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Is this what old people do? I did a frame off restoration. I was tempted to put it under “Manufacturer Comparison”. Looks better from 18″ or more.
Very cool, Roy.
The dash is much more TC-ish but the tank and bumpers are TD all the way. Neet car.
Ed, you are the one that I knew would notice the dash. I bought the TD on ebay for almost $25 incl shipping. Then bought a rear tire for another $8. Stripped the paint from the whole thing. Spent $12 on paint. There was no steering wheel, made one out of copper wire. For the dash, I found only one dashboard on line, with a straight on shot, which was a right hand drive. Experimented with the zoom until it was the right size. Printed it out, cut and pasted just like grade school. Sprayed interior black. Painted hubcaps bumpers, windshield frame. Painted seats. 2 coats primer. 3 coats red. 3 coats clear coat over everything including dash. The time it took me to disassemble and paint and put back together- priceless.
This is the one that I started with:The next one will be better. – Next winter.Nice job!
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)
Nice job, Roy. A lot of work. It looks good.
Bill Ascheman
Fiberfab Ford
Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
Autocross & Hillclimb
"Drive Happy"Roy, I had no idea you made that dash yourself! Welcome to the I-made-my-dashboard-myself club.
What scale is the hubley?
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)
It’s Hubley model 485. (They also made a shorter model) Mine is called 1/14 scale and is 9 inches long.
Every Carlisle for the last 5 years I have looked for a model of the TD and have never seen one. Lots of sellers there w/ the TC’s and the like, but never TD’s. Hope to find one this year.
Dale, there are a number of them for sale on ebay.
For the Hubley 485, type “Hubley MG” in the search block. Leave off the TD in the search, and you will get a lot more choices since many of the sellers don’t really know what car the model is of.Roy I have one of those that I would guess I got about 60 years ago. Mine also is missing a back tire as well as one head light. I can tell you for sure that it has more miles on it than the one I drive. I can rember spending hours and hours with that thing.
CharlieCharlie, why not buy another tire, and a front grill (which of course includes the headlights)(both are available on ebay) and restore yours. Relive your childhood, get on your hands and knees and push it around going “vroom vroom!”. I did. Felt great. When you are all vroomed out, give it to your grand kids.
Dale, there is really never any way to know how much you were outbid by. The guy who won, could have outbid you by hundreds of dollars but because of the way that ebay handles bids, the winning bid amount is whatever the minimum bid increment is, greater than the second highest bidder.
The important thing is to bid ‘your’ highest price and let it run. Don’t try and second guess after the auction is over.You probably bid on the pretty red one (ebay item # 300892063142) that went for $34.65 + shipping. Eh?On a related note, saw this and thought someone might be interested. New, unassembled kit from England.
KentT2013-04-26 10:46:23Early FF TDr on 69 VW pan
Slowly coming back from the ashes...Ooo…
Dibs on that one!
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)
PMOSSBERG wrote:Ooo…Dibs on that one!:-):-):-):-) Glad I could finally contribute something of value… :lol::lol:Early FF TDr on 69 VW pan
Slowly coming back from the ashes...The DOEPKE MG – TD is the true holy grail. About 16 inches long; 1/16th.
PMOSSBERG2013-04-26 12:47:47
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)
I have a “decent” but not overly impressive collection of VW toys — I can’t afford to add another brand/model to the equation… 🙂
Early FF TDr on 69 VW pan
Slowly coming back from the ashes...Roy I may have to do that. Its been sitting on a shelf in my den for years. I had never even thought about being able to get parts for it.
No. Beat out towards the end. Went for close to $50 USD, plus about $13 for shipping.
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)
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