I like that idea. No need to remove the tonneau when the top is required. Get less wet when it starts to rain

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Good on you, Dereck.

I have a rear-engined BCW and they’re a lot of fun to tool around in, and a really good base for making a passably realistic looking TD replica.

I tried to post a detailed response; the site won’t accept it. See your email and private messages.

That’s looking great Bill.

@dennis-p point of clarification: Bill’s is a GT style wheel. “Banjo” wheels have wire spokes that look a bit like banjo strings. Like mine (above) and:

…which is also mine…

Which means I guess I have duelin’ banjos.

For insurance purposes just get an “agreed value” policy and never think of it again. $10-$15k will more than cover the replacement cost and no insurance agent will blink. Just remember to get plenty of liability in case someone gets hurt. Insurance companies don’t sweat the value of the vehicle, it’s the medical bills they seek to avoid.

Short grill was a MiGi feature but I don’t know if they were molded in like that.

Fog lights are always optional. TD bumpers can also be had.

Those Opel gauges look about right, size-wise.

Love the vinyl cover. That’s how they came stock and it’s a rare look these days.

Nice pics

I’ve included the instructions for posting photos that Ed posted a while back…

 
<p style=”margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 18pt; font-family: Lato; font-size: 12.0pt; color: #2b2b2b;”>First you go to your own thing. Upper right corner it should say something like “Howdy, Happy Jack.” Click on that and you get a drop-down menu. At the…[Read more]

The replica dashes are all a bit different from the originals, mostly around the steering shaft relief, and also in the gauge holes.

I bought a used real dash for the brass/chrome beads and the door hardware and then replicated it from marine plywood and bits of nice mahogany and maple.

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Classic MG vs Jag-U-Are battle as in the days of old, (Bo’ness, Red Marley, etc.). Jolly good!

I have just registered for Polish Mountain Hillclimb.

Flintstone, MD Aug 6-7

Another hill I have never run.

Watch this space.

I plan on going

I’ll go if at all possible.

Happy Jack…it’s time, sir. Hope to see you there.