MadaboutKitcars

The fifty grand price tag for a donor may tend put the less well-heeled off though! :-)

no no no he means turn an mgf into an alfa...keep up scottie

It would'nt be as quick would it? :-)

The dimensions look very good, the screen and driving position look very close to the 4C also. The big question is how would Alfa feel about it?

I'm sure they'd be delighted. Could end up with a horse's head on my pillow though...

spitfire powered xkss ooops sorry ha ha

I'll be watching this with great interest, thing that put me off was the MGs windows.

Banks Europa sell all the body panels but it would mean a lot of cutting and sticking.

http://www.parts.banks-europa.co.uk/orders_frame.htm

Saw this one for sale on ebay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221711073023?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

nice pics still not told the wife I am adding to the collection the plan is to get a mgf and put it in hiding aka my garage. the things you have to do see you friday hammy

advice on fibre glass matting suppliers anyone and dose resin go off I have about 10lts in a drum but the last time I used it, it took forever to dry dose it pass a use by date

East Coast Fibreglass are always helpful:

http://www.ecfibreglasssupplies.co.uk

Use more catalyst in your old resin and it should be fine. Do test piece to check first.

I will be posting your light covers out later this week.

thanks think I still have your bank details but just encase pm the to me please with the cost when your ready

mgf sorted bring on the europa cuts

full service history 3 owners from new head gasket already changed failed the MOT on welding on the sills 250quid goes like stink, wares my hammer layball:

Nice one, MGF's really are an ebay bargain at the moment.

Same here in germany, nobody wants them, I tried to sell a '95 MGF for a friend of mine last year, and I could not get rid of it...so it is still sitting in his garage covered with lots of other stuff... I don't understand this, it is not such a bad car...

Axel, I agree with you, it is actually a good car, the K series engine is very good, so good that Caterham used it very successfully for 20 years in their cars.

But with engines not given the Caterham treatment, the head gaskets were prone to go bust, which gave Rovers a bad reputation, and to make it worse for the MGF the engine is mid-mounted and very awkward and expensive to get at and repair, which is the main reason they are so cheap. But with a good steel Klinger head gasket on, they are very good and reliable.

The ultimate K series engine ( an 1800) by all accounts were able to produce between 180 and 220 BHP which made the Elises very nippy.

The cars is a 1.8i driving it back it handled as good if not better than my
mx5 and has by far more poke in the engine I would love to throw it around a track.

do you know what it is yet

god it been a long week, anyway had a few hours in the garage today and here is ware I got to. mgf stripped and starting to look at how to put it back together. the bonnet is going to need a big bump at the to get over the wiper cowl. just held the back onto look at the lines and it looks like it may just work out.

That's looking like it's going to work. Good effort!

thought I better start a build thread as its not a tribute kit don't want anyone shouting at me LOL
http://www.madabout-kitcars.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5346

The other issue involved the mid engine and the front radiator with a lot of cold coolant released when the thermostat first opened. Maybe this worsened the problems with the original head gaskets.

see ware you are coming from with the rad you would think someone would have thought of away of warming the water up first. I thought it come be the size of the small rad that caused the head problem but the sudden surge of cold water on a hot head could well be its down fall

Weren't there issues with the plastic spacers on the head-to-sump studs- something cured by metal spacers?

one for google as I am not sure , I am hoping I will not be having head problems it was dune 4000 miles ago and been ok since