Thank you for the information on the Consort. I agree that the box is just worn out. I just spoke with a friend who runs the same Consort box in his blown 1500 cc XPEG special and he has no troubles. Given the turnaround time and expense of sending the old box out for rebuild, I'll continue with the installaltion of the heavy duty unit, which will hopefully last for a long time.

Thanks!

Yes, Silverwood Theme Park has a 3' gauge steam train that runs around the park. They have lots of coasters and a water park too.

It's Train Mountain Railroad near Chiloquin Oregon. Here is their website with visitor and membership information: trainmountain.org/

@@6364AW thank you! I can hear it now. With heavy accent on the "Sha . . ." I'll remember that because leather chaps worn by horsemen to protect their legs are also properly pronounced "shaps."

@ That's great 👍👍, interestingly I own a 1937 Lanchester Eleven , these were also fitted with a Pre-Selector Gearbox , have to say that they are a delight to use . Look up my Lanchester LA11 Reg No JT 7196 on google . Best wishes and " Do" enjoy that beautiful MG 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

@@fepatton Thank you. The TDs suspension are miles ahead of the cart-sprung TAs so you have a relatively sophisticated car!

Yes, they have several maps published on the website that give an idea of the scale. The South side is more condensed track and has it own map because when you add the north side, the south condenses so small it's hard to see. Here is the link to the maps trainmtn.org/tmrr/pages/tp_maps_2006.shtml

@ccootsona thanks

Thank you. The Wilson box (ENV) was commonly used for MG race cars such as the K3 and Q-type back in the day so I wanted to have the full driving experience and feel of those cars.

Thank you, Katie was a good sport through the whole thing. When we go to car shows, she sometimes sits with the car while I'm off visiting friends and surprises people because they don't expect her to know so much detail. We use the term "unnecessarily knowledgeable" because she picks up so much random information from my hobbies.

@@ccootsona You're blessed to have a wife who shares in your passion & encourages it.

Thanks, glad you liked it. MG's make for such fun, beautiful and affordable classic cars and it's fun to own a chassis from back when Cecil Kimber still ran the show and they were a relatively small company.

Thanks! I have no intention to sell this one. It's just as much an art piece as a functional car and I really enjoy it. There is no selling price that would make me part with it because I don't want to build another one to replace it.

Amen. . .there are so many design regulations that modern cars tend to all look like toasters, freezers, or throat lozinges. It's far more difficult to make a big atistic statement with new cars.

@@MikeJF355 thank you!

Thanks, glad you liked it. My locomotive and flat car were fairly inexpensive. I probably have less that $1K in the hobby for the build materals. Train Mountain Institute of course has more funding from donations and volunteers to lay the track and maintain the infrastructure. Many of the other members own the rolling stock you see in the background, and some paid decent money for them. I prefer to build my own because I like the process and it saves tons of money.

Thanks! Glad you liked it, and thanks for the pun. Since MG started out modifying Morris cars (Morris Garages) so it seemed like Cecil Kimber would have approved of this one. And William Morris would have disapproved, which is just as satisfying.

Thank you, I appreciate the kind words and the support.

Hello Giovanni. I caught the british car early on and finally bought an MGB in college. I learned to work on that car one project at a time, doing upholstery, then rebuilding the front suspension. It was my only car so I had to finish each project by Monday! Then I rebuilt a '59 Bugeye barn find and performed a complete restoration, including learning how to weld. I also volunteered for a local steam excursion railroad so I was exposed to lots of mechnical engineering and earned my engineer's license. In 2004 I saved a rusty '57 MGA coupe from the scrapper and that really taught me to fabricate. During this time I completed my masters degree in forest pathology and began a career as an R&D scientist for Weyerhaeuser Timber Company. I gravitated toward the mechanical engineering side of things and learned a lot from some real genius types who lived and breathed it all day. Those experiences gave me the confidence to build the TA special. I didn't want to ruin a good car so I was thrilled to find an unrestored TA chassis with provenance. I knew the car deserved my best effort so I obsessed over detail and really enjoyed the build just as much as driving it at the end. The 356 Porsche patiently waits for its turn next. It will be a very correct, accurate restoration because it has nearly all the original parts and very little rust.

Thanks! I enjoyed reading through the old recipes on preserving standing rigging of old sail boats with pine tar, linseed oil, and turpentine. Then I combined it with the "grave robber's soap" using the clove and cinnamon oil. Interestingly enough, we were recently on board the Star of India sailing freighter at the San Diego Maritime Museum and they had the pine tar version on the standing rigging.

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

ps: whew, I can’t wait for part two, sir. Again, the aesthetic is bold AND restrained simultaneously, not an easy capture! You didn’t build it to collect trophies, but... I can feature a right pile of “Best of” awards in your future. A mind-blowing build, in anyone’s book.

@@oldschoolmotorsickle Thank you. I'm glad you appreciated the style choices. I liked the slightly sinister, all business look of the black painted wheels and body and supercharger cover with the art-deco MG logo. It really sets off the shiny bits like the knock-offs, exhaust, and radiator shell. The Brooklands side-exit exhaust draws the eye along the car. I also spent lots of time on the things that you interact with and handle. The steering wheel in particular has to feel good in order to enjoy the car.

@ I’ve done a number of motorcycle projects, but never a car, but I’ve watched the scene for 60 odd years. I haven’t seen anything quite like yours in either the American or British style vernacular. Elements of it from both sides of the Atlantic, but rarely coming together in one car. And being that the car came to you as a rolling chassis, you were free to make any darn decision you chose to make and not have to worry about hearing talk from the know-it-all’s. Not that anyone needs worry about such, but as it stands, nothing can be faulted in your choices. I can’t wait for your next video.

Thanks!

That's what I thought when I installed it. I think this particular unit was worn out because 1st, 4th, and reverse just don't grab properly no matter how I adjust them. I even tried shimming the main spring for more grip with no improvement. It's possible the bands are glazed from slipping.

No preselector for me !

@@bertiewooster3326 They are wonderfully easy to drive then they are set up properly. . . no double clutching and changes are so smooth. Just a quick punch of the pedal (except when starting out) and it goes right in.

Wait until that selector box goes bang you'll jump a mile !!

Thank you. I ordered the body through Steve Baker and his son Luke. They contract out some of the best panel beaters and they are guaranteed to fit because they have a spare chassis and engine on site. I sent my crossflow cylinder head and supercharger there so they could ensure that the intake and exhaust openings lined up correctly. The price was unbeatable for that quality. You just have to be patient because these body shells are usually side jobs for the shops, so they put you on the list and they get to it when other things slow down.

Thank you. Sounds like a great way to enjoy the car! I always enjoy watching the pre-war hillclimbs and trials on youtube. I always thought the hillclimb cars with the dual wire wheels laced to a single hub looked so cool. I would probably order a pair but they won't clear the already tight clearance exhaust (between the body and the rear tire).

@@ccootsona Is your exhaust considered a Brooklands style silencining system? Back in the day. the racers all tuned their cars for running without them, and then complained bitterly about running them with the silencers at Brooklands. All three of our pre-war cars have cans on them but no baffles. Raymond Mays was an early proponent of the dual rear wire wheels for climbs like Shelsley Walsh but teams experienced significant axle and gear breakage due to the added torsional stress. Lots of cool factor though!

@@HochkraeusenRacingTeam Yes, it is a Brooklands style exhaust. The rear fish tail diffusers are supposed to follow certain regulations and formulas (holes only on one side, width of opening etc) but mine are pretty much wide open. The silencers have some glass packing inside but they only calm things down a bit. I consider them a safety feature that advertises my presence to the motorists who would rather look at their phones than drive. Above 2500 rpm the exhaust really snarls so I have to be careful in the neighborhood! I can understand the axle breakage with higher grip. These components just aren't designed for high loads and lots of power. MG used a rubber donut coupler between the crank and gearbox to minimize shock on their Q-type race cars. It's still amazing that the original 750cc SOHC Q-type engine could produce up to 140 bhp on 28 psi boost and alcohol fuel. They said those engines could go even higher but the chassis simply couldn't hold the power to the road. I imagine the rear axles would suffer too!

@@ccootsona We wire the rear indicator lights as continuous blinkers to help avoid being run down by modern traffic and maintain about 2000 rpm in the neighborhood. Do you have any of the old fuel recipes and jetting settings regarding the boost on methanol? My grandfather started our race team in 1928 and I still have a book of his fuel recipes from his record setting days. Many of the fuels and components are no longer used due to environmental and carcinogenic exposure concerns.

​@@HochkraeusenRacingTeam I jetted my carb down to 1/8" jet for pump gasoline so I could drive it on modern roads. The carb only uses about half its airflow range but the large wine bottle dashpot was correct for the body. I made my own needle to fit the condensed range of carb reponse. From the Triple-MG Register forums I found the following on alcohol fuel mix: MG had two main alcohol fuels: MG1 - 80% methanol 10% gasolene and 10% Acetone - this gained the name 80-10-10 and is the most common fuel mix. MG2 - sprint, record cars, and the Q-R type - 80% methanol - 10% Gasolene - 5% Acetone 5% "DynaminA" - DynaminA was Nitro Methane. Both had a generous capfull of castor oil added.

Thank you. I'd like to see your project. Morgans have so much style and require just as much owner involvement as the MGs. The body was surprisingly inexpensive at the time. The bodyshell with radiator shell was 10,500 lbs sterling (about $13,000 USD at that exhange rate) and a few thousand to have them paint and buff it all out. I think shipping everything in the profesionally packed crate was about 1,200. The shop normally worked on other customer cars so these bodies were side projects. It took about 3 years for them to get to mine, which gave me time to restore the chassis and the engine. It really woked out well time-wise because it arrived just when I was ready.

@@ccootsona Thank you for explaining all that to me..I had been searching for a picture of a specific frame construction on the 1928 Morgan/GN RIP and I found one.. I did not take a picture of it and I tried to save it.. It did not work... It was wooden planks bolted or riveted to steel plate that formed the frame .. This particular Morgan was built exactly like a 20's airplane with airplane cloth stretched across the wooden buck... I will try and paste a link to the car I am building...There is one in existence so I am building it from scratch.. I have been sourcing woodworking and metalworking equipment and am going to start my channel with the videos of sourcing the equipment...here is the link...kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWq0fpRtdrp3Y5Ysi=D9w3gwLbP9ppA0RA

@@Biokemist-o3k Looks like a cool project and should not break the bank if you do the work yourself. Please send the link out when you make you channel and we can support one another with recommendations!

@@ccootsona Absolutely !! Thank you Craig...

Good morning! Thank you for your kind remarks. As a kid I saw a racing MG with side exit exhaust and boat tail in a book, and I always thought they looked cool. The combination of XPAG engine in T-series chassis gave me a great platform to build this, and provide the displacement to achieve decent power. Yes, part 2 will document how I am currently disassembling the car to replace the pre-selector gearbox with a more robust version to handle the power. It felt counterproductive to take it all apart again but it will be a much better car in the long run!

Train Mountain is a non-profit that relies on hundreds of volunteers and a few paid staff to maintain it. The amount of maintenance is enormous, with pine needle raking, track work, buildings, signals, landscaping. When we visit, we plan a couple days before the big meets to help with those projects. Just the track work alone must have cost millions in materials over the decades. Here is their website with more informaiton on the organizations that govern it: trainmountain.org/

Thanks for the support! More Train Mountain videos will come out in the spring when we go back.

This railroad is owned by a non-profit organization. here is their website that shows the structure of the nonprofit: trainmountain.org/

It's at Train Mountain Railroad near Chiloquin, Oregon. Not too far from northern California border! Many members a visitors come from California. Here is the website where you can find visitor info and lots of other details about it: trainmountain.org/ Hope to see you there!

My Green Goose is all electric with 2x lithium 12V batteries (50amp hours each) running a 20A electric motor and managed by a Syren 25 controller that allows regeneration when going downhill. I can go many hours with this setup because I seldom run the motor more than about half throttle, plus the regeneration extends the range. The other options are live steam (like my little 0-4-2T featured in previous videos), or gas hydraulic using a 2 cylinder lawnmower engine that just fits in the cab of modern Dash 9 type bodies, and powers a hydraulic system to turn the wheels.