Member Page: Michael Todd Thorpe

Michael Todd Thorpe

Member ID: Todd

Status: Gold Member

Bakersfield, CA, USA

Member Since: 2000-01-04
Home Site: The MG Experience

michaelthorpephotography.com

Last Login: 2026-03-29 15:15
Forum Posts: 0

I am a photographer with a sweet little MGB in the garage.

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Personal Vehicle Registry

1976 MG MGB
GHN5UG388650
"Sweet B"

1 Vehicles — Total mileage: 83,802 mi (134,866 km) — Average age: 1976

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Member Journal – Michael Todd Thorpe's Journal

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Door Cards From Sheet ABS

Posted on: Thursday July 19, 2018

I’ve worked on this off and on over the last two weeks, and put the last screw in today. I still need to install the door caps, but the fur/brush on them still needs replacing as they’re looking pretty worn. Also, I need to replace the door opener surrounds, but they’re not tight enough. I may need to build them up somehow. Regardless of all that, I now have cards, window winders and door pulls. I’m happy.

Seat Belts

Posted on: Monday June 11, 2018

The seat belts are installed and now I’m just awaiting the guides for the headrests...

Chrome Door Pulls

Posted on: Saturday June 9, 2018

The hole spacing The odd shaped hole is for the o

Interior door pulls I’ve known for some time that I didn’t want to put the original foam door pulls back into the MG. Not only were they in very bad shape, but I’ve always liked the chrome pulls better. So I bought some chrome door pulls and then realized, how the heck will I mount them to the doors? The ‘76 pulls had screws and plastic nuts set at a further distance and at an upward angle... but I thought there might be a chance that the door still had stamped holes from the...

Seats Installed

Posted on: Friday June 8, 2018

There they are. I’m pretty happy with them, though even without the wood strips I sit pretty high. May have to do something about that. Afterwards, I traced down an electrical problem and found that the hazard switch is not passing juice on to the turn signal flasher. I need to replace the switch, and heck, might as well also replace the headlight switch...

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