Demolition:
The body and engine have just been pulled. Gearbox remains inside. I forgot why there is a tire sitting in the car.
The old body...front and rear. They were already seperated into two pieces. Both were not salvagable. There was way too much rust in the fender mounting areas.
The last piece to go, and the hardest. The body was cut into smaller pieces and dumped in a local construction site's dumpster. The rear section of the frame was also cut into small pieces and thrown out. The front section of the frame was the hardest to cut up. I cut the front crossmember in half with a cut off wheel. It is made out of some really thick steel.
To get the car apart I held a tech session through the Chicagoland MG Club. Without the great help of Barney Gaylord, Steve Merical, and Len Cessnario (sorry Len if I misspelled your last name!), this wouldn't have been possible. It's not an impossible task, but to get a car down to its component parts in a day is a lot of work, and without help, would have taken me way too long. And special thanks to Len and Steve who got stuck taking apart everything under the dash - not an easy job, but made easier without floors in the way.
Another view of the disembodied car. This was a really dirty job. Everything is either covered in grime, slime, dirt or surface rust. Drain the tranny oil before attempting removal. I forgot, tipped it up, and had oil ooze all over me.
Rear pile of parts. Its amazing how big those old tube-type radios were. Its not orignal, but it is an AM tube radio made by Motorolo. I don't think I'll put it back into the new car.
Once the day was complete there were piles and piles and piles of parts everywhere. For a simple car from the 50's it is amazing how many part there really are in an A. I have buckets and buckets (actually old butter containers) full of bolts. Luckily I have a list of bolt sizes and locations since I didn't plan on re-using many of the old fasteners. Most are too rusty to use.