My 79

I have decided to make a journal of my adventures in restoring my 79 midget into a car that is at least presentable and some what reliable. So here is what I started with. A 1979 pageant blue 1500 with a black top and interior. I brought it and a 78 at a local car show swap meet. the emissions are gone and the carb is a Hatachi knock off of the Z-S but it works fine so not going to worry about it now. The engine seems to be in decent shape no rattles or knocks holds good oil pressure and does not overheat. After fixing a few minor things such has bad hoses and such I feel the running part is okay for now. Most of the electrical is there and functions but the tape round the wires has been pulled off so I will need to address that later. I had planned to use the 78 for parts and fix it fairly quickly but I just couldn't bring myself to destroy the 78 because short of what I thought was a bad engine the car itself was in really good shape. Not a single dent in it and the only rust was one spot in the drivers foot well and in the trunk at the filler neck. So I made the decision to fi the 79 without raiding the 78 for parts. Turned out to be a good decision since the 78's locked engine was actually a locked starter. Got on the forum about 3 days after getting the car home because I realized that while I have training in automotive repair and about 15 years experience in the field I had never dealt with an mg before. So here is my plan to get the car to look nice not going for concourse don't really care for exactly period correct but want to keep has much of the original stuff has I can. This will not be a technical thing just something more for me to keep track of where I started and how for the car has come