MG-Cars.net

Welcome to our resource for MG Car Information.

Recommendations

Parts

MG parts spares and accessories are available for MG T Series (TA, MG TB, MG TC, MG TD, MG TF), Magnette, MGA, Twin cam, MGB, MGBGT, MGC, MGC GT, MG Midget, Sprite and other MG models from British car spares company LBCarCo.

MG TD TF 1500 - moss upholstery kit front panels

The front quarter panel is mounted on a board - ie covered with vinyl but does not fit. The main problem is the stabilising bar which this board will not bend around. I thought about peeling off the vinyl and scoring it to bend it. I have also thought about cutting the board back to the bar and simply gluieing the vinyl to the bar.

Any suggestions welcome please.



Peter
p j hunt

Peter -- This should be of help.

http://www.ttalk.info/TDKickPanels.htm

John
John Brickell

Just did mine per the instructions on TTalk. Come out good. Had a few small wrinkles in the crease (I may have soaked the backboard too much). Fits very nice.
Mike


Mike TD/TA

Is there a template available to make the bare panels? I have the shop to do so if I can get a diagram. Are the right and left panels the same other than the bow around the bar? My car has none, lost sometime in it's past. PJ
P. Jennings

PJ,
Have peter trace his before they get bent,,,
STEVE WINCZE

I have my Moss panels uninstalled and not bent, still flat. If anyone needs a template & pic lemme know. Best regards, Daniel
D Desmond

I love this BBS. Learn something new every day. When I got this car the panels were behind the roll bar so I assumed that's where they belong. The PO got me again.

Anyone see anything negative about this install?

It is a bear to get in and out but I have done it a few times. I have one out now in expectation of putting in the suicide door locks.
I can not convert to the other "correct" installation since the panels have a very dark black line on them from sitting behind the roll bar.


Mort 1950 TD1851 Mobius

A pic of the kick panel in my TF. This is the factory rexine on the factory board. The rexine has shrunk and pulled away from the folds a little.

Matthew.


Matthew Magilton

Matthew, what is that tag in the center of the kick panel?
-David
D. Sander

Mort,
You are not the first to fall for that "PO trick".
My TF is the same way.

"Anyone see anything negative about this install?"
How about something a bit "positive"?

A slight increase in leg-room.
A good place to hang a fire extinguisher.

Cheers.




David Sheward

Hi Peter I followed the instruction in ttalk but the measurements given are from the front of the panel. I left the damp towels on overnight. The first bend was easy but when I tried to do the hard creases either side of the bend without a V brake I got some bubbles in the vinyl which looked amaturish. I finished up soaking the panel again overnight and removed part of vinyl from the panel. I let the cardboard dry and then glued the vinly back down with contact cement. The final result was very good. Three photos follow of the bubbled panel, vinyl stripped back and final result.


Andy Preston

Second photo of the vinyl stripped back from the cardboard,


Andy Preston

Final photo of finished panel.

Andy


Andy Preston

David Sander: The little brass tag is the dealers plate for Lanes Motors who were the MG importers for the states of Victoria and Tasmania down here. They are induvidually numbered.

Matthew.
Matthew Magilton

This thread was discussed between 02/03/2012 and 05/03/2012

MG TD TF 1500 index

This thread is from the archive. The Live MG TD TF 1500 BBS is active now.