Projects - 1935 MG PB

Updated February, 2011 (please see below)

This wonderful 1935 MG PB came to us for a complete rebuild and resoration. After it is done, it will go to the Wheels O' Time museum in Peoria Illinois.

Years ago the AVB 925 was a great looking vehicle that was pictured in books. The years took its toll, and by the time it got to our shop it was no longer in drivable condition.

It still looked nice, but many imperfections and mechanical issues showed up during a quick inspection..

The car was completely stripped.

Unavailable parts were replicated meticulously

And the engine and other mechanical rebuild.

The dashboard refurbished with the instruments rebuild.

This update is from February 2011.

The engine was assembled completely. The cam shaft has no timing marks, neither does the cam gear on the generator shaft. So it took some attention to time the cam right and make the gears line up in the correct way.

The engine was installed on the test stand and hooked up to the electrics, radiator and fuel system. With the customer visiting the engine fired right up after we had built up the oil pressure. Fine tuned the timing, and found that the needles in the carbs were not correct.

The next day we changed those and the engine ran like a dream. Until we heard a knock... reached to stop the engine but too late.

We call this a major set back, but prefer largely that it happens on the test stand over in the car.

We had rebuild the top end of the engine, and just checked the bottom end generally. While testing the engine, a con rod bolt broke before I could switch off the engine.The damage was severe.

Although we discussed the fact not getting into the bottom end of the engine with our customer, we still found that we should have been more attentive to the quality of the bottom end parts. Therefor we took responsibility and paid for all costs of the repairs and parts to the point where the engine will have been tested again.

Given the fact that the whole car seemed to have been put together with old, worn and left over parts we did not feel good about it. Vintage Sports Car Inc. took the engine apart, had the block repaired, installed new pistons and had the crank and connecting rod repaired. At this time we are rebuilding the engine to be tested soon.

More positive news is that the interior, made by Top Line, is absolute beautiful.

All the body parts are ready to install, which we will do after the engine is installed. The chassis being so "flimsy" that we cannot take the risk fitting the body parts to the tub, resulting in having to do all the work over again when the weight of the engine is pressing on the chassis.

The chrome parts came out as shiny as one can imagine. Some hinges need to be re chromed again, since they were too tight. To prevent rapid wear, we honed the hinges so they can be re chromed without the risk that the chrome will be damaged after just a little use.

The MG PB is supposed to go to the Wheels O'Time museum in Peoria in November this year.