Project MG Runs!
We’re working on a project car for Hemmings Sports and Exotic Car in conjunction with the nice folks at Good News Garage in Burlington, Vermont. Good News Garage (GNG) is an affiliate of Lutheran...
View ArticleMore on Project MG (or “Moron Project MG”)
So we’re hard at work on our MG Project, for the benefit of the nice folks at Good News Garage in Burlington, Vermont. They provided us a donated 1980 MGB that they were going to auction off, and when...
View ArticleProject MG Update – Bald Editors Momentarily Stymied
Don’t let George Mattar’s hat fool you. Under that wool stocking cap his mom made for him, Mattar’s just as follically challenged as I am. We spent the better part of the day on Friday getting the...
View ArticleProject MG — Alternative driving methods
We’re trying to get the car ready for Craig to media blast it on Tuesday, so the last of the trim has to come off, along with the dash, and the exhaust and fuel systems. We spent the morning on it, and...
View ArticleComing through
While we’re madly trying to get the project MG ready for paint stripping, I want to give a shout to Veloce, who came through with a fistful of books we’ll use when we start putting it back together....
View Articlespring cleaning out the pipes: Chevelle out of the garage
Prepping for Musclepalooza V (this Sunday – you coming?), George realized it’s about time to get the Hemmings Muscle Machines Chevelle inspected. The paint’s getting a bit long in the tooth and the...
View ArticleVideo Update – MG Project
We just got a nifty Creative Vado HD video camera, so I figured I’d try it out and show you a little bit of the project we’re working on here. I’m no David Attenborough, but here goes:
View ArticleBritish cars return to the Berkshires
The Berkshire British Motorcar Festival will return for its second year this Father’s Day weekend at a new location: the pastoral grounds of Shakespeare & Company, a professional theater company...
View ArticleTake a chance on a Spitfire, help a deserving family
So here it is, the Triumph Spitfire’s 50th birthday, and there you are, wishing you owned one. (Or, if you already have one, wishing you had another one. Or maybe a better one.) If that’s so, you...
View ArticleDonating a classic car: Scams, taxes, and pitfalls
The Hemmings Sports and Exotic Project Car With a Heart project MGB, which was donated to a charity. Photo by Craig Fitzgerald. [Editor's Note: Jim Davis of Zero Tolerance Restorations recently...
View ArticleJoin us for our weekend MG restoration marathon
How many editors does it take to restore a 1980 MGB? We’ll explore that question this weekend in a marathon work session that we hope will bring our charity restoration project to completion (or at...
View ArticleTime for our project MGB to hit the road
Our time with our 1979 MGB project car is about to come to an end. On display in our Sibley Shop here at Hemmings for the past few months, the car is going to be delivered next week to its rightful...
View ArticleRoad Trip, Project MGB: Delivered!
Photography by Mark J. McCourt As he reported last Friday, Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car magazine editor Dave LaChance and I took to the road this past Monday morning to begin a two-day, 550-mile...
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