On Fri, 25 May 2007 13:10 -0400, Dave Osborn wrote: > Didn't know TC's were available in the Tickford style > See Ebay item 330124564192 It's hard to tell from the single photo, but there's something about the profile of the fenders and the width of the running board that makes me pretty sure that ...

You forgot one, Mark: Ignore 1 through 6, build your TC, and enjoy it. On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 07:34 -0800, Mark Hineline wrote: > In the past 12 hours I've been advised to: > > 1. Grind the number off my frame > 2. Fill the number in with bondo > 3. Buy Mrs. Meismer's car > 4. Pick a number any number >...

On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 14:52 -0000, mrbadger@comcast.net wrote: Many of the attitudes to which you allude here are the same ones that were, at least partially, responsible for my selling my first TC several years ago, after forty years of ownership, and quitting the club but, having said that, it shoul...

On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 12:53 -0000, Roger Furneaux wrote: Finally, one little thing does not ring true: how could a bang from a garage door cause enough damage to necessitate replacing the chassis frame??? And would that damage not be apparent on the frame you have? Based on what others have said, it s...

On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 19:16 -0800, Mark Hineline wrote: How about this: my car will be TC MMMCDIV. Anyone have a better idea? Yes. How about your car will be an MG TC? Does it really matter what its chassis number is, especally since the bare chassis is all you have from TC 3409? A TC is the sum total...

All this speculation is interesteng (I guess), but am I the only one here who remembers an MG-TABC posting a long time ago (possibly from Rolland Meismer, possibly from someone else who knew him and his TC well) to the effect that he had swapped out the chassis during restoration? If that's the case...

Makes sense, and the info sent by Erik Koik adds weight to your argument. -- Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 XPAG7430 NEMGTR #2271 Cub Hill, Maryland 1962 Triumph TR4 CT3154LO CT3479E fold@bcpl.net [/quote] I'd agree a forged crank SHOULD be stronger due to the alignment of themolecular structure - but...

Erik Koik sent the following to me (not to the list) in response to my question about forged vs billet cranks. I'm reposting to the list because others may be interested. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 09:45:52 -0400 From: Erik Koik To: Chip Old Subject: Re: [mg-tabc]...

On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, PMS GB Ltd wrote to Alan Moote: Just a point - the Pheonix cranks arn't from foundry source - i.e. they are not forged, they are machined out of a solid bar (billet) of steel EN 40 B or equivalent nitridable steel. I'd prefer this manufacturing method to a forged crank from oth...

On Sat, 24 Jun 2000, Roger Furneaux wrote to T-ABCs: There are two XPAG cranks, early one is p/n 168628, and the later TD type with alledgedly much better steel is p/n 168557, so which one is Skip referring to? Either factory crank can break, but in theory the 168557 is less likely to break than 16...

On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, PADDY WILLMER wrote to T-ABCs forever: The TF1500 had a nitrided crank with lead-indium bearings. If they were reground they had to be re-nitided, or otherwise fitted with white metal shells. In the olden days people didn`t realise this and re-fitted the lead-indium shells, whic...

Peter, your reply was directly to me but I'm replying to both T-Type lists instead of just to you. Hope you don't mind, but the whole point of Internet mailing lists is to share information with a group, and this is a thread others seem to be interested in. On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Peter Pleitner wrote ...

Hi Bob, Depends on what "street use" means to you. The last time I saw you drive a T-Type on the street was probably 20 years ago, and the details have leaked out of my brain. If you're a relatively sedate driver who doesn't put a lot of mileage on the car, the NOS crank should do fine. We know the ...

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I wrote something on the subject for TSO about a zillion years ago, but can't put my hands on it at the moment. The gist of it is that the strength of the spindle with the original ball bearing and spacer assembly is derived from the fact that when the spindle nut is tightened correctly the spibdle,...