About

The Team

Two enthusiastic chaps, one car.

Adam Liptrot ↑

I'm a web developer in my day job and have always had an eye for a good design, so when I saw the MG I was hit by its fantastic lines. Blinded a little by the exterior, I had little understanding of what needed doing underneath of course.

When we pushed the B out of the garage it'd been sat in, I had no idea how an engine worked, no idea what a carburettor did, but getting it back on the road has been one of the best things I've done.

Ken Moody ↑

Throughout the project I've lent heavily on the mechanical knowledge of Ken Moody, who has very patiently explained how everything works, especially the electrics. He's given me the confidence to work on areas where I would probably have faltered on my own and I definitely wouldn't have got as far on this project without him.

Ken passed away during the Christmas holidays of 2010 and will be sorely missed, both for his knowledge and friendship.

Keeping it in the family.

In late 2007 I was very fortunate to aquire a 1979 MGB GT from a member of my family. Even though it had been sat in a garage largely untended for about 17 years and had to be trailered home, I was very excited to get hold of it.

The car

The MGB GT was made by MG in Abingdon near Oxford from 1965 to 1980, making mine one of the more modern of the model. Even then the MGB was pretty innovative, boasting crumple zones. Although it is officially a 2+2 seater, the rear seat is more of a parcel shelf.

Being a late-model MGB, mine sports the rubber bumpers which replaced the chrome ones to qualify it for the US market. Some people hate these, but I don't mind them and they probably make it a more practical daily-driver.

Oh, and Inca Yellow is the car's official colour - a relatively short-lived colour too, only being made for 2 years.

The site

The site is built upon the Flickr photo site. A full write up of the process can be found on my blog.

Contact

If you have any comments or questions (or advice!), please drop me a line at

My favourite MG fact

MG are responsible for the creation of Old Speckled Hen beer:

"to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the MG car company setting up in Abingdon, and named after the brewery's own MG car - the paint splattered Owld' Speckled 'Un." Wikipedia