What would be interesting is putting a Ford drivetrain in an original to resolve any dependability issues.  If you didn’t open the hood (bonnet) who would know 🙂

 If you are referring to the socket that holds the bulb and fits into the back of the gauge,most parts stores will have those as well. Carry one of the gauges with you to get the correct size socket .

 I checked MG Magic’s price list and they are $42.50 each. Making your own from scrap iron would be cheaper,just a matter of getting the holes in the correct places.

I really like that grille treatment and dash, although the speedo and tach look a little small.

 
EXACTLY!
So what’s wrong with being a blond?
The joke tellers are just jealous. 
Enjoy the heating grate and take the kit car comments as a compliment. 
  
 

I replaced a bulb in my dash a few months back. Just pulled the old one and took it to the nearest auto parts place (O’Reilly’s, I think). Found a replacement, paid a couple bucks for a pack of four and popped the new one in a few minutes later. I’m a mechanical moron, but not even I could mess that up.

I have my fuel filter mounted up front on the opposite side of the car from the brake master cylinder. Included a shut-off valve ahead of the filter so I can turn the fuel off when I’m changing the filter. I don’t want one of those little fire starters anywhere my coil or distributor if ya know what I mean.

Why can’t you just go to a machine shop or metalworks place and have them cut a piece of 3/8″ stock and drill 2 ( or 4) holes in it to match up the bumper brackets and bolt it behind the chrome bumper?I will probably do that one of these days. It sounds like a good idea to beef up the chrome bumper just in case.

I have a very good friend who is almost ten years into a restoration of an original TD. The bare frame is on jack stands. The body panels are in the rafters of his garage. The rest of the parts are in boxes around the garage.
In 1982, I built my Duchess in a one car garage. Most of the work was done solo. It took me about nine months working ev…[Read more]

I can’t see or feel anything under my fan shroud, it’s the doghouse shroud and it’s completely sealed up underneath, can’t see anything with a mirror either, and I sealed up the tin to the body with some metallic heat resistant duct tape to try and keep the heat from rising into the engine compartment and that seems to be working. I don’t feel…[Read more]

Calling a TD replica a kit car is like kids calling each other names on the playground. They can’t beat the other kid at kick ball and so they call him a doofus. That’s like telling blond jokes about Marilyn Monroe.
Think about the original TD in the context of today’s traffic for a minute: Slow, fragile mechanicals, mediocre brakes. pricey…[Read more]

Has any one else bought one of these?  What do you think of the design?

Just tell them you found it in a Cracker Jacks box.

MGLondonRoadste40773.968912037

To add to the mix of what our cars are or are not…..
My Duchess was factory built. Made by men who were paid to assemble the car from parts pulled out of their stock.  The same stock that was packaged in pieces with a set of directions and sent to people so they could assemble them at their homes. 
So, in some respects, all cars are “kit c…[Read more]

 Allen, It can’t be Gerd’s car. His TD has the headlights mounted only to the grille shell  which is shorter than most MGs. Also the top on Gerd’s car has quarter windows and I think I see VW suspension also.
 I think Gerd’s is a Daytona MiGi and the one for sale is a CMC or FiberFab. Larry Murphy40773.8275925926

Just moved my Allison to Haggerty…[Read more]

Many thanks Larry on the information. Everything you said confirms what I thought and my car is indeed a CMC/Fiberfab. The splash pan has the seam in the center and like Allen said about his car ,had the FF grill medallion until I changed it to an MG medallion. It does have the bullet front turn signals and the tail lights common on the CMC if…[Read more]

Could this be “Gerd’s” TD? The little green one pictured in the Photo Gallery tab on the left? Looks really close if not.

 
Episode 6: Supercar Showdown, is the current episode of “The Car Show”. It will replay 5 times this week. The TD replica is onscreen at minute 38 in the segment on the Pebble Beach Concourse. Can anyone identify the manufacturer?
Don’t tell the network that they included a $5,000 “kit car” in their lineup of mega buck super cars. The owner of…[Read more]

mrlmd,The easiest way to check if the flaps are installed in the fan shroud is to look at the base of the fan shroud near each side and see if you see two screws (like the engine tin screws) there. If so, you most likely have the fan vanes installed. The second way is to either look or reach below the fan opening and see if you can see or feel t…[Read more]