one, still sealed in it's box, was in the trunk, so I installed that....also dead. Validated connections, all good, pulled the pump back out and bench tested...Brand new pump, total DOA. So I messed around with the original one to get it working and re-installed it, and finally got fuel flowing....except this old pump leaks.
Once I had fuel flowing I went to turn it over and got nothing but clicks...Turned out the engine was seized. Never even crossed my mind that it would be since the car only sat a couple years, and was in a nice dry garage, but it was seized up tight. Couldn't budge it either, until I went out and got a 1-5/16" socket and was able to get my 4ft breaker bar + a 2ft extension thanks to a jack handle, and with all my weight on that, I was able to free it up.
Once the engine was freed up, the car fired up immediately and idled great right away...So one point for the Weber Carb conversion I guess. Car seems to run really well. Didn't attempt to drive it yet as that old fuel pump was leaking, and coolant is very low, I didn't have the correct green stuff on hand and didn't feel like going to get any.
As I was cleaning up a neighbor, who I've only met once before, stopped in and was oggling the MGs...apparently he had one as a college kid and always wanted another. The beige one is more $$ than he's looking to spend, but he was quite interested in the white one, so it may be sold...we'll see. I did let him spin the beige one around a bit, and he took his wife for a ride in it. Dude was grinning ear to ear, so at the very least I felt good about that.
Today I started working on the white one for the first time...I had taken a fitting from the fuel pump to get the beige one going, so I started with replacing that, but the fuel pump itself was dead. A brand new one, still sealed in it's box, was in the trunk, so I installed that....also dead. Validated connections, all good, pulled the pump back out and bench tested...Brand new pump, total DOA. So I messed around with the original one to get it working and re-installed it, and finally got fuel flowing....except this old pump leaks.
Once I had fuel flowing I went to turn it over and got nothing but clicks...Turned out the engine was seized. Never even crossed my mind that it would be since the car only sat a couple years, and was in a nice dry garage, but it was seized up tight. Couldn't budge it either, until I went out and got a 1-5/16" socket and was able to get my 4ft breaker bar + a 2ft extension thanks to a jack handle, and with all my weight on that, I was able to free it up.
Once the engine was freed up, the car fired up immediately and idled great right away...So one point for the Weber Carb conversion I guess. Car seems to run really well. Didn't attempt to drive it yet as that old fuel pump was leaking, and coolant is very low, I didn't have the correct green stuff on hand and didn't feel like going to get any.
As I was cleaning up a neighbor, who I've only met once before, stopped in and was oggling the MGs...apparently he had one as a college kid and always wanted another. The beige one is more $$ than he's looking to spend, but he was quite interested in the white one, so it may be sold...we'll see. I did let him spin the beige one around a bit, and he took his wife for a ride in it. Dude was grinning ear to ear, so at the very least I felt good about that.
#13
General Car Banter / Re: Thinking of selling the GM...
Last post by blur911 - Jul 12, 2026, 04:10 PMThe guy just looked at her. I said I was going to list her at $22k and he didn't protest, wants to make an appointment for me to take her to a garage for his mechanic to look at.
#14
General Car Banter / Re: What Did You Do To Your Ca...
Last post by Johnnymac - Jul 12, 2026, 09:28 AMQuote from: blur911 on Jul 10, 2026, 09:58 AMYeah an hour isn't too bad for sure, but that would be two hours round trip, plus half a day of auto cross that I would only have a handful of runs. The cost of time and reward just seems a bit too skewed for me to commit to it.Quote from: Johnnymac on Jul 06, 2026, 08:38 AMI've thought about it before and maybe I would if the "local" autocrossing group wasn't an hour drive away. Plus my weekends revolve mostly around errands and relaxing.
An hour? That is pretty local.
Moncton Motorsport Club even has some weekday events.
Plus typically my weekends I like spending away from people as much as I can and that would certainly make me have to put my social hat on. At least it would be with car guys so the conversation would be decent.
#15
Off-Topic / Re: Vacation Thread
Last post by Firm - Jul 11, 2026, 04:58 PMQuote from: Firm on Jun 29, 2026, 08:17 PMWe're driving down to Pensacola Beach on Sunday and staying for the week, it's become our 'go to' vacation spot annually now....just the perfect mix of beautiful white sand beach, limited crowds, and great access to restaurants, shopping, etc. Not really a big 'vacation' guy, but I look forward to this....kids are the right age where they'll play in the water along the beach for hours.
Just got back from this - great trip. Weather was perfect, beach was awesome as always, Escalade handled the ~1000 miles perfectly.
#16
Off-Topic / Re: Things that make you sad, ...
Last post by Firm - Jul 11, 2026, 04:41 PMWe needed IRS numbers when we imported our cars into the US when we moved, really just a bunch of forms to fill out, nothing too complicated if you're OK with reading and understanding government docs.
Not sure why you'd need an IRS number if you're exporting the car into Canada...I'd expect that any duties/taxes/customs would be from the Canadian side at that point. That said, it's been probably 10-15 years I imported a car into Canada, and it was always older cars, nothing new enough to require RIV inspections.
Not sure why you'd need an IRS number if you're exporting the car into Canada...I'd expect that any duties/taxes/customs would be from the Canadian side at that point. That said, it's been probably 10-15 years I imported a car into Canada, and it was always older cars, nothing new enough to require RIV inspections.
#17
General Car Banter / Re: What Did You Do To Your Ca...
Last post by blur911 - Jul 10, 2026, 09:58 AMQuote from: Johnnymac on Jul 06, 2026, 08:38 AMI've thought about it before and maybe I would if the "local" autocrossing group wasn't an hour drive away. Plus my weekends revolve mostly around errands and relaxing.
An hour? That is pretty local.
Moncton Motorsport Club even has some weekday events.
#18
Off-Topic / Re: Things that make you sad, ...
Last post by Gurgie - Jul 10, 2026, 08:37 AMQuote from: RRocket on Jul 09, 2026, 07:35 PMFor starters, you need an IRS number now. So you'd first have to apply for one.
Its still doable..but a bigger PITA now.
I'm guessing that would be if you were re-selling? Or even if I just wanted to buy something down in the States & bring it up for my own personal use? When I bought my 944 in Grand Rapids, it was a bit of a pain, but not too bad, just had to make sure I had all of the paperwork ready & sent to US Customs to export the car, that was the hardest part. On the Canadian side it wasn't too bad, but the car was 28yrs old at the time too, so I think that made it a bit easier.
#19
Off-Topic / Re: Things that make you sad, ...
Last post by RRocket - Jul 09, 2026, 07:35 PMQuote from: Tortoise on Jul 09, 2026, 11:27 AMFrom what I've been told, it's now a massive pain in the ass to bring a car in from the US.
If you recall, a few years ago our in-laws were going to give us their US spec 2015 BMW X3 as they were moving to Canada and getting a new one. My father in law looked into it and concluded that there was no straight forward way to do it, and was advised to just sell it in the US.
For starters, you need an IRS number now. So you'd first have to apply for one.
Its still doable..but a bigger PITA now.
#20
Off-Topic / Re: Things that make you sad, ...
Last post by Tortoise - Jul 09, 2026, 11:27 AMFrom what I've been told, it's now a massive pain in the ass to bring a car in from the US.
If you recall, a few years ago our in-laws were going to give us their US spec 2015 BMW X3 as they were moving to Canada and getting a new one. My father in law looked into it and concluded that there was no straight forward way to do it, and was advised to just sell it in the US.
If you recall, a few years ago our in-laws were going to give us their US spec 2015 BMW X3 as they were moving to Canada and getting a new one. My father in law looked into it and concluded that there was no straight forward way to do it, and was advised to just sell it in the US.