I have a new car!

MGTurbo · Post by **MGTurbo** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:26 pm

Ok not new but very very rare... Fresh off the boat this morning and delivered to my door from Germany.

And then once i gave it a wash.

GeraintUk · Post by **GeraintUk** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:27 pm

not bad for age at all

is that the one with the voice in dash ?

Post by **MarkCoupe** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:28 pm

Cleaned up well! Whys it rare though?I cant read the badge , is it an MG Diesel?

GeraintUk · Post by **GeraintUk** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:29 pm

its the early MG1600, i've not seen many of them ever, let alone 20 years on

MGTurbo · Post by **MGTurbo** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:29 pm

GeraintUk wrote:not bad for age at all

is that the one with the voice in dash ?

October 1983 model. Only 55k miles from new. It's the 1600 model so a nice pair of rorty twin weber's

Yep, full digi dash, it all works, and when the radios in, a dash that talks to you in german

MGTurbo · Post by **MGTurbo** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:31 pm

MarkCoupe wrote:Cleaned up well! Whys it rare though?I cant read the badge , is it an MG Diesel?

It's rare because its a very early one, it's LHD, and there isnt any left. i havent seen a 1600 on the road for at least 8 years. The last time i saw one was at a car show. And no its not a diesel

Gareth

Post by **MarkCoupe** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:31 pm

Ah right, thats almost as old as me! Where/how did you find it? Ebay special?

Post by **MarkCoupe** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:33 pm

MGTurbo wrote: And no its not a diesel

Gareth

Sorry old boy, all i could read was what looked like a D and i know how much you love diesels! :wink:

Tom™ · Post by **Tom™** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:34 pm

MGTurbo wrote:a dash that talks to you in german

oh the jokes, they would probably get me banned though, so i will be quiet, anyway, it looks mint

what are your plans for it

GeraintUk · Post by **GeraintUk** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:34 pm

ok caption competition.
Gareth was so busy cleaning his car, he didn't see the bloke breaking into the house two doors down......muwahhhhhhhhhhhhh, lol

MGTurbo · Post by **MGTurbo** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:35 pm

It was offered on the maestro/montego owners forum. It's been sat for 3 years but did pass the german TUV test in 2001. Very well maintained, petrol is a bit stale though. Floor needs quite a bit of welding due to being sat outside for 3 years but the rest of the car is exceptional.

Gareth

MGTurbo · Post by **MGTurbo** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:36 pm

Tomâ„¢ wrote:
MGTurbo wrote:a dash that talks to you in german

oh the jokes, they would probably get me banned though, so i will be quiet, anyway, it looks mint

what are your plans for it

Restore it to its former glory. It doesnt need much. I may port the head a little and whack the ignition advance up, but that'll be it. I may also consider converting it to RHD if i can source the parts.

Gareth

Post by **MarkCoupe** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:37 pm

Who's is the red one in the background by your fence?Is it an EFi?

MGTurbo · Post by **MGTurbo** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:38 pm

MarkCoupe wrote:Who's is the red one in the background by your fence?Is it an EFi?

Nope its a T16 Turbo, a customers car which i am de-locking. Some people may recognise it, was on Top Gear once

Tom™ · Post by **Tom™** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:39 pm

MarkCoupe wrote:Who's is the red one in the background by your fence?Is it an EFi?

how many have you got!

MGTurbo · Post by **MGTurbo** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:39 pm

Tomâ„¢ wrote:
MarkCoupe wrote:Who's is the red one in the background by your fence?Is it an EFi?

how many have you got!

One more MG Monty coming this week. Lost count now!

Post by **MarkCoupe** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:41 pm

Where do you find them i want to try and find one for my mum for old times sake.

bgunn · Post by **bgunn** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:55 pm

I guess that'd be Dr Boucke's old car then? Looks nice now it's clean, lets hope you can get it turned into RHD. Is Nicolette's voice in German, or is it some other person speaking?

Brian.

MGTurbo · Post by **MGTurbo** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 8:54 pm

bgunn wrote:I guess that'd be Dr Boucke's old car then? Looks nice now it's clean, lets hope you can get it turned into RHD. Is Nicolette's voice in German, or is it some other person speaking?

Brian.

Indeed it is. I may keep it LHD just to be different

There's no radio so the voice computer wont work yet. I'll sort that later.

Gareth

bgunn · Post by **bgunn** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 9:02 pm

It would be original then, too.

Looks very nice indeed

Brian.

MGTurbo · Post by **MGTurbo** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 10:41 pm

Managed to get it running tonight. checked the carbs over and emptied the float chambers of stale fuel (it was brown!), gallon of fresh unleaded, and it started. Except it was only firing on one! Yep, 3 duff spark plugs! Replaced them all and it sounds like new, as you would expect from a 55k miler. Carb's will need new gaskets but engine doesnt need any attention at all apart from an oil change. After extensive welding to the floor and some localised paint work it will look like a minter, i intend to get it on the road fully legal in a couple of months. Don't arf sound good with those webers

bgunn · Post by **bgunn** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 10:50 pm

Just don't let it stall or stop it when it's hot

Brian.

Post by **SubCat001** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 10:51 pm

Looks fantastic Gareth!! It might be just the pics but the arches and doors look mint :shock:

Cant believe i didnt check the thread out on MMOC sooner :cry:

at least its gone to a good home

By the way is it an R or and S series???

MGTurbo · Post by **MGTurbo** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 10:52 pm

bgunn wrote:Just don't let it stall or stop it when it's hot

Brian.

This one will be getting some serious lagging on the manifold and a carb cooling fan like they should have had from new (R series never had it, S series did)

Gareth

MGTurbo · Post by **MGTurbo** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 10:53 pm

SubCat001 wrote:Looks fantastic Gareth!! It might be just the pics but the arches and doors look mint Cant believe i didnt check the thread out on MMOC sooner at least its gone to a good home

By the way is it an R or and S series???

Answer as per above post. The arches and doors really are that mint. Only one tiny bubble and thats it on the driver's side rear. I went to clean the edges of the arch but there wasnt any mud in them! Sign of a caring owner...

Gareth

WayneH · Post by **WayneH** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 11:03 pm

Looks like a good 'un you got there Gareth

You're addicted to these MGs aren't you

MGTurbo · Post by **MGTurbo** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 11:04 pm

WayneH wrote:Looks like a good 'un you got there Gareth

You're addicted to these MGs aren't you

Just a tad :wink:

Getting the Monty later in the week and thats bloody good too!

Gareth

GT · Post by GT » Wed Jul 14, 2004 12:38 pm

You must have seen half of the MG'M's left in existence?

Ever thought of starting a museum? :mrgreen:

I'm amazed you can still find the support and parts for these models, they were very quickly abandoned by MG and left to hide under a rug!

MGTurbo · Post by **MGTurbo** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 12:57 pm

GT wrote:You must have seen half of the MG'M's left in existence?

Ever thought of starting a museum?

I'm amazed you can still find the support and parts for these models, they were very quickly abandoned by MG and left to hide under a rug!

I'm trying, its a crying shame that people dont give a crap about them.
There will be a serious parts supply problem in the next year or so.

Obviously bits of Mk1 interior trim for example are impossible to get hold of.

The two main clubs involved with the car's namely the MG M group and the MMOC are not doing enough to support the car's future needs for spare parts, everyone one will panic when they cant get hold of certain things and then even more car's will be scrapped, making any maestro or montego a rare sight on the roads. Hard to think where just under a million car's have gone in the past 15 years

Gareth

GT · Post by GT » Wed Jul 14, 2004 2:17 pm

Hard to think where just under a million car's have gone in the past 15 years

Broken up as parts spares for the new MG Zeds :twisted:

MGTurbo · Post by **MGTurbo** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 2:45 pm

GT wrote:
Hard to think where just under a million car's have gone in the past 15 years

Broken up as parts spares for the new MG Zeds

Shame they dont share any parts apart from maybe the side repeaters and electric mirror control :wink:

GT · Post by GT » Wed Jul 14, 2004 3:28 pm

I'm impressed with your knowledge

I'm sure I saw someone post on another forum recently that the window control came from a Ford originally?

MGTurbo · Post by **MGTurbo** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 4:44 pm

GT wrote:I'm impressed with your knowledge

I'm sure I saw someone post on another forum recently that the window control came from a Ford originally?

Sposed to be but dont know if there is any truth in that.