D318MKN

D318MKN ~~Ians~~ Seans coupe

This GT/e coupe was bought after being stood for almost 2 years. A previous owner had done a lot of work cleaning and rebuilding the engine and suspension, fitting many new parts before finding out the chassis needed welding.

He sold it on and the next owner handed it over to be fixed at a specialist MG restorer local to him. They then spent over a year trying to find all new replacement panels before starting the work (chassis rails and floor pans). The owner finaly had enough of waiting and sold the car on again.

Which is where i came in, i collected the car from near Burnely and trailered it home to start the rebuild. The front end had rot in the nosecone, floor and chassis rails but the sills and rear were in good condition.

It took quite a while to repair as i had to completly strip the front end for the chassis rail repairs.

Once done i sold the car to a friend (after much begging on his part) and he enjoyed it for a year. Then a dozy old lady in a Ford C-max pulled out infront of him on a dual carridgeway and shortened the front end a bit.

The insurance company wrote the car off as it was behind economical repair. Happily he managed to buy the car back as salvage and still get a good payout. So after another trip to collect it, the car once more returned to my garage for some TLC

Once more the car is back on the road, we have some future plans for it but i need more garage space before i can do yet another rebuild.

(click pics for larger images)

How the car looked when first purchased

The front carpets had been removed to check the floors

Chassis rail and jacing point had been left exposed

Battery tray holed

NS chassis-leg previously badly repaired

OS chassis-leg gone completely

OS chassis leg under floor looking bad aswell

OS A-pillar holed, as was washer tray

Strpped car in garage

NS chassis leg chopped out

Rebuilding OS chassis rail

NS chassis leg going in

Outside of NS leg

Undersealed and suspension back in

Battery tray minus holes

Rolled out for the dust to be blown/washed off

During the repair i added 16v front calipers and discs along with Bilstein dampers. Swapped the 17" alloys for 16" compomotives aswell as a couple of other little jobs.

Less than a year later it had a close encounter with a C-Max

Written off by the insurance but bought back as salvage

Wing and nosecone off to expose the damage

Bent inner front panel and radiator tower off to help the repair

Hyd body press used to re-align everything

Rest of nosecone removed

Replacement nosecone, wing and bonnet sourced from Sean in sussex

Nosecone clamped in place to check alignment

Pile of junk bits removed during repair

Now sold to Sean as his 2nd car on the road replacing his tatty and problem riddled 1.8 hatch.

All finished and back on the road.

D318MKN ~~Ians~~ Seans coupe This GT/e coupe was bought after being stood for almost 2 years. A previous owner had done a lot of work cleaning and rebuilding the engine and suspension, fitting many new parts before finding out the chassis needed welding. He sold it on and the next owner handed it over to be fixed at a specialist MG restorer local to him. They then spent over a year trying to find all new replacement panels before starting the work (chassis rails and floor pans). The owner finaly had enough of waiting and sold the car on again. Which is where i came in, i collected the car from near Burnely and trailered it home to start the rebuild. The front end had rot in the nosecone, floor and chassis rails but the sills and rear were in good condition. It took quite a while to repair as i had to completly strip the front end for the chassis rail repairs. Once done i sold the car to a friend (after much begging on his part) and he enjoyed it for a year. Then a dozy old lady in a Ford C-max pulled out infront of him on a dual carridgeway and shortened the front end a bit. The insurance company wrote the car off as it was behind economical repair. Happily he managed to buy the car back as salvage and still get a good payout. So after another trip to collect it, the car once more returned to my garage for some TLC Once more the car is back on the road, we have some future plans for it but i need more garage space before i can do yet another rebuild. (click pics for larger images)

How the car looked when first purchased	The front carpets had been removed to check the floors

Chassis rail and jacing point had been left exposed	Battery tray holed

NS chassis-leg previously badly repaired	OS chassis-leg gone completely

OS chassis leg under floor looking bad aswell	OS A-pillar holed, as was washer tray

Strpped car in garage	NS chassis leg chopped out

Rebuilding OS chassis rail	NS chassis leg going in

Outside of NS leg	Undersealed and suspension back in

Battery tray minus holes	Rolled out for the dust to be blown/washed off
During the repair i added 16v front calipers and discs along with Bilstein dampers. Swapped the 17" alloys for 16" compomotives aswell as a couple of other little jobs.
	Less than a year later it had a close encounter with a C-Max

Written off by the insurance but bought back as salvage	Wing and nosecone off to expose the damage

Bent inner front panel and radiator tower off to help the repair	Hyd body press used to re-align everything

Rest of nosecone removed	Replacement nosecone, wing and bonnet sourced from Sean in sussex

Nosecone clamped in place to check alignment	Pile of junk bits removed during repair
	Now sold to Sean as his 2nd car on the road replacing his tatty and problem riddled 1.8 hatch.
All finished and back on the road.