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MG TD TF 1500 - Progress At Last!!

I couldn't help but post a photo of the completed front suspension on my '52 TD. It has taken me a year to get to this point, what with work, the birth of 2 grandchildren and those pesky household duties getting in the way. However, I now have my project nearly back to a rolling chassis, which is the state in which I purchased it. Being the thorough type, and given the fact that the previous owner, who had started the restoration, died before it was completed, I have gone through every part of every component. It truly is amazing what you can accomplish by diligently spending a little time on the project each day. Thanks to all on this BB for your assistance to date, and in advance for the advice I am sure I will need in the future.

Don Scott


don scott

Very nice Don. And that's a cool little stand holding it up!

warmly,
dave
Dave Braun

Yeah - your basic Stanley saw horse is the perfect height for working on the frame. I have figured out I will need several friends to help me lift it off onto something within reach of my floor jack, and that I will need to do it before I hang the rear suspension/axle. By the way, thanks Dave for the great web site pix of your project. Since I have never seen my car together it has been invaluable.

Don
don scott

Look familiar ?


LED DOWNEY

Or perhaps...


LED DOWNEY

Don - Please save this photo as an example of the correct installation of the radiator support bracket. I recently spent some time in the archives reading up on this subject and this is a better illustration than a thousand words - Lou
Lou Van Koningsveld

Shouldn't the holes that the radiator bolts go through be toward the front of the car? During my recent assembly this board advised me that the one of the possible reasons I couldn't get the bonnet to fit properly was because I could have this bracket in backwards. I checked, reversed it so the holes were toward the front and the bonnet fitted much better.

Joe Hine
53 TD....Fredericton N.B.
J.D. Hine

Lou - I didn't have a picture come up with your note but given Joe's response it must just be my computer settings.

LED - I am envious of the space you have to work in. We moved four years ago so we could get a one-level house (setting up for retirement) and I could have a proper shop after spending three years doing a complete restoration of my '64B in our double garage which meant displacing my wife's car. So we now have a two level house, twice as big as the one we left (so much for downsizing) and no spacious shop. We do have a killer dream kitchen however! At least I do have a double deep single car garage as shop space, and I can restore the TD without displacing HER car, so all was not lost.

Don
don scott

I married the right woman Don. When I rebuilt the "B" in 94 I had our (her) double car garage tied up for about 6 months. She told me I couldn't have any more toys until I built a shop. The double car garage had no concrete apron and I really wanted one to keep some of the mud out and was talking to some cement contractors. She owns a construction related business and the next thing I know she's has a general contractor talking to me about a steel building and the apron that I wanted. They were a little slow that winter so they did all the concrete and put up the building. 30' x 64'. I had new 200 amp electrical service brought in as we were already maxed out on the house and had a electrician do all the conduit and wiring. Had another company put in the garage doors and I put the openers on all three. Plumbed in some water and gas for heat and added a swamp cooler. Finished the inside myself. When I found the TF 3 years ago I had the room for the new toys. I still don't have the lift that I planned for but maybe some day. The "look familiar part" was the finished frame on the plastic Stanley saw horses.

LaVerne


LED DOWNEY

Room for the TF, B, pickup,my cousins midget I did some wor on....


LED DOWNEY

And on the other side of the pickup is a friends 54 two door wagon, a small diesel tractor, riding lawn mower, beat up pos golf cart (used for irrigation) etc.
Mucho room. I think I will partition off the pine tounge and groove end ( left over from one of her projects) to try and save a little on the heat bill this winter.


LED DOWNEY

Tractor came in handy for putting the springs back in.


LED DOWNEY

Regarding the radiator support - see the thread in the 2006 archive from 8 April with the title TD radiator support.
Lou Van Koningsveld

Don - the photo I was referring to was yours - Lou
Lou Van Koningsveld

Don,
I am about to install the grille on my TF and in a dry run had noticed that the bonnet sides seemed to be about 1/2" too short to marry up to the grille holes correctly. I was at the head scratching stage when I read this thread and saw your photo and the penny dropped! I have just finished removing the radiator and yep, sure are God made little apples the radiator support bracket was in back-to-front! It took only about 15 - 20 mins to change it round and refit it. Tried the grille to bonnet sides fit and let out a little whoop of joy - a perfect fit now. Once again this BBS comes to the rescue.
Thanks,
Bill
TF 1500 #9901
R W Tutty

This thread was discussed between 30/08/2007 and 03/09/2007

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