https://tdreplica.com/members/suntansailor/activity/ Activity feed for Gordon. Fri, 01 May 2026 00:50:54 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 07b723cf635f4058809c25e356cbef86 https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/1985-bcw-mgtd/#post-236911 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:03:22 -0400

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]]> 47ff87fa2588415a909d9007759a97ef https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/1985-bcw-mgtd/#post-236908 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:37:29 -0400 And the final picture is one showing the new white wall radials installed including the spare.  I have had her at 83+mph and it still drives like a dream with these radials.  I got the tires from Coker Tires in TN…kinda expensive, but the car now turns heads everywhere it goes (I was told the tires were one of the reasons the Ad Agency wanted th…[Read more]

]]> c80d01bceb0b52ad07400539760f5154 https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/1985-bcw-mgtd/#post-236907 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:32:44 -0400 Here’s a picture of the dash with the glove box door opened to show the stereo & heater controls hidden behind it. I built in a magnetic catch into the dash so the door closes flush, but it is easy to open to adjust the radio while keeping one hand on the wheel driving. 
Making room for dash mounted speakers was a real treat, as you have very lim…[Read more]

]]> 310a067adfc30d44f186f36b6b73c30a https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/1985-bcw-mgtd/#post-236906 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:33:22 -0400 This is the “work” in progress!  What a nightmare to figure out the re-wiring without a valid diagram…lots of trial by error by blowing fuses and bulbs…LOL  I decided to install courtesy lights in the footwells so they go on whenever either door is opened…nice touch for night use.
Even getting the new steering wheel was a challenge as I h…[Read more]

]]> 5e21930966c632eb31f1c4e5be745490 https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/1985-bcw-mgtd/#post-236905 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:28:14 -0400 I finished the rebuild finally and here is the end result.  I used solid Zebrawood to fabricate the dash; new steering wheel with MG emblem; new chrome turn signals as these were coroded; installed a heater core shut off valve to kill the heat that seems to creep up on you while driving in the summer; new wide whitewall radials that really h…[Read more]

]]> f0204f0491fe8f4d74ac74c8eedc4285 https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/1985-bcw-mgtd/#post-236899 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:35:59 -0400 Home is Atlanta Georgia.  Hopefully when all through with the renovation I will enter her into some of the fairs/meets here in the south for fun.
 
Gordon

]]> 10d68a1af9842138703ba6f385cb7a6a https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/1985-bcw-mgtd/#post-236896 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:20:18 -0500 I have been looking for one that is in this kind of mint condition for 6 years, and just lucked out on ebay (it was actually listed under real MGTD’s and the purists never bidded on her…their loss, my gain!
Notice the way the hood opens up…no outside Jeep type hinges like other kits have which are dead giveaways to kit formats.  This is very…[Read more]

]]> 49ca2bbb0b673e113f781a0578058f61 https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/1985-bcw-mgtd/#post-236895 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:17:40 -0500 Here’s a side view with the top up!  It’s a 1985 FACTORY built BCW using new chevy chevette components when built.

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]]> 76957fa460e837beac96b4160b3c0167 https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/1985-bcw-mgtd/#post-236893 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:04:08 -0500 Thanks.  I am redoing the dash presently, replacing the pitted chrome parts as well.  Do you know where I can get a new top for it?  I contacted Tumacs who made them, but they no longer have the templates for the BCW.
Gordon

]]> 61ba07f1bd221443329c84625ac94d94 https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/1985-bcw-mgtd/#post-236891 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 22:03:47 -0500 Picked this gem up on ebay for $3995….sweet ride. 

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