Bloody hell!

At least the steering wheel doesn't seem to have moved much and the driver could get out.

I certainly wouldn't have like to have been in the back though.

What a factory does works in a flow-production cost-conscious large scale operation. If we are paying for skilled labour at a more artisan level then yes, find a better way! This includes finding out how water ingress occurs and stopping that happening again, or at least routing acceptable ingress ...

I'm now using Ramsoil which is like that.

I'll let you know in a few years how well it worked

Yeah - I was a bit surprised as it was bare-metalled and then rust-proofed after being painted. The guy who said it was the main guy's assistant and a bit of a miserable twat but I think that the salt air has a big effect, judging by how quickly things go rusty here - we're only about 100 yards from...

Got my T25 back this morning.....Eye-watering bill, but 45 hours of bodyshop labour never going to be cheap I suppose. Three separate areas were repaired - side window aperture and associated panelwork, bottom right hand corner of engine bay - that had been ominously bubbling up the seams for a cou...

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That's a good point.

I'll ask that when they eventually get back to me.

I've had telescopics on the back since about 1980 or so and preferred them to levers. I suspect that I'm going to need new rear springs, as they're original, but can't check as I haven't seen it for about a year and a half so am getting the info ready in case the garage ring to tell me that I do nee...

So where did you get your springs from and would you recommend them for a MGB that isn't used for towing?

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I guess that maybe sometimes it's because they're worn out.

My VW T2 was terrible at first but after a lot of time and money, mainly on renewing the suspension but also the gear change it's really nice to drive now. Mind you I suppose it depends on what you're used to.