Ownership for 50 Years!

[Guest 4123]

Later this month I will have owned my MG TC for 50 years! More photos to follow. Later today I will own two cars with 19" wheels.

RAB

 

[simon martyn]

I am a fond member of the "have owned a TC" club.

 

[EdinA2]

There is something about MG., Mine has been in the family for 46 years. I suspect A2s will have the same following, watch this space.

 

[HPmuirt]

Wow, that is fabulous. I am just a novice then at only:-

• 34 years with my Triumph GT6
• 29 years with My Triumph Spitfire (bought for parts but kept and restored)
• 25 years with My Suzuki Katana (motorbike)
• 20+ years with my Audi S2

Unless you add them all up, in which case I would be at 108 years of ownership (not including the A5 and TT), but that would make me 125 years old!

Cheers
Simon

 

[Guest 4123]

A few pictures of the MG before restoration began, in 1984.



RAB

 

[gangitano85]

A few pictures of the MG before restoration began, in 1984.

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RAB

Are they in black and white on purpose?

 

[Guest 4123]

These are some photos of a TC body made by Naylor Bros of Shipley. They closed down in 2016 - after 50 years!

News : Naylor Brothers Restorations Ltd closes after 50 years - AROnline

Mike Humble Located just outside Shipley, Naylor Brothers Restorations Limited has closed down after many years of association with classic MG cars.

www.aronline.co.uk

It was at an exhibition at Kew, from memory. I took some notes and photographs.



I made my own body from planks of ash!

RAB

 

[Guest 4123]

Are they in black and white on purpose?

For the record! Colour wouldn't have added much!

RAB

PS - I remember now, it was because I could print them myself.

 

[EdinA2]

You had the advantage of having a chassis to work with, but on the down side, probably woodworm as well.

 

[Guest 4123]

Restoration proceeding:




The chassis was gritblasted in the garage. Absolutely filthy job. I had to cut out an 18" section of the chassis and weld in new. The body and doors were made from scratch with aluminium cladding.

The XPAG engine is fully metric. Morris Garages bought a factory from the French firm of Hotchkiss, which was established during WW1. MG just carried on using the same tools! All the engine bolts are metric and French metric at that. They all have Whitworth heads. They are still being made - of the 10,000 TCs made, about 6,000 are still around! Hotchkiss are now in Eastbourne, making metal ducting.

RAB

 

[Guest 4123]

The TC is a CKD model, one of about 100 exported to Ireland in kit form and assembled by Booth Brothers in Dublin. On inspecting one of the original doors, I found what looked like a small bullet hole. Maybe a reason for it returning to England in 1954?

RAB

 

[Guest 4123]

You had the advantage of having a chassis to work with, but on the down side, probably woodworm as well.

The body was a right-off. No woodworm, just rotten.

RAB

 

[Guest 4123]

Some colour photos:



In the third photo, you'll see that the windscreen is missing. On the way down to the Dordogne, the first trip to France after restoration, the windscreen was smashed while driving. I'm not sure what happened but there was a small hole in the screen which shattered - it was safety glass. I had to make a pattern in France and get a replacement. Easy because the screen is flat. For screen rubbers I had to improvise - I bought some cycle inner tubes and cut them into strips. They are still being used.

The last photo is from St Jean de Cole.

RAB