MGF Trophy rebuild

MrNatural · Post by **MrNatural** » Sat May 12, 2018 9:39 pm

Brakes bled and new wheels fitted. Will go with the Swedish ones for a while, but may change to Trophy's after a while as they are my favourites

And suspension needs to be levelled out

Post by **Rob Bell** » Wed May 16, 2018 5:32 pm

Are you going to get it counter-weighted?

MrNatural · Post by **MrNatural** » Thu May 17, 2018 8:20 pm

Yes, all in hand

Post by **Rob Bell** » Fri May 18, 2018 11:23 am

Awesome! If the spheres are individualized, it is pretty straightforward to do on an MGF. If you keep the interconnection (and I personally would, as this is the clever bit of the suspension system), to counterweight is still possible, but requires some phaffing around with shims between the suspension knuckle and displacement cone.

MrNatural · Post by **MrNatural** » Fri May 18, 2018 7:07 pm

Thanks Rob.

Rear brakes now properly aligned and handbrake working fine.
Oh, and an MOT pass today too

Post by **Rob Bell** » Mon May 21, 2018 9:12 am

MrNatural · Post by **MrNatural** » Mon May 21, 2018 6:43 pm

The naming ceremony today...

talkingcars · Post by **talkingcars** » Mon May 21, 2018 10:23 pm

Well done on the MOT.

Post by **ErikB** » Tue May 22, 2018 2:18 pm

Nice project coming to a finish, which is always a great thing that costed more and took longer to achieve.
Anyhow, you know what you've got and it is a stunning car !!
Love to see it in the flesh one day.

MrNatural · Post by **MrNatural** » Sun May 27, 2018 8:29 pm

Well, 2 years on and the Trophy is now settled in it's new home

Just got to do a few miles now to help settle the rebuilt engine and the new suspension.

Would like to take this opportunity to give my sincere thanks to Andy at Prestige MG for taking on this project, he is an amazing mechanic and more, with a wonderful eye for detail and a need for things to be 'right'. He has made subtle modifications, has been so patient, completed an amazing job and I cannot thank him enough.
Also a huge thank you to Matt at MG Obsession who has sourced all the parts. He has been so helpful, managed to find stuff that is nla and it would have been very difficult without his enthusiasm for anything MG.
Finally, to Glen at S&R Motor Bodies for a stunning respray job, thank you.

So, looking forward to Silverstone next week

Btw, I went to put on my new MGF Register windscreen badge and realised how cheap and naff the latest ones are. What happened to the decent quality ones guys?

m9fdb · Post by **m9fdb** » Thu May 31, 2018 10:35 pm

Hi your Trophy looks stunning!!!

I was looking for an Anthracite Trophy recently as i had an MGF years ago that I sold. I ended up with an Anthracite Freestyle that I am building up at the moment with a few modifications along the way as well.
I look forward to seeing your trophy at MG LIve at the weekend hopefully

MrNatural · Post by **MrNatural** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 8:43 pm

Thanks, appreciated

MrNatural · Post by **MrNatural** » Sun Jun 03, 2018 9:36 pm

A great day at Silverstone, the weather was amazing and the Trophy drove faultlessly. Happy days

Mikeadman · Post by **Mikeadman** » Sun Jun 03, 2018 10:08 pm

Truly Fantastic well done amazing thread.

Cheers

Mike

MrNatural · Post by **MrNatural** » Mon Jun 04, 2018 6:38 pm

Thanks Mike. A few more pics... A couple with my son and his LE500

Post by **Rob Bell** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 11:38 am

Looks fantastic - but is a project ever really finished?

MrNatural · Post by **MrNatural** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 6:34 pm

Unfortunately not Rob

Haha!

Mikeadman · Post by **Mikeadman** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 7:27 pm

Forth Bridge springs to mind

Cheers

Mike

MrNatural · Post by **MrNatural** » Wed Jul 04, 2018 8:19 pm

Well, the car is running great here in France. Here's a picture taken in La Roche-Bernard. I will try and get a better 'scenic photo on my travels

Barbour · Post by **Barbour** » Wed Jul 04, 2018 10:15 pm

I've been through these pages and the only thing I can say is...

Stunning!

Hats off Sir.

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