cowl brackets for TDr?

[Dale Schumacher]

Thats what I have – originally came from MG magic – drill at dimples and use a counter sinker  bit and counter head machine screws.

[Mike Schumacher]

Would whoever gets these please make a plaster of paris mold of both sides or whatever copy material you can work with and preserve it till some one who knows of a home foundry can get a quote. I would volunteer but freight across the border is prohibitive.
juneybug2014-09-29 04:57:54

[newkitman]

Dale. Sent you a PM.

Allen Caron
VW based 53MGTD - "MoneyPenny"
"If one thing matters, everything matters" - from the book The Shack

[newkitman]

I emailed MG Magic about the windshield cowl brackets used on the Chevey-based TDs and this was there reply.

The windshield post brackets are
not currently in stock.
Can you email a list of names
and numbers, and we can call them when they are back in stock.
They will not be available until
around spring of next year.

Thanks,

MG Magic

So I guess if you want a set, email MG magic at:  kitcar@earthling.net

Allen Caron
VW based 53MGTD - "MoneyPenny"
"If one thing matters, everything matters" - from the book The Shack

[doug schmidt]

Tried to make a plaster two part mold of fiberfab cowl brackets. Not as easy as it sounds. Having failed at two attempts (the mold broke) I have resigned and passed the brackets on to a needy soul. The adaption of original brackets was easier than mold making however. A little grinding and bondo fill was all it needed. Moss Motors supplied the mounting hardware.

[edward ericson]

That’s how we do it!

[Mike Schumacher]

hey thanks for trying

[Vicenç Feliú]

Nice work, those adapted brackets look great.

Vicenç - (bee sense)
Pembroke Pines, FL
1986 Aston - BCW Model 52 - "Montse II"

(1983 FiberFab MiGi II - "Montse")

[Dave B.]

Doug,
First, nice work.  I can see, though, that in my case if I’m going to do this I will really have to do custom work, because the Fiberfab cowl is significantly different from the Duchess, where the cowl is squared off to almost 90 degrees where it meets the bottom corners of the windscreen frame. (You can see it to at least some extent in the photo in my original post.)  Also, I think we’re mixing apples and oranges because what you originally posted were what I would call cowl brackets, whereas what you’ve mounted in the photo above are the actual windscreen stanchions.
-Dave

[doug schmidt]

I was confused at fist also about the terminology. I always thought they were called stanchions but the everyone referred to them as cowl brackets. Maybe because the replica is more an artificial stanchion. This was my cowl before the surgery.

[Steve Struchen]

That looks familiar. Here is my version.

[Dave B.]

Steve,
Thanks for the photos.  I see you and Doug have done the same thing in rounding off the cowl and removing the “horns” under the corners of the windshields.  I guess there’s no other way to be able to mount the TD-style fold-down windshield.  It really looks sharp, though.
-Dave

[Derek]

Those look really nice! Is there any way to have a folding windshield seal against wind/rain?

[Dave B.]

This is it.  (The gasket, not the dog.)

[Paul Mossberg]

Prototype Research & Development Ltd., a Canadian firm that still manufacturers MG TD kits, appears to have windshield cowl brackets for sale. Not cheap, the parts/price list says $410 per pair (scroll down to Windshield Group on last page).

 

 

PMOSSBERG2014-10-16 15:02:41

Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica Roadster

If 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)

[Royal]

For you purists who just have to have a TD folding windshield:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/201196473028?item=201196473028&viewitem=&sspagename=ADME:SS:SS:US:1120&vxp=mtr
PMOSSBERG2014-10-17 22:38:38

[Dave B.]

With a pair of brackets from Prototype Research going for $410, that’s a steal.

[Rosebud and Bill]

Dave,

 

I think the question is who is stealing from whom?

 

Bill

Bad Bill

[Dave B.]

Bill,

It’s all a matter of perspective, isn’t it?

-Dave

[Rosebud and Bill]

Dave,

It is all about perspective, as my grandfather used to tell me, “If you’re getting run out of town, get out in front of the crowd, and make it look like a parade.”  No wonder that man lived 99 years.

 

Bill

Bad Bill

[edward ericson]

That windshield kit looks viable. But remember, your cowl is probably not the same width as a TD.

[newkitman]

Well even though I’ve had a busy weekend (rearranging the house) and a busy day today at work, supper’s over now its back to working the cowl brackets I’m trying. 1/8-inch thick polished stainless steel. Got the two pieces cut into two sheets and now I’ll try CAREFULLY grinding one down to shape. I’ll post photos when I’m finished.

Allen Caron
VW based 53MGTD - "MoneyPenny"
"If one thing matters, everything matters" - from the book The Shack

[newkitman]

Here’s the results of my first go at making the windshield cowl brackets.

Cowl Brackets Before Cutting

Cowl Bracket After Cutting

Cowl Bracket Rear Side After Cutting

Cowl Bracket Before Cleanup

Next steps are cleanup, bend to fit, drill and polish. Not too bad for my first attempt I think.

Allen Caron
VW based 53MGTD - "MoneyPenny"
"If one thing matters, everything matters" - from the book The Shack

[john barry]

Cowl bracket  on ebay    only  31 mins left

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MG-TD-Windshield-Cowl-Brackets-/181564849019

edsnova2014-10-27 20:13:21

[Court Wizard]

He re-listed them.

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