MGB1970 » Restoration » Body » Tub

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All the parts of the car attach to the tub, instead of the tub riding on a chassis. This was the third unibody car MG designed, although the Midget was really a Sprite badging. The first was the Magnette from the mid 50's but Morris and company did that one... so this is the first MG in unit body form really.

1 Doors and Bonnet off	2 Doors Bonnet and Boot Lid off	3 Pan shot of tub 110326 3	4 Tub Parked for TD work	5 Ready for striping at Mike's 01
6 Ready for stripping 01	7 Ready for stripping 02	8 Ready for stripping 03	9 Ready for stripping 04	10 Ready for stripping 05
11 Transporting to Mike's 01	12 Transporting to Mike's 02	13 At Mike's for stripping and paint	14 Intial stripping tests 01	15 Intial stripping tests 02
16 Intial stripping tests 03	17 Scraping off the Imron 01	18 The lighter green is original	19 Imron coming off in slivers and chunks	20 The sanding disk approach
21 Diane stops by to work on her car 01	22 Diane stops by to work on her car 04	23 Front after sanding	24 Front after sanding and then taking off the imron in sheets	25 After one day of paint removal 01
26 After one day of paint removal 02	27 More tub sanding 03	28 More tub sanding 04	29 Braze and then apply fiber fill to a poor braze repair	30 Front valance repair
31 Sanding the lower front valance	32 Front lower valance smoothed	33 Horn attach smoothed	34 Plate for captive seat nut for floor	35 Removing vinyl dash cover note serial plate
36 Remove latex cement from rear bulkhead	37 Remove latex cement from sill	38 Remove loose surface rust from floor 01	39 Remove loose surface rust from floor 02	40 Pressed Steel makers plate
41 After removing vinyl dash cover- smoothing surface	42 Welding up seat attach points in floor 03	43 Welding up seat attach points in floor 01	44 Welding up seat attach points in floor 02	45 Welding up seat attach points in floor 05
46 Welding up seat attach points in floor 06	47 Welding up seat attach points in floor 07	48 Welding up seat attach points in floor 08	49 Welding up seat attach points in floor 09	50 A car number plate forward of the radiator valance
51 Smoothed and drilled horn mount location	52 Filling low spots in rear valance while 180 sanding 01	53 Filling low spots in rear valance while 180 sanding 04	54 Sanding rear valance while tub is in the air for wings	55 Filling low spots in rear valance while 180 sanding 02
56 Using a guide coat to reveal low spots	57 Completetd smoothing of rear panel	58 Final fill on front valance while block sanding	59 Tub ready for priming after 180 grit sanding

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