proceed as you are! it's a long road restoring a car, good luck.

alot of panel work like your work

secure with screws on both sides of the one to be spotwelded.

FOCUS! Did you work for the CBC!😅

That spot welder works pretty good Wayne. Good job on the fabricating. I dream of a CNC plasma someday, would make short work of cutting the pieces out 🙂

Hi Wayne. My Moss ordered sill and piller assemblies have the two end cap gussets just as yours. It has two gussets under the A piller with 1/4 inch flange facing away from each other. The B piller has only one gusset with a 1/4 inch flange facing forward, as it is only roughly 3.5 inches from the rear end cap gusset. It has a total of 5 gussets per side, all welded in. I wish I could attach a photo.

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G'day Wayne,, i have been watching you rebuild the car and may have some useless info for the sills. i have an MGA manual and it shows the sill panel with end caps- gussets at each end but nothing inside the panel? makes you wonder if there was any. cheers.( i would put them in)

Hi Wayne. I hope all is well and looking forward to your next video. I just recieved my inner/outer sills, beam box, and others from Moss. I'm getting ready to connect the two halves if my MGA.

looks great

A terrific outcome as a result of some well thought out modifications to the metal folding machine. 👍👍

Great fabrication job!

Just starting my own MGA restoration & really appreciate your videos!

Hi Wayne, I hope you find the engine and sounds like a great reason for a road trip with a treasure hunt!! I am following your restoration of Dolly and your expertise in repairing the body and mechanicals. I think you got a great deal there for $1700. I suggest you keep the spare car and do lots of market research in Canada, US, and the UK to determine it's value. The twin cams accounted for just over 2% of total production so even without the engine it has to be valuable due to it's rarity. A potential restorer could finish the car and if a TC engine became available it would complete the car (albeit non matching numbers.) Apart from the wheels, there is another exterior identifier of TCs and that are the badges ( twin cam) which are situated just behind the oval vents (on yours, the vent grilles are missing and the badges as well but I couldn't see the two locator holes when your video panned past the side of the car, so just wondering what that indicates. There were three, one on each side and another below the MG script on the trunk lid. When TC production stopped a different badge was fitted. Mark 2 or 1600 ? Not sure. By the way, I had an Old English White MGA back in 1976 when i was 22yo. Lots of fun. Now have a 77 Fiat 124 spider ( ex US but now RHD with steering from a coupe. Good luck! Mark

Thats kind of a different type of car.

Hello Wayne, Greetings from the Netherlands. Hope you are able to find out more about the car's history. I would not sell it off as a part's car, as it is restorable, and you are not in it too deep financially. Either do it yourself and try to find a TC engine. Or find a good owner for it, who has the funds to bring it back to its former glory. Consider a helping hand from the internet community, in order to find out the history and maybe find out what happened with the engine.

alot of work but it will be worth the work can't wait to see panel repair

I enjoy you videos, they are great motivation and very informative for me. I'm working on an 1958 MGA which could be Dolly's twin, but am way behind you. She has no inner or outer sills or box beam. The body is in literally two halves. I'm going to buy the panels from Moss and install them while still on the chassis, as I have no other choice...lol. Keep up the good work.

Just like Frank Sinatra , My Way.

You need to hang the doors before doing the rocker panels and door shut post i restore these cars trust me on this.

I love the videos but please sync the audio or something. Left channel is echoing bad

Enjoyed your video. Thanks

Wayne you’re making pretty good progress. There’s always the small bits and pieces that need attention as you progress , although it looks like you have those covered. That is one really good workshop that you have , lots of room and pretty well equipped. I was wondering what background you have in regard to the automotive industry. Keep up the good work and thank you for the insight into the build. 👍👍

I enjoy listening to your reasoning on doing the repairs ------ enjoy the repair also ------- good use of the wood bucks in making those curves in the panels ------ does your dog spend quite a bit of her time with you out in the shop? ------ It's nice having a companion that spends time being with you ------ will have to keep a small jar of treats out there ----- I see a fan on ----- hope it not too hot where you are ------- countryside is sure hot in places -------- Hope you have a Good week ------ Rodney

Thanks for sharing!

Wayne the frame and 3rd member look great glad to see its going together

Looking good Wayne! Sure feels good when you get large parts like this done. Cheers Ian

G,day Wayne. Starting to look really good after all the hard work. Well done 👍👍

glad to see you got the bearings off everything is looking good

Hi Wayne, thanks for sharing with us. It’s looking good. Cheers Ian from Ontario

like 14 !

your wheels look great.what size tires are you going to run and these rims do take tubes?

do you think ring gear was balanced after welding also on back lash won,t it decrease after driving when it gets hot.good video

A 59' running TC engine would cost you probably set you back around 20 K , if you can find one . Nice story.

You really do have to try finding that original engine. If you did, it would be a great story to tell.

Nice cars! brakes things happen, thank goodness for vicegrips, looking forward to the next attempt

I miss my old MGA (1961 1600). I had it when I lived in Regina (91 - 94). I didn't know there was a Brit car club there at the time or I would've joined it. I jumped around the video and might have missed mention of it, but the grill on that car is wrong as well. At some point, someone replaced it with a Mk II grill from the last year of production.

Why did you not test the fuel gage sender first????

I had a 1956. My first car in 1968. What a trip.

Well worth doing up will.be great running around in the summer and paint it light blue.

Hi Wayne. This brings back a lot of memories I bought a 56’ for 500$ in 84’ and respired it. Absolutely a fun car, been looking for a project and wondering if you want to sell it Dave

I owned 62. Not twin cam

Dittos!!! Great job….

Put the motorhome on trailer and tow it with the mini😊

My Twin Cam story: Around 1959 I was still in high school and very interested in cars My grandparents had renters who bought a brand new Twin Cam hardtop coupe, white with left hand drive. When he started it up in the morning he would leave it on fast idle for at least 10 minutes, seemed like a bad idea to me. The engine compartment was incredibly packed - the only car I ever saw more packed was a 1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser, no room to fit a hand in anywhere. This was in Tujunga, California which is a very long way from Mother England!

Looks like a great project……..

You got a brilliant deal for only $1,700 looking forwards to watching the progress on this iconic MGA

You got yourself a money pit think carefully before proceeding The acquisition of a running twim cam engine is going to be difficult as they were not the greatest Might consider dropping in a MG 1800 motor bored to 2 litres or maybe the Rover V 8 most body panels can e obtained but it will be costly

That works, it will be just fine for another 10k

Greetings from Brandenburg 🇩🇪 Udo 👍👍🚙🚗