1968 MGB Lucas Electrical Training

All right Sparky - get your spare fuses and clip leads ready.  The electrical system in the MG appears to be all original with a few creative additions.  Few of the lights worked at all and I wasn't sure I even had brake lights.  Time to learn about Lucas ​electrical systems.

From what I could tell the system under the hood was all original.  I found what appears to the under hood main junction box with only two fuses.  After probing and testing I found a bundle of loose and unconnected wires.  After a few hours sorting the color code and finding the proper connections almost everything worked.​

I needed to remove, clean and adjust the brake light switch - it had simply corroded internally.  A little emery file and it was brake lights again.​  Who thought just getting the lights to work would be so much fun...

​Headlights, Turn signals, Parking lights and Fog light all on at the same time.

​Brake lights, Parking lights and Turn Signals

New Blog, New Cars!

In the past few weeks I have been trying to think about all the things I like about cars.  I've made a promise to myself that I'm going to do cars I like, in a style I like with a level of quality that satisfies the goals of the build.  Driver, show car, race car.  

I've literally made lists of all the cars, designs, and styles I want to build.  Its a list.​

In the following weeks I came across a 1974 MGB from a friend.  I bought the car site unseen.  Why?  It fit.  I've always wanted to own, fix and drive a British roadster.  Then I found another.  A 1968 MGB this time.  In British racing green and a removable hardtop.​  Seems that when it rains, it pours MGs.  Time to get to work.