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I know this isn’t the run of the mill MGTDr and I’m sure it is worth the $24,500 they got for it. I got that much in mine and its not anywhere near what this car has going for it.
Bill
Bad Bill
Her’s the wording to the ad, kinda hard to read in the jpg above.
BillEvoking the memory of the classic T-Series MGs, the TD2000 story dates back to
1984, when an Australian Jaguar dealer, Ross Marshall, had the opportunity to
acquire the original TD tooling from the United States. Marshall spent several years
developing a replica based around the running gear from Nissan’s Pulsar but got
no further than a single prototype before the recession intervened and, in 1987,
he sold the business to Australian Classic Cars. A second generation TD2000 was
shown at the 1988 Sydney Motor Show and production commenced in Ararat,
Victoria shortly afterwards. However, financial troubles saw yet another change of
owner, with A.F.Gason taking over the reigns and an estimated 90 or so Td2000s
were eventually built in Australia. Plans were afoot to export the TD2000 to Japan,
where the market for retro cars was booming, in 1990 but once again financial
difficulties got in the way. In 1998, production of the TD2000 shifted to Malaysia
when a group of entrepreneurs there took over the rights to the name and tooling,
and it has since been widely exported. Contemporary reports of the Australian
made TD2000 sang its praises for the high build quality and properly developed
chassis (with former HDT engineers making the most of the proprietary Nissan
suspension componentry) but it’s the combination of modern safety features and
ease of driving with a traditional ‘wind in the hair’ driving experience that gives the
TD2000 its unique appeal.Bad Bill
That car is stunning!
Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica RoadsterIf you own a TDr and are not in the Registry, please go to https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/mg-td-replica-registry/ and register (you need to copy and paste the link)
The windshield wipers, 3 of ’em, are kinda sexy in an XKEish sort of way.
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It appears that the windscreen does fold down, yet the wipers extend through the rubber attached to the bottom of the windscreen frame. So how do you fold the windscreen? How does that work?? Anybody?
Paul posted about these cars a little while back. Here’s the original thread: https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/marshall-groups-td-classic/
Out of the factory they ask $59,000 so I guess that price may right for a used model. That is also probably Australian Dollars, which are at .78 to the USD. Still, that’s quite a handful of change.Sabreur762015-02-28 11:27:27
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Pembroke Pines, FL
1986 Aston - BCW Model 52 - "Montse II"(1983 FiberFab MiGi II - "Montse")
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