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MG TD TF 1500 - How to mount front license plate

mgtf. Got to front of car in restoration process. There are two holes in front bumper to hold a long England sized license plate backer which I have. State license plates in USA are much shorter. Do I mount the plate on new holes drilled into the England sized license plate backer? I think that will look odd.
Ed Eastman

I have used a piece of aluminum angle to bridge the gap but cut off the remaining visible part showing off the ends of the plate.
Sandy
Sandy Sanders

I've run plumbers straps around the inner bumper support and secured the plate to them. If you paint the straps the same as the inner bumper support, and snug the top of the plate to the bottom of the bumper face, you can't see them. I like Sandy's idea a lot though, and may fabricate something similar. (Thanks again Sandy!)

The straps are visible in this picture:
http://travelaire.photosite.com/MGTDRebuild/Bumpers/bumper_brackets_front_and_rear.html

warmly,
dave
Dave Braun

I mounted a blank british registration plate (on which we painted some fake numbers), then drilled holes and mounted the Washington State plate on top. It doesn't look bad, but I have to be careful about pulling to far into a parking space as the plate hangs down far enough to scrape on the parking bumpers. Cheers - Dave


David DuBois

Wow! We can upload pictures! Click on image at the bottom of my post above to see the arrangement of the front plate on our TD. Cheers - Dave
David DuBois

COOOL !!!!!


Steve Wincze

Mine has a wide black backing plate with the N/A plate attached to it....


gblawson - TD#27667

I can send you a drawing of the "Z" brackets that fit onto the bumper, along wit the corrrect bolts etc.
email me if you need.
Colin Stafford

Anyone interested can view Colins drawing under the thread titled Picture. Lou
Lou Van Koningsveld

David:
Too bad the snow wasn't deeper....you could have used it as a plow.
SEAMUS
F. HEALY

This thread was discussed between 23/05/2007 and 25/05/2007

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