Coming Home

June 12th 2009: Gary met me and Brendan (my 7-year-old son) at the old MGB, and when I arrived early, Gary already had the operation started. He hooked a chain to the front of the car and dragged it out of it's parking space.

The rear wheels were frozen, and dragged big furrows in the soft earth, but freed up about halfway through the drag-out. It was amazing to see Gary's big Jeep drag the MG, locked wheels and all, while in idle!

Gary has a towing frame he fabricated from an old VW tow frame to suit a myriad of mouting points on the front of an MGB. It can mount to a bumper, to bumper brackets or to the frame.

Knowing Gary, he'd make it work if all of the above were unavailable for connecting to.

Once

he

hooked up the frame, attached the magetic towing lights and checked to see if anything obvious was loose or could fall of, we were on our way.

It took about an

hour to get my GT

home, and most of the drive was across the twisty highway 49 as it snaked through the Sierra Nevada mountain range.

Once home, and detached, we rolled it into it's position in front of the garage, ready to push in once I tidy up enough to fit it in. Amazingly, the brakes functioned and held pressure, sufficiently to guide the car into place at the bottom of our driveway.

It occupies my wife's parking space for her Honda Pilot, so I need to get it indoors ASAP.

Later that day, after much vacuuming, and a good soapy scrub, my GT was showing her true potential.

Here's a picture of the vacuumed interior.

Here's a picture of the washed GT.