William McCurdie


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William McCurdie

Member ID: smirkinwill
Member Status: Free Member
Royersford, PA, USA  
Member Since: 2007-07-21
Home Site: The MG Experience
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Last Login: 2012-02-04 06:13:53

William McCurdie's Vehicle Registry

William McCurdie 1969 MG MGB pale primrose

1969 MG MGB
"Lady Jane"
GHN4U159066G
William McCurdie 1971 MG MGB GT Teal Blue

1971 MG MGB GT
"BluThor"
GHD5UB243122G


2 Vehicles -- Total mileage: 94,560 mi (152,180 km) -- Average age: 1970

Member Journal – The $98.00 Paint Job

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Project Wrap-up

Posted on: Thursday May 29, 2008

OK, so it wasn't really a $98.00 paint job! Here's what I figure it did cost. 2 quarts of PPG, DAR 81499 (pale primrose) paint $128.20 1 pint hardner $36.60 1 gallon reducer $16.60 1 qt 1500 polish $27.00 lots of sandpaper (different grits) $50.00 hours spent stripping, priming sanding, painting January - mid May approx: 360 Ann usually worked on it 6 hours a day, three days a week and I helped on weekends. materials = $258.40 labor = $??.00 All in all, it came out ...

Home At Last

Posted on: Tuesday May 20, 2008

just packing up from our rented garage

Just a few pics of the (almost) finished "Lady Jane". Still need to rub out a few spots and re-attach the side chrome strips, trunk emblem, etc. Then refurbish the wire wheels and on to the interior (new carpet & seat covers). I'll summarize the project with a materials list, pitfalls we encountered, approximate hours spent and $$ rap-up.

After The 2nd Coat, 26 April 2008

Posted on: Saturday April 26, 2008

26 April 2008 after 2nd coat

Wet sanding with 800 grit now between coats. Probably need one more coat, then 1200-1500 & polishing compound. Then ........

1st Coat Of Pale Primrose 19 April 2008

Posted on: Saturday April 19, 2008

Ann masking 19 April 08

Finally started painting Lady Jane. Just like in the land of OZ..... "Rub, rub here, Rub, rub there, Whether you're tin or brass That's how we keep you in repair In the Merry Old Land of Oz!" Little bit of wet sanding, another coat or two and then....back on the road.



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