MGTD Ute

[Jim saunders]

Hey Guys,

Been a while since I posted on this site. Thought you might like to see the latest project.

Started with a MGB that had been total lossed by a retaining wall. Built a tube chassis to fit the TD
glass body ……. found out that the rear spring perches were to high up to mount the fuel tank properly.

Soultion ….Build a Pickup!

Features Triumph TR4 wheels , home built hood sides & bed. Also features a Farmall Cub headlight for backup light. Ford model A tail lights.

I have several parts left over from the VW kit …. encluding a new top & side curtians (I do mean NEW)
hood sides a complete set of fenders…… latches & hooks …….. Fiberfab VW kit.

Yes it is a blast to drive ……..I plan to letter it up like the Moss Motors pickup soon.

Email jsaunders9@triad.rr.com
or call 336-953-6459    central NC location.
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[Jim saunders]

[Al Greig]

Cool!

[Paul Mossberg]

Absolutely love it!

 

We’ve posted these before. Were they your inspiration?

 

 

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)

[scubasteve]

Amor Conquista Todo

[john barry]

very cool .. looks like John-Boy Walton should be driving:-)

[Bob]

Great work on that! I guess it’s like the old saying, necessity is the mother of invention. Those Ford taillights go very well with it.

[Jim saunders]

Yes , the Moss Motors TD Pickup was my inspriation …… matter of fact it is now lettered for Moss Motors as I own a small Sign company!

[Paul Mossberg]

THAT… is awesome!

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)

[Paul Mossberg]

You should send those pics to Moss.

Bet they’d love ’em.

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)

[Jim saunders]

Sent pictures to Moss ……. Haven’t heard anything yet. I bet that being a kit car based truck they will decline a story.

[billnparts]

You could’ve lettered up with the TDReplica.com logo.

It does look cool, though. Good work.

Bill Ascheman
Fiberfab Ford
Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
Autocross & Hillclimb
"Drive Happy"

[edward ericson]

I dunno. It’s a B at heart. B engine? I think they’ll get back to you with a green light and a request to run the pics. Spectacular tribute, whatever they say.edsnova2015-10-23 20:31:35

[Jim saunders]

Yes , all MGB running works. Get it worked on at any BMC shop using Moss Motors parts.
I like to take old British cars and recycle them into something cool and useful. The kit car bodies lend themselves
To being made into some totally new.

[Bill Gould]

Beautiful work there, Jim, especially on that hood and the bed. Is it strictly a top-down ride, or do you have a top as well?

1981 Lafer TI
1600 cc Type 1 engine

[Vicenç Feliú]

That is really awesome!

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

(1983 FiberFab MiGi II - "Montse")

[Jim saunders]

I do have a top, but I do not plan to use it. Do you need it?

[edward ericson]

Not until you need it.

Coming home from Carlisle this year I was glad I had it. Ditto three years ago. In July, 2013, heading home from a trip to Pittsburgh for part of the Vintage Grand Prix, Karen and I were caught in a cloudburst while pulling out of the parking lot at Falling Water. 

We used our handy canvas top, and we stayed pretty much dry.

So, no. You don’t need a top. But they’re good to have.

[Jim saunders]

I think you misunderstood, I do not plan to use the top …… I plan to sell it and the side curtains …..do you or anyone you know need them?

[billnparts]

Ed understands. It’s not that you’re not planning on using it, but if you sell it, there’ll come a time you’ll wish you had it with you. Murphy’s Law.

Bill Ascheman
Fiberfab Ford
Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
Autocross & Hillclimb
"Drive Happy"

[edward ericson]

With a convertible, every five or eight years, you gotta spend $800 or something like that on a new top. That’s just how it is. 

If you don’t do that, you don’t have a convertible. You have an open car. 

[john barry]

who needs a top I live on an island  at  the  beach 😉 ..and only  bring it out when I have to do a road trip .

my top  is 30 yeas old …its a survivor  i guess … btw actually we have roadsters if you dont have roll up windows ..

jebarry2015-10-25 13:17:36

[Bill Gould]

No, my top is only 6 years old, thanks, and as I keep the car garaged year-round it still looks new. I think Steve in Illinois might be on the market for one, though. He posted a day or so ago about losing his plastic window to age.

1981 Lafer TI
1600 cc Type 1 engine

[Jim saunders]

I am a builder …… I will sell the truck in the near future to fund the next project. I have a crazy need to build cars that I can not keep for storage reasons. If you can’t store it inside……you don’t need to keep it.
I have recently been working on Morgan 3 wheel replicas that are Honda powered. I plan to peruse that avenue in the future.attached is my first attempt.

[edward ericson]

Very nice. Is that a v-twin, Honda Shadow engine?

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