Carb Repairs, then Driving!

Car must have been stored with gas in the carbs, because there was varnish packed all around the jet bodies which prevented them from moving up and down.  This means you can't adjust mixture, plus there's no choke effect.

Took a while to figure out how to get it all apart, here's a picture with the jet assemblies disassembled:

The black things with flexible tubes on them are the jet bodies.  The one on the right came apart, had to destroy it to get it out of the brass threaded piece lower in the picture.  Luckily I had an extra used one that was in good shape to replace it.

Then checked valve clearances, dwell and timing on ignition, and finally adjusted carbs (air, then spark, then fuel mantra we hear about in MG seminars).  Installed the drivers seat, then ready to drive!

This video is Ray backing off the lift.  It looks like he kills the engine in the street, but actually the battery laying loose in the trunk had become disconnected:

Then here's Ray driving around the parking lot by the shop.  We both drove the car - this thing clearly benefits from the high compression pistons and the header.  I would not be surprised to find it's got a more aggressive cam in it too.  Listen to it as Ray circles the lot:

Got about a dozen or so smaller things to finish up, but considering we've had the car for about two months we are very pleased with the progress to date.