Well that wasn't very successful...
While the MGf radiator can fit in the nose of the Gold, it's a nightmare to manage to slot it in without taking the engine out or from underneath by dropping the subframe. I managed to get it in after removing the Distributor cap, the coil, the alternator and unplug a lot of the loom to get the electricals out of the way to slide the radiator through the bonnet opening. I say slide but it was more of a jiggle and a tilt, twist and rotate. Of course once it was in I then found I needed to cut a few holes here and there which meant taking the radiator out again and there in lay the problem... It wouldn't come out and was jammed.
Soooo. I had to hand a K series radiator which is the same size as the radiator I took out the only trouble is that the water pipes are a different diameter on the A series to the K series. The MGf on the other hand has the same size diameter pipes as the A series....
So I'll try and figure out what I can do but I may have to forego my Monday evening trip out in the Midas
I'm doing a bit of a bodge on this car as I just want to get something that is a Midas on the road while I'm rebuilding my Mk2. When I've done that one I'll rip this one apart and do something special with this car too. It does however reinforce my belief that the best thing to do with an old kit is to rip it apart and restore it properly, bodging things is just wasting money in the long run. It's also made me all the more certain that I'm doing the right things with the mods on my Mk2 and it will be so much better for them. It is of course also one of the beauties of kit cars in that you can make your own modifications and build a car the way you think a car should be built rather than the way Mr Volks or Mr Citroen does them to keep their profits nice for their share holders. and sod their owners. Just compare the K series Metro with the A series for an example in the engine bay.