1975 MGB GTV8 Special

Very much so - I obtained planning permission for a change of use on the workshop - initially the permissions when the garage was first built was for 'Domestic' use only - workshop was built by the previous owner in 1998 / 1999 (who just happened to be a classic car owner / restorer with a MG TA & MG TF) - I obtained planning permission for 'Specialist Classic Car Restoration' in 2018 much to my most immediate neighbours annoyance - they objected in every manner possible and have since been nothing but very irresponsible immature idiots over the matter - So I'm confined on my operating hours - I can work from 08:00 - 18:00 on weekdays & 08:00 to 13:00 on a Saturday - I cant work Sundays or Bank Holidays on clients vehicles - However I can do what ever I like on my personal vehicles - whenever I want within reason - Like most people I'm a sensible & responsible type - I respect all my other neighbours and would do anything for them and they are very much likewise - in fact we consider them friends over the word neighbours - the idiots next door however I could write a book on - miss reporting / taking covert images / placing cockerels in their front garden 8 metres from my property / attempting to restrict access to my workshop & drive etc - its pretty endless has to what they get up to - Hence I don't push my luck - keep my head down - eventually said neighbour will shoot themselves in both feet (they already have to a great degree but its getting quite close to the point that 'Harassment' would stick in a court of law) 

I do what I do out of choice - it earns me a small wage - nothing in comparison to what the proper day job did 6 years ago - but I love what I do and to some degree I can please myself - I don't have to advertise or take every job that appears - it affords the flexibility option with low overheads and every morning when I take the 20 metre walk across the yard with my coffee, open the workshop, turn the lights on, switch the radio on 'I'm on Holiday' for the rest of the day 

It will all kick off in another week or so when said neighbour views the modern classic parked outside the workshop that's in for some paintwork - They will be out to take pics and report me to the planning authorities for the vehicle not being a classic (in their own opinion) -  Its a 2007 car but 1 of 400 limited edition, very collectable, recognised by a established owners club & forum and I've just located 2 of them for sale by specialist classic & collectable car dealers

Always sad when society such as what I tolerate reduces itself to such low levels 

Anyhow just about to set off to the barn to collect my Jowett Javelin and trailer it back here - Because I can work on that for the rest of the weekend / bank holiday 
   

you can really go off some folk you know 😂

The tabs are weep holes to allow any moisture to escape from the floor pan - its all quite thin around this area and the first section of the toe board is not much better either 



Removed the perforated / thin sections 



Then started stitching in fresh steel 



Most of it needs dressing back before I proceed further 



So much for production line spot welding - the floorpan is supposed to be spot welded to the inner sill and its clearly not - this I will stitch weld from the underside - it all goes unseen as the castle rail covers this seam 



Other sections are ready to go in the morning - I've only had a few hours on it today but on it for the rest of the week now - more tomorrow   

No pressure then Phil

If all comes off as planned then it should be something a little different to the norm.

By coincidence I had a reminder today that it was 2 years to the day that I started the teardown, it certainly looks a little different now!

It looks far better already, the engine alone looks like a work of art! Projects like this are inspiring for me, although it's a different car to mine the process of a full restoration is fundamentally the same so it's nice to see and follow along, fingers crossed in a couple of years I'll be at the point you're at now.

Yes, yes you have

The intention is for it to look like a bit of a sleeper so keeping it factory OEM colour fits with the ethos of it appearing stock but only noticing things when you look closer. I take it you're not a fan of Autumn Gold then?

Very diplomatic

Am only messing with you though, it's definitely not staying cat sick brown 😂😂😂

Not sure I'd describe it as orange in the flesh

That said, I've got the full set of the autumn leaf interior too which is certainly very orange... and brown, but regardless quite sought after it would seem.

That front corner really was the achilles heel on the B. When mum had her inca yellow roaster refreshed , that area was suprisingly solid. She loved her B's and in 30 years she only ever had 2 cars , both roadsters. It was only back/hip issues that forced her into a "sensible" car , though not sure that really described a smart fortwo!!