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Rocky ,,one good thing about the slats they were painted to match the interior, but I still like gloss black
the old stand by and have seen many painted. The center bar would look fine with a bage covering a trouble section .. DanRRocky,
What color is your interior?Since you arepainting the slats anyway, on original TDs, the radiator grill slats generally matched the interior color. Just a thought.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)
The interior will be tan but I liked the black grill slats. Sorry it’s not to code but it’s to my liking so I’ll stick with it.
It took a while but I got it put in place and secured today along with the rear frame cover. Still struggling with holes not lining up but that’s where a lever or a drill come in handy.
Welting arrives tomorrow so I’ll get the rear fenders on by Saturday and hopefully the engine cover.Still trucking.
Rear fenders mounted. I still have to work on the passenger side a little but at least it’s on. As you can see from the first picture I had a little more “stretching” to do but I eventually got it.
I mounted the cowl today al!so. It’s starting to look like a real car
Isn’t it great? I remember the butterflies as it came together. Every day getting closer to something
you could take out on the street.Bill Ascheman
Fiberfab Ford
Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
Autocross & Hillclimb
"Drive Happy"Ed, as you know the running board is bolted between the front and rear
fenders and is riveted to the body. When it didn’t reach to the rear
fender I put the bolts on both ends and slowly tightened each end while
using a long thin punch in the already existing rivet hole to push it
along.I was a little worried the old fiberglass was too brittle but it held up ok.
On another line, here’s what got done today.
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installed the engine cover, finished up on riveting the rear fenders,
put the welting on for the hood and installed the gas tank.
Me too – man that would save some room for storage! Also – I always wondered why they left the leg room shorter on the passenger side? Seems they could have extended it some – one of my some day fixes.
Yes, my son did an excellent job on the tank. The weld seams look like they were done by a machine.
I haven’t filled the tank yet but according to my calculations (yes I used algebra in real life…don’t tell my math teacher) it will hold 11 gallons.
Rocky, …a very serious question: Would your son be willing to make a gas tank for me? I would remove my tank and give desired dimensions. I currently have one of the longitudinal tanks – very wasteful with regards to space. There is almost no room up there except for a pair of gloves, a light jacket and a pair of socks. My spare is supposed to go there, but it won’t fit so I have a donut.
Soudns to me like you’re all just jealous of the Classic Roadsters Ltd. design for under hood space…gas tank on the pan, leaving the rest of the space to work as a real trunk!
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)
That’s right, Paul. It’s just the best design for the rear-engined cars. I’m thinking that if I go to a Soob mill I might need a new tank anyway to feed the FI and so, “while I’m in there…”. All very speculative of course. Probably it will never happen.
I’ve been doing a lot of little things to get ready for some larger install activity and finally got some of it done.
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got the headlight cradle arms installed. But the picture below is a
good example of how I’ve struggled getting holes line up during the
rebuild. I’ve check every hole/bolt/rivet and I am definitely putting
them back right. Which means that either the fiberglass has warped or
twisted or the original builder created the problems for me. Either way
I’m figuring out how to make it work.
Finally reached the point of setting in the weight ballast (sandbox). I never emptied it so it took 3 of us to get it in. Great to have helpful neighbors.
By the way, can anyone shoot me a picture of how the sandbox is anchored down? The manual is not really clear and I can’t tell from the pictures it provides.
Then after installing most of the hinges and lights and lots of tedious effort I got the hood installed. I still have a few bolts to tighten but the hard work is done.
I started wrapping up the dash the other day as well. I’ve sanded and buffed around the edge of the cowl and will be installing (and rewiring) the dash today.
I guess it’s time to call the upholsterer. Giddy up
Rocky, I’d rather not pull up the carpet to take pictures, but the weightbox anchor is the easiest thing you will do.
Take two one inch angle irons, two inches on one leg, three inches on the other leg. Put the two inch leg in front of the core support and screw the three inch legs into the box top.
But…have you completed the fuel filler? Classic Roadsters runs the pipe up through the radiator fill hole. I see the hose from tank to front of car, but cannot tell if you completed that. You need to do that before you complete the weight box.
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)
Paul, I’ll have to think over your narrative on anchoring the weight
box. It’s not clicking with me without pictures but I’ll get it.Regarding the fuel filler..it’s in place. I have a picture of the filler hose in place but didn’t post it. Thanks for asking though.
As of today I got the dash installed. I have some more wiring to do but should have it done by tomorrow.
I finished up on the hood and then installed the headlights and foglights.
Almost there.
Paul, I took another look at the picture in the manual and it clicked. I’ll take care of anchoring the sandbox tomorrow.
Thanks
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