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MG TD TF 1500 - How do you exit your T-Type?
| Apologies to anyone who has seen this already but it's new to me lol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebi4VvHC6UM&x-yt-ts=1422411861&x-yt-cl=84924572 |
| Cliff Harvey |
| Here's a clickable link: http://youtu.be/ebi4VvHC6UM It's a J2 MG, I'll never complain again! |
| Cliff Harvey |
| And I thought I had problems. Just been immobile for 3 weeks, ripped back muscle getting out of the TF, hood up in a very tight garage. It seems to have got smaller since I bought it over 40 years ago! Ray TF 2884 |
| Ray Lee |
| Ray, I've been trying to figure that out also, how these cars shrink over the years. LOL! PJ |
| Paul S Jennings |
| They've definitely shrunk. When we got married in 1958 our '52 TD got us from Boston to San Diego. Had a lot more room in it than the present '52 has. Bud |
| Bud Krueger |
| It has been a long known fact that MG's are NOT SANFORIZED. Sandy |
| SANDY |
| What I want to see is a video of that man getting INTO that car! BobbyG |
| Bobby Galvez |
| I just had a knee replacement and had trouble b/4, not sure how to get in and out now. Bill TD24570 |
| Bill Brown |
| "Mr. opposite here!" The kids used to sell tickets to watch me get in & out with the hood up. Several years ago I was given the choice of having 3 vertebrae's fuzzed or quit wearing the "tundra hoof" (prostatic left leg. Much easier with one leg and a lot more "leg room"! With hood down I rarely use the door ...just hop in. |
| David Sheward 55 TF1500 # 7427 |
| David, Wouldn't that be a lot going in with one leg? Bill TD24570 |
| Bill Brown |
| Maybe you guys need to give 'Jenny Craig" a call (tongue in cheek). |
| G Evans |
| Bill, Our TDs (LHD) are my wifey's toys, so I usually ride as passenger. Getting in as passenger with left Chromium-Cobalt knee (won't bend more than 90 degrees) isn't horrible. I have the "shake a leg" sequence down to a science. When I HAVE TO drive her toys through their paces, I have to slide all the way over to the passenger seat, then negotiate left leg into the tub. She will cruise 80+mph with her eyes closed, knodding out. When I have to take over and pilot her babies, I usually wind up having to hold my left up so as not to ride the clutch.... then a charlie horse sets in!!!!!!!! !!! -it's like getting attacked by a swarm of bees and nowhere to run! Jim |
| JRN JIM |
| Jim, mine is on the gas pedal brake side. Bend is up to 115 degrees so we'll see. Actually my TD turned 62 today and I wanted to take her out but freezing rain killed that. Bill TD24570 |
| Bill Brown |
| I have no problems getting in and out of my 54 TF....BUT, I have no top, you see. Plus, I'm only 5'-10" tall and weight 168 pounds. I'm thinking the Brits that these cars were designed for must've been even smaller than me? |
| Frank Bice |
| Frank, your question prompted me to Google some info on that. Back in the 1930's- 1940's when these cars were first designed, the chart shows the average height of European males clustering roughly between 165-175 cms., about 5'5"-5'9". No mention of weight, but it's pretty safe to assume that average weights were less, too - soft drink servings were 6-8 ozs. instead of the current 20-24 ozs. In the late 1970's average male heights clustered between 175-185 cms., about 5'9"-6'1". Source is here: http://www.voxeu.org/article/reaching-new-heights-how-have-europeans-grown-so-tall We're in general getting larger. At 6'3" for me getting into the TD and driving for more than 1 1/2 hours is an act of will. BobbyG |
| Bobby Galvez |
| HI. Bobby Galvez.This cars were not built for grown up peopl like us over 180cms hight. a solution is to make the back rest thinner. I nean the back rest on the seat. Thoralf.Norway. TD 4490. |
| Thoralf Sorensen (TD4490) |
| You need to understand that the only reason I have an MG is that my father was no longer able to get into it, let alone out of it. I reckon I have maybe 10 years before I'll be unable to get into it, either :) |
| Geoffrey M Baker |
| Thoralf - that is exactly what I did! I took the car to a local upholsterer and had him compress the bottom of the backrest as much as possible. I gained at least an inch and a half of leg room and a fair measure of comfort. It could be better if I got more aggressive and replaced the original spring assembly with something thinner. For now it is good enough. Cheers! BobbyG |
| Bobby Galvez |
| I remember my brother 6' 3" getting into an M type, we had to lift him out by his shoulders, and this was when he was 20 years old! My wife had a knee replacement & also needs to lean way over to the other side of the cockpit to get in. I am ok if I do not have an arthritis event! Perhaps that is why they are called midgetS! Lots of fun to drive with todays suspension & performance upgrades! |
| Len Fanelli |
| I'm 6'5" and I do not "get out" of my TD, I extract myself and that is always with the top down. |
| John Quilter (TD8986) |
| Once upon a time we used to leap into our T Types during some Motokhana events, as Stirling Moss did at Le Mans. Yes, one of our members did a Fangio and got the gear lever up his trouser leg. I never tried it with the top up, though. And, come to think of it, it's about forty years since I tried it at all. The recent motokhana picture attached definitely didn't follow a dual vault into the car. David  |
| D A Provan |
| Once upon a time we used to leap into our T Types as part of Motokhana events, as Stirling Moss did at Le Mans. Yes, one of our members did a Fangio and got the gear lever up his trouser leg. I never tried it with the top up, though. And, come to think of it, it's about forty years since I tried it at all. The recent motokhana picture attached definitely didn't follow a dual vault into the car. David |
| D A Provan |
| Those are all great comments. I can just imagine some of the exploits you all enjoyed when you wore the clothes of a younger man.....and being about the size of the average Brit male from the 70s, I sometimes forget that I'm 68 and do things the way I did 40 years ago myself! It's these darn cars....they're just so much fun we throw caution to the wind at times. Ain't it grand! Bobby, I think of you almost every time I climb into my TF, because you told me a few years ago when I initially got the "wants" for a T-car to be patient, that the right car would find me....it did. If you come up to Oklahoma, give me a shout! Beer's cold! |
| Frank Bice |
| Hi Frank - glad to have provided some encouragement for you. Here's hoping that you are getting to drive it often. Back in October I took my first real road trip in the TD and it was eventful. I write up an account of it for our club newsletter. I'll email it to you in the hope that you'll find it interesting. Enjoy! BobbyG |
| Bobby Galvez |
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