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Well, it was fun while it lasted" I had an accident in my 1971 MGB GT. Since the accident is covered by my insurance, I asked around and investigated several places to repair the MG. I ended up taking one of Steve's suggestions and decided to use Henry's Paint & Body, 14410 Friar St., Van Nuys, CA 91401 -- 818-983-8092. Steve had said that he hadn't seen any of their work for a very long time, so there were no guarantees. I made that decision to use Henry's because Enrique (Henry) had managed the paint shop for Mike Goodman's MG service center for 30 years and after Mike Goodman retired he has been on his own for the last 7 years. I figured he should have learned how to properly fix a MG in the last 37 years. I've wanted to have the car repainted for a long time and thought that while AAA fixed the front of the car, I could afford Enrique's price to fix the rest of the car. Some of the other shops wanted a lot more money and did great work or didn't seem to do the quality of work as I had seen from Enrique. We'll have to see if I made the right decision.
Today, in this box
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came all these parts. I've read some complaints that the aluminum hoods have shipping damage but this hood came without a dent but with a rough surface where it appears they did some grinding.
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While waiting for parts, Enrique has been busy fixing my car. Here he has fixed the rear fender where the guy I had make room for the wheels and tires had left a lot of waves. There's a lot of hammer work under that thin, thin coat of filler. He's also taken out dings in the door and fender and filled the hole for the antenna. The antenna was located too far forward which meant that the lower part of the antenna could not be used and the antenna was wobbly and did not retract all the way down. I'm having the antenna moved closer to the windshield where the lower parts of the antenna can be used. While he's at it the side marker lights will be removed.
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Here he scraped off the peeling undercoating behind the front wheel, applied new undercoating and started to work on the door and rear fender. You might wonder why the windshield is still on the car. Enrique assures me that he can put a thin rope material under the windshield rubber seal which will move the rubber away from the body so paint won't get on the rubber. After color sanding he will remove the rope. Not taking out the windshield will save me a lot of money. I am very concerned that it won't look right but Enrique said if I didn't like it he would remove the windshield and redo that section. Enrique said to trust him.
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The wheelarch front assembly will have to be pulled out and repaired. He is also going to repair and paint the bonnet lock platform and radiator duct assembly.
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Dents have been taken out of the rear hatch and the hatch has been fitted properly.
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Hopefully Enrique will be able to get the correct fender and order the grill from the Roadster Factory where I found a grill in stock and get the car done as fast as he said he could (15 days). We'll have see how he does.
