Mark, Thanks for the pat on the back. She really is the nicest ride I have ever owned. I am trying hard to give her the respect she deserves.
 James, You could not have said it better.She is a great little car.

Belle of the Ball! She’s stunning. Great job Larry

Larry, that looks awesome. I am glad you are treating her right. I can still remember the day I drove to Connecticut to get her. It’s not the same car anymore! You’ve turned her into a gem!

Paul, I actually have two of those in my shed. I was going to install them in the Ghia but changed my mind for some reason. I evem have the clamps and hoses. Got them on eBay.   Thanks for the info.

Thanks for the info I’ll take a look for the ohm’s I plan to replace it. I have it out and it’s the coil. I cleaned the tank and coated the outside with truck bed-liner material also coated the frame where the tank mounts

All you need is something like this, wired to an on/off switchhttp://www.boatersland.com/att17314.htmlMount it under the dash. Fabricate an adaptor and run hoses to whatever vents you are using along the windshield

It is not a VW defroster. Just a simple blower.Somewhere in the vast recesses of this forum, I think there is a link to the sort of blower I have. I’ll search for it.

  Ed the season is almost over all the terrorists will be going home for the season  OH there tourists                Dan

 Russ Hi. there  4 reasons it won’t it will not work 1st is the float ,mine had a small hole that leaked gas in to it after soldering it twice i gave up and replaced it $5.00 at the ford parts store check that first .. 2nd would be the arm is rusted and will not move that can be fixed also,, a little muriatic acid on the pivot to remove rust bui…[Read more]

About the heat. NGs weren’t the only British cars without heat. I was stationed in Felixstowe, Englad in the late 70s and had a mini coop. It didn’t have heat either. A blower yes but heat….only if I blew hot breath on my hands.

Paul,Did the defroster in your Duchess come with the kit or did yopu use a stock late model VW defroster motor? MG Magic has a defroster kit for $80 I think. Need the defroster for cear windshield when it rains me thinks.

I’ve ordered my set from MG Magic. Order hasn’t arrived yet. I’ll post quality and photos when they get here.

I have a defogger in my Duchess….four round vents (probably an inch or inch and a quarter) along the base of the windshield. And a blower under the dash.
All it does is recirculate the air within the passenger compartment. But it works great. 
Remember guys, most of this has nothing to do with what an original MG TD had. Heck, even heat was opt…[Read more]

I made my own, got the material from
estreetplastics.com
6″ x 12″ – Clear Polycarbonate Lexan Sheet – 3/16″ Thick 4 $3.99 Total $15.96
I made 4, two for backup.  They were easy to cut on my bandsaw.  Just have to be careful.  I used a template I got from James only I made mine taller to use the full 12″ of the stock.
For the hardware I went…[Read more]

Larry, Didn’t know that MGs didn’t have defrosters. I suspect that is why CMC offered it as an option. In the downloaded pages that I was missing from my assembly manual I cut two 3 inch rectangular slots in the top of the dash ans insert the original VW bug defroster vents there making certain the vents point towards the windshield. I guess it’ll…[Read more]

 Allen, You may already know that the MG’s did not have defrosters. I suspect that the kit manufacturers included the defroster [actually defogger in this case] to comply with state requirements. My London Roadster factory built car has a 3in.vent in the center of the dash . It looks UGLY and serves no purpose since they mounted the blower with…[Read more]

Had me stumped for a bit. But per the missing page, this is an option on the CMC Fiberfab kit. You have to drill a hole in the center for the defroster blower output, mount the blower and then fiberglass the duct/pabel into the underside of the dash. The top of the dash gets the defroster vents to the windshield. Blower inlet just seems to be from…[Read more]

 Allen, Thanks for the info,I was abuot to guess that it was a dashboard for a dune buggy.

Disregard the question. Found the answer in the Downlaod Manuals section. My assembly manual was missing a few pages. It’s the windshield defroster duct. Mounts the defroater to the underside of the dash. I guess the defrost air is not heated as it appears the defroster just intakes cabin air.

These were on ebay I also saw them on the mg magic parts sheet. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MG-YT-TC-TD-TF-XPAG-T-SERIES- WING-WINGS-W-HARDWARE-/180583117688?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Part s_Accessories&hash=item2a0b97b378