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But, the Buy It Now is $9,000
KentT 2013-04-09 16:38:40 Early FF TDr on 69 VW pan
Slowly coming back from the ashes...Well, I never saw a mirror mounted to an MG door before. Just an observation. I’m the last one to be critical.
Bill Ascheman
Fiberfab Ford
Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
Autocross & Hillclimb
"Drive Happy"I’m not crazy about the side curtains but it looks like a pretty clean car. From the wheels I’m thinking she’s on a swing axle pan.
Like the ad says…FiberFab, not a Classic Roadsters Duchess.
The car looks pretty solid.
I don’t like the side curtains either but…if you admire function over form, they do allow the door to open with the side curtains attached. THAT is a nice feature.
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)
1. Humps on the running boards to clear the rear torsion bars,
2. Huge flat area around the VW tail lights
3. Bench seat bottom
4. Hood opens from the drivers side.Doesn’t look like a true FiberFab kit to me… regardless of what the ad may say, or how CMC might have marketed it…
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Slowly coming back from the ashes...I agree it may not be FiberFab, despite what the ad says. But I’m sticking to my guns that it is not a Classic Roadsters Duchess.
The area around the taillights is not from Classic Roadsters. The Duchess had a molded area for early style VW taillights that are actually on this car. But the car is molded for later style “flat bottom/oversize” lights.The seat bench is also not Classic Roadsters’ style. The shifter cut out is way too large.The interior door panels on a Duchess have more detail than the ones in this car.Classic Roadsters Duchess has a bottom hinged engine cover. They never built one that lifted up.The hood opening is the way CR’s manual says to proceed. But the builder could have put the hinges/clasps on which ever side he/she wanted.I always thought Classic Roadsters was the only kit with the torsion tube bumps. But I have learned here that others did that as well.No way to tell if they are original, but CR never had that style side curtain.All that said…it really doesn’t matter. This is still a pretty clean car, regardless of the manufacturer.But $9k is still too much.PMOSSBERG2013-04-10 11:30:14
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)
Agree, that it really doesn’t matter that much who built the kit.
But, one of the reasons that I tried to find a FiberFab is the availability of at least some parts from MGMagic that can reasonably be expected to fit…As it is, I’m not absolutely positive that mine is a FiberFab since there’s no FiberFab markings on it that I have found to this point. The firewall simply has a serial number on it, and nothing else. The grille shell has some kind of ornament in the top center with an AC on it — not MiGi nor FiberFab.So, I’m not absolutely sure what I have… whoever built it did some weird things too. I’ve mentioned the top bows were on backwards, and the resulting poor fit of the engine cover. Yet, they went to the trouble of relocating the emergency brake and running the passenger’s heat duct up through the frame tunnel to exit out the old shifter hole. The wiring certainly bears no resemblance to how any of the manuals available here describe how to do it. They used the VW speedometer, and added a VDO tach, temp gauge, ammeter and clock. (I’ve picked up a VDO oil pressure gauge that I’ll get around to installing some day.) Voltage regulator is under the seat, like the ’69 bug donor, rather than on the engine as the older VWs were. They even installed an evaporate canister for the fuel tank down under the tank, up front.Meanwhile, the tub pieces under the hood (gas tank mount, battery box, etc.), the exposed section of the steering shaft over the left front fender, etc. appear to be early FiberFab… as does the grille surround. I think the original owner bought the very basic FF kit with few options, and went from there… often just winging it!
KentT2013-04-10 11:51:29Early FF TDr on 69 VW pan
Slowly coming back from the ashes...
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