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This eBay ad is for an unfinished BCW kit. It was more complete at one time, but the engine, seats and top were removed. It’s located in Strasburg, VA. $2650.
Unless bcw made some kits I’m not familiar with? Hood hinge and lock mechanism is not bcw, windscreen mount doesn’t fold and is not bcw, and engine cover not bcw. Looks like a fiberfab with a bcw plate that someone had laying around. Early vw wheels. No tach. …what is that chrome hangy-down thingy to the right of the instrument cluster??
Most (or a lot) of the things that make a bcw stand out in the crowd are not there.Royal2014-05-26 08:17:37
I agree with Roy. Definitely NOT a BCW.
The chrome “hangy-down thingy” is a map light. Similar to this:
https://www.holden.co.uk/displayproduct.asp?pCode=010.034
PS: I have a goal for today. Somehow, I have to work “hangy-down thingy” into casual conversation this afternoon! 😆
PMOSSBERG2014-05-26 09:28:15
Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica RoadsterIf 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)
Fifty years ago, when I graduated from one of our finer schools (unc), it was a perfectly acceptable descriptive term amongst engineers. I was not studying linguistics, but Physics. I had a talent for math and took math courses for all my electives. Ended up with an unintended math degree after 3yrs. In defence of my limited vocabulary, I later studied and became a Nuclear Engineer. In that community, hangy-down thingy is widely understood.
It is often believed that a speaker’s capacity for language lies in the quantity of words stored in the lexicon. However, this is often considered a myth by linguists. The capacity for the use of language is considered by many linguists to lie primarily in the domain of grammar, and to be linked with competence, rather than with the growth of vocabulary. Even a very small lexicon is theoretically capable of producing an infinite number of sentences. 😀Paul,
Make sure you use the full descriptive phrase of “chrome hangy-down thingy” so you don’t get your face slapped while incorporating it into a conversation.
That’s a strange one. Swing-axle pan, yet 69-or-later speedo, wiring harness and switches, it appears.
Dash, windshield, front splashpan, exposed steering shaft, etc., looks like an early FiberFab, yet it has TD-style headlight mounts and grille which were separately priced options…Early FF TDr on 69 VW pan
Slowly coming back from the ashes...Sorry to interrupt the intense discussion about the “hangy down thing”, but regarding the MG:
Since the motor is already missing and the kit build is already done (well?), I’d vote for an electric conversion.
😛Could make an electric of it. The grill shell looks good. The headlight brackets are not BCW. CMC maybe. Weird that it has a BCW ID plate–if it does.
BCW did not start producing TD kits, I think, until maybe mid-1980? I wonder if the Fusseneggers bought Fiberfabs and built them for sale in the early going.Ed’s comment got me to wondering: What was the first TDr on the market? The Lafer factory began turning out its MPs in 1974, and continued until 1989, but I don’t know if they can be considered kit cars even though some — my TI included — were exported without chassis or engines to be finished by the buyer. Many were mated to used VW frames by a company here in Houston.
1981 Lafer TI
1600 cc Type 1 engine
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