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FYI, I always take a lot of photos when I work on the car, but I can never seem to find my notes. Finally, I got the bright idea to just start a blog and upload everything there. There's not a lot there yet, but I'll update it whenever I work on the car (which will be quite a bit this Summer).

There's also functionality to add your own comments, so if you see something on there that you want to talk about, feel free.

http://www.mgablog.com

Rich

Nice site and also like the color of the coupe.

Tom
Tom

A very useful site you have there. Photos are always welcome, especially those taken during repair! But what I really want to know is which baby is #1 and which is #2? They both look great of course! :)
Steve Simmons

Rich,
Nice website, and I also like the pictures.
mike parker

Rich, is that Mineral Blue? I am debating Mineral Blue or British Racing Green for my coupe.
David Terhune

I think so. I bought it from Chuck Shaefer, who is occasionally on this board. He would probably know for sure.
Rich

David,
If you want to see a coupe in British Racing Green painted by the factory, look on my Sebring MGA website at http://safetyfast.homestead.com/home.html

Frank
Frank Graham

Rich,
It is very hard to judge from online photos but your coupe looks a bit too light to be Mineral Blue. I have the remains of a rhd twin cam coupe that was originally mineral blue which was repainted BRG, but some areas retain the original paint and it looks darker and with a touch toward the violet blue range of the color spectrum. Clausiger's Original MGA book has some photos of a mineral blue coupe that seems to be the same as the color I am trying to describe. Mineral blue or not, your baby looks great.

Frank
Frank Graham

Yep, I'm here Rich.

Since Rich has let the cat out of the bag, I'll give a little history on the car's color. When I got the car in ~the late 80's, the previous owner had done the paint about 2-5 years prior. He told me it was a Mack Truck fleet blue done in Imron. I have had it next to other Mineral Blue A's and there has been very little, if any, discernable difference. That being said, I cannot tell how close it is to original because they have been redone too and who knows??????

I did some touchup on the nose and boot using a can of generic spray paint in Royal Blue from the hardware store.

Rich, can you tell where? You can see it if you look around the openings for the boot and bonnet. Mostly tell from the different paint thicknesses.


Chuck

P.S Sorry to hear about the throwout bearing. From the looks of it, my take is: the carbon block separated from the cup first. This forced the fork/cup to move further forward to disengage the clutch. Since the throwout bearing moves in an arc, this then forced the ID of the cup opposite the fork to contact the spline shaft. This put a radial force on the cup and broke the far side of the cup away from the rest. Once this was done, the wear pattern you saw on the cup is what you would expect from the cup being only slightly more than 180 degrees in circumference. It could be that the contact with the spline occurred first and then the carbon ring dissintegrated. But the lack of wear on the remainder of the cup would indicate otherwise

Just one hypothesis.

Chuck

Chuck Schaefer

This thread was discussed between 14/06/2005 and 20/06/2005

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