02/04/2026
Sorry long boring post about not checking a car over properly before buying it !!!!
Customer recently purchased this Le Mans Green MG TF then brought it in to us for a Health Check …. He was not a happy bunny when he left !!!! Private Sale … Anyway he decided after much deliberation to bite the bullet and get it sorted.
Rear corner accident damage and bent boot floor / Has orange powder coated rear subframe with red ARB rubbing against top arm and wearing chamfer in shocker bolt (shockers fitted wrong way around) / Front subframe badly spray painted red, so nothing like a match at all to the rear and it is bloody corroded and holed …. Arhhhhhh / Stainless under car pipes leaking as securing bolts murdered up / Remedy poor radiator fit / Fog lights screwed through bumper / Exhaust tail pipe missing, it fell off and is lost as no ‘U’ clamp fitted / Poor sill ends / Bolts too short on compliance bush / Bolts missing out of subframe mounts / Stainless bolts holding front mounts in place / Engine is idling all over the place, temp sensor playing up, lambda not behaving, IACV readings very erratic …. and so it goes on and on and on …. Yay …. Be positive and keep smiling 😊 … Front subframe off and an orange powder coated one is readied with new wishbones and orange braces so at least it all now matches / rear corner damage wouldn’t pull as it was too mashed so cut out all bent bits and Greg has done a superb job welding in a replacement outer, inner and part floor / sill ends welded / underbody all prepared & rust treated … it’s all getting Le Mans Green Raptored next week. Still loads and loads to do but some good positive headway and not too bad a start.
