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  • #235016
    Hubert Atkinson
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    @baytowntd

    My other moneypit…..
    #259094
    newkitman
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    @newkitman

    Very niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!

    Allen Caron
    VW based 53MGTD - "MoneyPenny"
    "If one thing matters, everything matters" - from the book The Shack

    #259095
    KentT
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    @kentt

    Always liked the looks of those… With Pontiac now gone, and so few produced, that is certainly one to hold on to!

    Early FF TDr on 69 VW pan
    Slowly coming back from the ashes...

    #259096
    edward ericson
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    @edsnova

    I would not throw it out of my garage, not even to house a TDr.

    Why/how is that brand new car a “moneypit?”
    edsnova2013-12-20 16:00:50

    #259097
    Hubert Atkinson
    Participant

    @baytowntd

    Oh, its the little things you can’t see…  Like a Borla exhaust, a K&N CAI, and from DDM Works (my favorite drug dealer), Probeam, Chassis brace, Front cross brace, Hawk brake pads and a switch to DOT 5 fluid, and several shiny bits here and there,  under the hood….

    There there is Xmas presents, a new chrome wire grille..  Need I continue?..   
    #259098
    Paul Mossberg
    Keymaster

    @pmossberg

    Sweet!

    Paul Mossberg
    Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
    2005 Intermeccanica Roadster

    If you own a TDr and are not in the Registry, please go to https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/mg-td-replica-registry/ and register (you need to copy and paste the link)

    #259099
    billnparts
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    @billnparts

    At the show in  VA Beach there was a Solstice with the Mallett V8 conversion. Really deep pockets.

    Bill Ascheman
    Fiberfab Ford
    Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
    Autocross & Hillclimb
    "Drive Happy"

    #259100
    Hubert Atkinson
    Participant

    @baytowntd

    The V-8 conversion is really not all that difficult.  If, as you say, you have deep pockets.  You can also drop a lot of coin on a blower for the NA model.

    #259101
    MGLondonRoadste
    Participant

    @mglondonroadste

    Yes, the Soltice looks nice, but have you tried to take the convertible top on and put it back on when you’re pressed for time?  I looked at one at one for sale in Phoenix.  The salesman couldn’t figure out how to show me how the top came off.  You have to unsnap it all the way around and manually put it in the trunk.  I thought we did away with that design in the 1950s?  I’m glad I went with the Honda S2000 for a modern car.  5 to 6 seconds and the top is either up or down, neatly stored.  No trunk space lost.

    #259102
    KentT
    Participant

    @kentt

    Sounds like a TD top… except it has real side windows!

    Early FF TDr on 69 VW pan
    Slowly coming back from the ashes...

    #259103
    edward ericson
    Participant

    @edsnova

    Those S2000s are really nice. If I were in the market for a sports car it’d be near the top of my shopping list. I like the look of the Solstice (and its Saturn stable-mate) better though.

    #259104
    Hubert Atkinson
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    @baytowntd

    MGLondonRoadste wrote:
    Yes, the Soltice looks nice, but have you tried to take the convertible top on and put it back on when you’re pressed for time?  I looked at one at one for sale in Phoenix.  The salesman couldn’t figure out how to show me how the top came off.  You have to unsnap it all the way around and manually put it in the trunk.  I thought we did away with that design in the 1950s?  I’m glad I went with the Honda S2000 for a modern car.  5 to 6 seconds and the top is either up or down, neatly stored.  No trunk space lost.
    You must be talking about the tonneau cover.  The top goes up in about 30 seconds.  No snaps at all.  You do have to get out of the car to put it up, though.
    #259105
    Hubert Atkinson
    Participant

    @baytowntd

    The Sol got a new grille for Xmas..

    #259106
    edward ericson
    Participant

    @edsnova

    Awww!

    #259107
    billnparts
    Participant

    @billnparts

    Much nicer

    Bill Ascheman
    Fiberfab Ford
    Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
    Autocross & Hillclimb
    "Drive Happy"

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