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Photo of the day - May 2021
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One of these days I'll get my '61 back on the road ...
I've revisited this particular shot a couple of times today. It's absolutely stunning in its simplicity. The lightning is perfect, the framing as well, and the colours... yummie.
I like it-a lot. There's something so classy about MGAs that IMO nothing else, even my beloved B, touches. I like MGAs better than I do Big Healeys.
The funky 50s color just work on these cars too, and IMO more so than some more traditional sports car colors like the typical Italian "resale red"(the most common factory MGA Red was "Orient Red", which is more of an orange red) and I don't even like BRG on them. My absolute favorite MGA color is Old English White, and that's the color it will be if I ever get one. The one in your photo is a first year only color(and fairly rare one) called "Tyrolite Green" and, again, it works and works well.
You really should. I truly enjoy driving my 'almost old' car and when you get right down to it, cars were built to be driven (imo).
A little bit of "armchair photography" from late afternoon today - a barge moored out on the river a couple of miles away - taken from our bedroom window.
Nikon Z 50, Sigma 50-500mm @ 500mm, 1/800, f/8.
Cheers
Hugh
Nikon Z 50, Sigma 50-500mm @ 500mm, 1/800, f/8.
Cheers
Hugh
Oddly , my '61 is OE white . A repaint , of course . Haven't worked on it for 2 years or so , life having gotten in the way big time . Hopefully , I'll get the wiring in over the summer , and then things will go fast . Still got my '73 Midget to play with , though .
Is that the sun shinning on the Essex side?A little bit of "armchair photography" from late afternoon today - a barge moored out on the river a couple of miles away - taken from our bedroom window.
Nikon Z 50, Sigma 50-500mm @ 500mm, 1/800, f/8.
Cheers
Hugh
I wouldn't know, this is the River Medway. I can't see the Thames from my house, but it's close enough for me to smell Essex
Cheers
Hugh
Yes the smell of roses is beautiful!I wouldn't know, this is the River Medway. I can't see the Thames from my house, but it's close enough for me to smell Essex
Cheers
Hugh
That's incredible...! The cat is not wearing a respiratorGBR/Good Boy Royce & Suzy
Unfortunately life does get in the way.
I'm redoing the rear suspension on my B now. I keep creeping deeper into it and can see how this is the kind of thing that gets cars off the road.
Basically, I've gone a bit nutty on a general rule of any part I take off gets cleaned up and painted before it goes back on. I'm on my 3rd can of black spray paint since most undercarriage stuff gets that. I even went extra nuts and actually bought a sandblaster, but I don't have a big enough compressor to do anything very big with it.
In any case, I tacked rear axle seals onto my last parts order, so tore down the hub on one side, including cleaning, sandblasting, etc the brake backing plate, hub, and other stuff. I still need to do the ebrake lever. Half the axle is painted fortunately. Oh, I also drained the differential-wouldn't surprise me if it's never been drained-and tomorrow I'm planning on pulling the plate since the gasket is weeping and I need to replace it. That's more cleaning and painting. Honestly, I'm so close that I really should just yank the rear axle out entirely and get better access to it...
