" ... working on the MGB helped me learn about engines and gearboxes and brakes and suspension. It gave me an appreciation for the art of engineering and filled me with the lasting satisfaction that comes from taking something apart and being able to put it all back together..."

Well - I learned that British cars had nothing whatever to do with the art of engineering  .-) Anything that is actually engineered needs not be taken apart every year to keep going .... Helped a buddy rebuild an MGA and MGB, then owned a Healey ...... They were the revenge of the defeated British Empire upon civilization !