Dan,
How about Cobra seats
https://factoryfiveparts.com/home.php?cat=260

Hey Geoff,
Wow! Sounds like you’ve been busy! I have done very little on mine since I put it on the road in early June. Tough to work on it when it’s going 70 miles an hour 3000 miles so far this summer.
Thanks,
RichRichBelfay40024.3292592593

Hey Sarge,
Looks like you and I are the only “V-6ers” in the club! I had looked for some dress up covers a while back, but didn’t come up with anything. If I do find a source, be glad to pass it along.
By the way, I LOVE that little engine. Plenty of power, smooth, cool running. Also seems that the little extra weight up front eliminates the high…[Read more]

Mark ; the seats look great . but I like the look of bucket seats simple rounded back low cut like a MG A I just can not find any local I will just look till I find what I like the look of , mine has no rips or rot I just want to up date the look and seating position. Tom ; Thank you for your input. ………………………………….Dan R

Greg
Wow, wiring that’s easy as pie!?  I’m jealous.   Good for you!
Happy motoring!
Ringo

Oh, one more thing. There is a charge for this answer. You have to go to the MG TD Replica registry thread and give us your name, location and car info! Click the link in my signature.

Ringo, they still make those screw-in inserts!!!
I used to get mine free from the Tri-five Chevies in the local salvage yards…those were the days!
An MG-TD gasser…hmmmm?

Dan,
If you go to the Photo Gallery, look up Pink MG, you can see the seats and door panels I had re-done in leather. My seats were completley rotted, wood bases and all. I used marine grade plywood that I sealed with urethane (4 coats) and used stainless hardware to build new seat bases and a seat back.
Then I bought three leather hides from…[Read more]

Hi. Actually, it’s a reasonable question.
If you compare a buffed out gel coat finish to a painted finish, I think the painted finish will always look better. So it’s reasonable to think touch up paint will not blend well with a gel coat finish.
And there are alternatives. With my Duchess (bought kit in 1982) I received a gel coat repair kit. On…[Read more]

Other than my red face for not seeing the obvious, may I say thank you for the response.  Just thinking this is a different breed of cat, and so specialized that …. or I am going brain dead.

Hawk
Glad to hear it was an easy fix.  I checked my problem this weekend and found it was hitting the bump stops, not maxxing out the shocks.  The shocks are fine, fairly new, and they are pretty much in the mid range with car at rest. 
So I went old school and got coil spring boosters, (twist in aluminum “plugs”) from Mr. Gasket.    In my younge…[Read more]

Congrats John!

Dan – I took my seats to an upholstery shop that work on boats and had them rebuilt.

Dan,
Not terribly close to Cherokee.  But I’ve been nearby in Maggie Valley now and then on my motorcycle.  I live in Rural Hall, NC (10 miles north of Winston-Salem).
The tranny issue cleared up when I added some tranny fluid.
Only operational issue at the moment is how cold natured the engine is.  Until it warms up (5 minutes or so) it st…[Read more]

I assumed you had the correct shocks on car when I mentioned that shocks will not cure “bottoming out”. I thought you were bottoming out on the suspension bump stops.
I used to have a link that listed all the Monroe shocks dimensions. It listed all the part numbers too. That way you could cross reference to another brand once you found the shock…[Read more]

Only one option if you out-live the to-do list…get a second TD!

O’Reilly’s had a Monroe 555001 shock what put my suspension pretty much in the middle of its 4 inch travel.  Mounted them today and no more harsh bottoming out.  Hurray!
One more item checked off the list.  Only real question is whether I’ll outlive the todo list on this lil car.  🙂
 
 
 

 Hawk ,Glad you found out what is actually bottoming out . Sounds like shorter shocks would fix it if you are ok with the ride height and still have enough clearance before any other suspension parts bottom out if you replace the shocks with shorter ones. Your springs may be too weak or may have been cut too short by the previous builder.…[Read more]

Pulled a rear shock off this evening.  At the normal “ride height” the shock rests at 10 inches (between the base of the stem at each end of the shock).   Fully collapsed the shock measures 9 inches.
Thus, there is only 1 inch of compression travel before the shock bottoms out solidly.  This is the hard BUMP I’ve been feeling on modest und…[Read more]

Paul
Thanks for this post
Never know where our travels will land us, would be fun to check in on these  folks.
Ringo