The first year.

The F completed its first year in my service today with a lot of running about. It has covered more miles in the last year than in the last seven, which has done it good. There has been a bit of bodywork, regassed spheres, a couple of polybushes, a set of dampers and new tyres on nicer wheels, A new battery, the biggest I could get was a must and there is still stuff to do. There is a new hood to fit, a quick rack waiting in the garage as well as a set of stainless underpipes.

Electronically it has had extended range on the locking, a boot popper and emergency bonnet release, A voltmeter/USB charger, a spare power socket fitted, Power mirrors and a later T bar with speakers. A bling kit underbonnet and lots of brackets painting.
A decent stereo with twenty first century functionality and a low coolant warning device were fitted in the Summer before a good trip down to Le Mans to earn a sticker on the back. Long trips to see the bands I had missed out on will stay in the memory for as long as I have one.

A dozen or more other minor tweaks and ideas have been fitted or replaced (52mmTB, Stainless mesh grilles, a replacement reat tub seal and the later Mk2 Steering wheel airbag are a few I remember.)

It seems like a lot of work and if you throw in finding and fettling another one for Gortour who wanted one for the LM trip, It has been a busy year. The F has handled it with distinction. It has been 100% reliable and never failed to proceed. It has provided a load of fun, Julie enjoys going out in it and it gets a lot of courtesy at junctions. Recently it has had to be the daily car and tomorrow it will be off for a 400 mile weekend trip. I just wish I had bought one earlier, (when they were stupidly cheap! It is a brilliant little car that has surprised and delighted me. On this day a year ago, I was hoping that I would be happy with an MG but bought it because every time I bought a car to play with, Julie complained that it wasn't a little sporty job with a folding roof. I should have listened earlier!

So Thank you to the little MGF and to the community of friendly and helpful souls that gravitate to it.

We’ll happy acquisition day. The catalog of jobs done & those to do chart the same route as most spanner literate owners, their footprints concur with yours.
The old adage of older & wiser seems to evaporate when dealing with classic anything, cars in particular & a point might be reached where tinkering with it is as rewarding as trying to knock a fraction of a second a favourite route (me now).
I recon I’ve done all the upgrades I set out to do & because I enjoyed it so much (with the exception of the gear cable) I’m finding trinkets that we’re never on my list.
I never wanted a hard top but when one turned up for forty quid I bought it, then invented a pulley system to lift it off & into the workshop roof space; dropping it back on is the reverse of - - - as Haynes would say.
And so it goes & thanks for the trip I’ve greatly enjoyed your posts they display your oblique strategies. Tah. Mike