Thanks Mindseye!Great info! And like you said Paul, an antique kit lol! fits right in with all the other old cars we have :)Does yours have a tag on the tunnel also? I don’t have a pic posted of mine, but it’s there , listing it as a registered kit car in Fla. There’s some more pics in a thread in the my project area too. Haven’t done much more to…[Read more]

I love math wizards!
My ’74 Beetle has a screwy gauge. If it’s totally full, the gauges reads fine. When it hits 3/4 tank the needle disappears below empty. So, last night I disconnected the sender wire and the needle stayed below empty. I touched the wire to ground and the needle went beyond full.
We tried the same thing on my buddy’s ’87…[Read more]

That EMPI system has the single outlet, like a real TD had. If you are worried about heat, the ceramic coating is the way to go.
I have a ’74 Beetle that I am going to put the EMPI # 55-3417 GT exahust on. Currently the car has a “gutted” Mexican exhaust that is WAY too LOUD! I don’t want the heat, so the ceramic coating is worth it too me.
The…[Read more]

Great info mindseye! I luv it…an antique kit car. 🙂

My Car didn’t have wind wings when I got it. I added them, I don’t think them make a great difference  but they sure have curb appeal.
Let us know how the project is coming
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Hi purple!  It looks to me that you have one of the original cars/kits that were made by Daytona Products out of Florida…Laverne was one of the owners….pretty sure they actually created the MiGi….I think Fibrefab bought them out…I have one that was first completed and registered in 1976….yep, 33 years ago!!! I have alot of the original…[Read more]

Ringo:
   Thanks for the time and information.  I wish I had a pattern, but am going to cut some tomrrow.  If anyone wants to get into this, I used the wind wing hinges which were on my MGTC. and am going to try to cut plexie glass and have it look ok.  I had to cut the inside of the hinges down but so far I think they will work.  My biggest probl…[Read more]

Bob ; That is a good question I had tryed to find out how many fiber fair were made ,and could not find any real numbers, just a few web sites that seemed to guess at numbers if you beleved what i have read F/F made some 25,000 TDs that seemed like a lot to me ! it also seemed that the most of the kits were never built or at least never finished…[Read more]

Hawk I have had the same trouble with many cars that sat for a long time ,remove the sending unit ,wire it to the guage, sending unit out of the car, where you can watch the guage, move the float up and down and see if you have dead spots you can clean them with sand paper . at the same time you will see if your ground is at falt , after se…[Read more]

Welcome Walt!
As Rringo predicted, I copied your posting to a new thread so no one will miss you.
Your pictures did nto load correctly in your initial posting. But they are in the Colorado photo gallery. Nice looking car!
When you get a chance, please go to the Car Registry in the General Discussion forum and post the info about you and your car.…[Read more]

Hi Colorado!
Head to the MG Registry thread and give us all the info!
 

Ringo,
Yup, gage went all the way to F. By the way, my wife still thinks E means “Enough”
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An SUV cut right in front of me and could not hear my original horn, so I got some air horns. Mine are very long twin chrome trumpets that I got at a trucker supply. My car sounds like a tractor trailer rig now. It takes about a second or less for the compressor to build up enough to kick the horns. It’s also great for clearing birds from trees,…[Read more]

Thanks for the tip — I’ll probably be a regular with all of the typical
“newby” questions!
Walt

Wow ! You all have the situation covered ! Air horns it is ! Thanks for the source also. Will order them tonight. These cars are so much fun, both to drive and to work on. Thanks a lot, Rollie

Hi all — Just joined the forum after I purchased a replica on my
birthday, July 12. This is my first replica and I know nothing about them.
I sold my model A and bought the MG TD. I always thought that this
was the neatest body style ever, although friends that owned originals
told me that you better plan on an hour in the shop for every…[Read more]

Rollie
With all this talk, we haven’t given you any sources…Try this
http://www.jcwhitney.com/Air-Horns/GP_2008997_N_111+10201+60 0002553_10101.jcw
One of these sets is on my Duchess.  (I’m ordering 3 more) see above post
 Ringo40008.8313773148

Guys
I got to thinking about the wife saying no air horns on the other cars.  The last time she popped a hood was 1996!
I’m puttin’ air horns on all of ’em!!!  Always thought louder was better and she won’t know until she uses it, then she’s bound to like it……. Right?… 
Later

Rich
So did the gauge go all the way to full after filling?  If so, you can’t beat perfect!
Ringo

I have air horns on my Duchess too. And they are external, mounted on the left side panel. I want to be heard!