sounds logical

PaulAgain….that’s amazing. Thanks!

“Made in England?” Obviously it’s some kind of experimental-head XPAG! Go with it, man, you’ve obviously unearthed a rare “special” MG.Or, then again, I wonder if maybe you have the German EAO engine (which could indeed be dated 1970) with the Kent (“Made in England”) air cleaner?

Yes it did. I haven’t gone through everything but it does appear to be all there, up to 10-22-2010. That’s the day I downloaded it. I left it downloading overnight and it wasn’t finished yet. It took 23+ hours to dowload. Checking the download again, I found that the photo gallery did get downloaded afterall. Except there maybe one or two folders…[Read more]

Thanks for the suggestion dbrock.I always click the “Active Topics” link at the top. That displays all new posts since the last time you logged in. But you are right. Others may use the forum differently. SO I’ll copy the initial post and lock it so that any conversation happens in this thread.Thanks.

Wow!Paul – That is awesome!Did it download the forum history too?

Donna,
I agree with all the rest too, back roads, lower speeds and lots of looks.  Mine is a Ford powered with automatic, and love it.  She sat for most of her life in a warehouse, less than 2,000 miles on her when I bought her last year for 3,500.   I’ve did some upgrades in the suspension, belts, and hoses etc.  Did custom stuff to personaliz…[Read more]

Hi Paul,
I downloaded the whole site up to Oct 22, 2010 using a program I downloaded off the internet. I put everything onto a DVD. When you click on it, it comes up in IE just as it does from the internet. The only thing that seems to be missing is the navigation bar on the left, but the files (Manuals, articles etc) are in the download. The…[Read more]

Hi gang,One thing, let’s try to keep the conversation here and avoid the new forum until we really need it.Hopefully this site will remain up. No sense duplicating things until we actually lose it here.

it’s vw powered. fun little car to drive around,gets alot of looks

Excellent looking MGTD. Drive it and enjoy it. Looks like the stock VW “P-Shooter” exhaust pipes were replaces with some to get the sound a little lower and also lower a little of the back pressure. Cool beans!

Very Nice!  What’s the drive train?
Welcome to the group.
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Ringo, that’s funny. Donna, I have to agree with all of the posts so far I have driven my VW based kit all over. It will certainly do 70 but i really don’t feel safe going much over 65. They are a very light car and weigh some where around 1500 pounds far lighter than the original bug who gave its life to live again as a local celebrity. I drive…[Read more]

Had a devil of a time registering!  I think that I am on now.  Thanks for all of your efforts.  One suggestion-copy your original message about the problem to all forums.  Not everyone reads other than “their” forum, whether it be VW, front engine or whatever.  I’m sure that many if not most are unaware of the situation.

….”like a box of chocolates”  Love it!
That reminds of my wife always sticking her head in the garage and muttering something like  “Stupid is as stupid does….”

Donna,
I got a Duchess Ford cause I love the style and didn’t want the problems of a real one. Much easier to keep running. If the car was assembled right it will handle like a go-kart on back roads and run like stink when wound up. However, the fenders, (wings) can actually act like wings at too high a speed.  Is 75mph too high?  It is for m…[Read more]

Thanks so much for keeping on top of this Paul. 
I know this club means too much to all of us to let it get dropped. I remember a few years ago when the site dropped off for awhile.  Talk about me panicking!  I just hope Frank is okay and doing well.  It would be great to hear from him so we don’t worry about him.

Given the sorts of folks these kits got sold to, I suggest that it’s not beyond the realm of possibility that the previous owner modded the car. I bought a two-bow top frame off ebay a few weeks ago for about $45, with the idea of adapting it to Bridget for a more authentic look. And it just might work!Hot rodders are always swapping engines in…[Read more]

Not adding anything. I just want to keep this thread on the “active topics” list