“American Collectors Insurance” (ACI) is a partner with USAA.  They were more than happy to insure my TDR for $30K (!) at a price less than USAA is currently charging me for ??? value while my car is still being finished in my garage.  Since the car is still not on the road, I haven’t signed on with anybody, but I do plan to get quotes from H…[Read more]

“motorcycle does suffer because of the little car” — heck, my wife made me give up our motorcycle because she was scared out of her wits while riding on it.  And, as much as I loved riding the motorcycle, I really couldn’t blame her.  The problem was not my riding ability, it was the other drivers who don’t pay attention.  On the rare oc…[Read more]

It would be easy enough to build triangular braces for the inside edge of each half, and making it a permanent setting would be easy, but making the triangle braces easily adjustable would be a challenge.

My FF car is always garaged, so I don’t have your problem, but I don’t think it would be the hood strip letting water in.  Even if water made its way through, there’s no way it could make it down to the floorpans inside my car … admittedly, yours may be different.

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Let’s see here.  Completely restored, except for paint and upholstery, missing taillight, missing rear view mirror, passenger turn signal falling off.  Engine obviously redone professionally, as evidenced by the missing air filter and the teeth on the belt facing outwards.  New pans, and built-up/fortified frame — not shown.  New carpet — not…[Read more]

If you use Windows, you can open your pictures in MS Paint and resize them that way and save them (I use a different name so I can keep the larger original).  MS Paint is automatically included with every version of Windows, so no need to buy anything.  The only problem with Paint is that you have to right-click on the picture file you want and s…[Read more]

I like that floor pan stiffener but it looks about impossible to install to my car, now that it is nearly complete.

The only thing bad about this site is discovering one’s own ignorance.These guys are incredibly helpful. Thanks!!!

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Confusion on my part reigns supreme.  Sorry for my ignorance, but could I get some clarification?

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“Beware of taking too big of a bite of the project at once.”  I’ll second that, but it’s easier said than done.  If you are a perfectionist, I have one piece of advice:  Get another vehicle.  I bought my car off eBay because I thought it was “cheap” even though I wasn’t sure whether I’d fit in it.  I didn’t, but I thought it would be a simple matt…[Read more]

Toller, my gauges are from Speedhut.  One example is the speedometer, which I’ve linked here:

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My car is equipped with an aftermarket oil filter.  Also, I’m in Las Vegas.  The car is garaged and has no heater, so it won’t be driven much in temperatures below 50.  Nor would I anticipate torturing myself by going out when it’s much over 90, let alone when it’s 115.  Would any of this make any difference in the recommended oil, or in the oil…[Read more]

Well, I’m going to disagree with Paul. This isn’t true for all, but a properly built TDR can be extremely “original looking.” And define “rudimentary car knowledge.” About 98% of the public doesn’t even know what an MG TD is, let alone the difference between an original and a replica. The DMV has my car titled as a “1952 MG TD” and I’ll bet…[Read more]

Actually this is the link to my wheel … unfortunately it currently shows out of stock:

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Ed’s photos demonstrate exceptional craftsmanship that I could never emulate in a million years — yet the photos omitted what I consider to be critical in making a new dash … getting the shape and the holes in exactly the right spot.  My old FF dash was “close” to the outline of the cowl, but not quite right.  Also, I thought the FF dash was n…[Read more]

Taking it even farther off-topic, I once had Ray’s idea to convert all my old vinyl albums into mp3s.  I would like to attempt to dissuade Ray from this idea much as I was dissuaded from that notion.  My kids pointed out that converting all my albums into mp3s at 3 minutes per song would have required a huge amount of uninterrupted time — time t…[Read more]

Smart design and cool workmanship. The only question I would wonder is whether it is just for looks or would it actually hold stuff? Copper pipe is pretty soft.

Greg, you probably already know this but maybe not … please don’t be offended but just in case you don’t know, you don’t need a music store to download songs. There are any number of web sites where you can download just about any song you want, any number, any quantity, or any combination, onto your home computer where nothing will be lost if…[Read more]

I used the RetroSound enclosures so the speakers could be mounted on the surface. I had some concern about structural integrity of the car in making two six-inch holes in the back of the package shelf — but mainly I didn’t know how to seal the back sides (I didn’t know about the Boom Mats). In 20-20 hindsight, regular speakers with Boom Mats…[Read more]