Grill shell for sale

[Rich Kallenberger]

Of interest?
http://www.hemmings.com/parts/item/5542.html?refer=blog
PMOSSBERG2014-04-18 18:27:52

[Paul Mossberg]

I did an “OMG” when I saw the ad and the $100 price.

Then I clicked the picture links and saw why it’s so cheap. Lots of work to make that one good again!

PMOSSBERG2014-04-18 18:29:18

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)

[edward ericson]

I wonder if that can be brought back at all.

[john barry]

nice wall hanger

🙂

[Dale Schumacher]

On my Fiberfab much of the bottom corners are cut off anyway.

[KentT]

schu wrote:

On my Fiberfab much of the bottom corners are cut off anyway.

Mine too, Schu.  

Mine was badly worn down where the original TD fenders mounted on, but all of that damage was trimmed off.  

For use on a TDr, this one would work pretty well, at a VERY affordable price…

Early FF TDr on 69 VW pan
Slowly coming back from the ashes...

[Paul Mossberg]

Don’t think either of you cut the front corner away, did you?

On a Duchess, a half moon is cut out of the lower side panel on the grill. But front is left intact.

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)

[Dale Schumacher]

I did not do the cutting myself – restored what I got but a good bit was cut off

[newkitman]

The Fiberfab MiGi manual in the download section has a template for cutting the grille shell. The other Fiberfab manual does not. I actually had to trim mine just a little to clear the steering box and let the grille shell fit where it was supposed to. I think it was just a little over 1/16 inch. Not very much.
newkitman2014-04-20 20:36:58

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

[Rich Kallenberger]

I am suspicious that my grill shell was installed a bit too low because the front edge of the hood stands about 1/4 inch proud of the grill. What’s involved in correcting that?
Kall2014-04-20 22:54:31

[KentT]

I bought an old OEM shell off eBay and trimmed it to fit my early FF, per the instructions in the build manual in the download section (and Ed’s pics/suggestions).  Only a small rib remains below where the splashpan fits, just to cover the “frame” of the grille.  The area below the grille opening, where the hole for the manual crank, was also trimmed so it would fit the flat lower portion.  The OEM shell was designed to wrap around and under the radiator, and it had to be trimmed to fit the flat area below the FF grille opening.

Early FF TDr on 69 VW pan
Slowly coming back from the ashes...

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