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Wonder if his workshop manual covers crankshaft work, DO NOT GRIND the crank on a TF 1500, they must have realised that this engine was on the limit of development.
My father spent years recreating a J2 as a J4, with an authentic J4 engine. Unfortunately he died before it was completed, and the completion of the restoration has been left to me.
It was actually raised one inch, not two. The moss motors lowering kit fixes it and will make it handle so much better. You can also add the sway bar they removed from 74.5 to 76.
One of my favorite videos. I am completing my garage as I write this before I travel to pick up a 1954 MGTF 1250 that I purchased in Florida. This will be my 5th MGTF and I am grateful to strike off one more item from my bucket list. I am truly blessed because I already have my fourth MGTF RHD 1250 in my barn workshop waiting to be restored. I only hope that I am not too old to meet the challenge. Thanks for this video and the wonderful inspiration that it provides. Guy in Columbia Mississippi
I grew up with MG’s, my first was a 1968 man, black with red seats and black piping. My brother had an mgc with three carnbs. Later on I owned an MG-TC which I loved. Last but not least, I got a rat box MGA. I started a frame off on it and realized the front end had been damaged way too much to be fixed. I sold the car for cheap. Fast forward a few years later I ended up looking for another MGA… ended up being my cars frame with a new body! Even got all my parts back in the same baggies!😂
Wonderful film, just wonderful! I bought my next MGTF 1250 today on eBay. It resides in Florida and I will pick it up shortly. This is my 5th MGTF. I still own #4 but it is all in pieces resting in my barn workshop waiting to be restored. The one I bought today is about in the shape of your white TF, a nice driver. I can't wait to go fetch her. I was born in 1954 so we are the same age. I really enjoyed your restoration sequence but wonder if I am up to the task physically and financially lol. Thanks for the great presentation! Guy in Columbia Mississippi
This takes me back to my youth. I grew up with MG and the MG Car Club and was fortunate to visit the factory a few months before it closed. I also remember being invited to John Thornley's house and have lunch there. I remember his garden and his blue MGB GT. Funny how you remember these little details after so many years.
Wonderful David, My wife and I have a 2001 MGF 1600cc now 22years old with 30000 miles on her, I love you TF and appreciate your videos good luck and health, Nigel here in the UK🇬🇧
I first fell in love with the TF 1500 when I was about 5 or 6 years old! I am now 74 and still love it but never been able to afford one :( I still believe I will have one before I pop my clogs. If not it will still look good driving over the clouds above!!. And thanks for your great video and series. A unique achievement .
@@timdaniel5395 I guess I should be more honest lol! I could afford one but my wife prefers modern stuff. I have a Bentley V8 GTC which is a stunning piece of kit BUT I still want my TF 1500!!! I am envious of yours Tim :)
I'm "babysitting" a stunning 62 Mk II Deluxe for an absent friend ... as an MGB GT owner (72, configured for highway use) I must say it's grown on me despite the feeling of driving a farm tractor 😂😂. I hop out of the A into my BGT ... feels like a Lexus by comparison LOL
Hi ! you guys in the states no your stuff on British Classic Cars... a fantastic Knowledgeable video on the Marque ! i,m in England and today i take delivery of a 1969 MGC GT... can,t wait.😁👍
The. MGNA wich Robin Macze talks about is in my possession. It’s being restored to its original glory. Body engine are all ready. Now doing the interior.
No, the MG KN gearbox is standard 4 speed non-synchromesh . No Wilson pre-selector gearboxes were used in the KN, but many early MG K type and race cars used pre-selector gearboxes. Bob Grunau.
I was with my dad in 1955 when he picked up his TF-1500 at Arnolt Motors in Chicago. The family he sold to in 1968 still has it. I'm jealous. It was fun. I also learned tons about cars by doing all the maintenance myself with the terrific manual and tools that were with the car. Nice to see others are keeping the flame alive today.
Mr. Rogers seems ill prepared and disorganized, quoting inaccurate information and histories. The repetition of incorrect information in road tests from 1967 continue to this day.
I was best friends with bills son a classmate of mine, Mr Milliken got me tks for my first F1 at the Glenn in 69, he also built a dirt road course on his property to race our mini bikes on ,lived till 101 years old
The J4 needed a driver and riding mechanic to stabilize it in a race. It was too light for the amount of power it developed. Somehow, the C Type did not have this problem.
Sorry, but the N Type just didn't have the rawness of the K Type. They may have been lighter, but over refined. They never won races at the international level. They were just sporting family cars.
Sounds like a farm tractor, accelerates like a tugboat, priced like a super car, crash survivability like a ninja bike, parts availability like a German U-boat.
My first MG was a 1951 MG TD. it was also my very own first car.( 1962) I parked it in a rental garage, in 1964 when I was drafted into the army. I am amazed that when I returned 1967 (extended a year), it was just where I left it,, with the cover in place, and no dust on anything..I was very much in luck on several accounts 1). Days before I left for the service, I managed to put a valve into a piston, and I had a friend who towed me miles to the garage I had rented. 2). the private garage was available 3) MG and parts survived My absence 4) was on good terms with with the parts dealer, 5) MG dealer made special arrangements for parts needed.6)I was a shade tree mechanic, that replaced Piston and Valve correctly the first go round. Everything that fell into place, and off I drove into the sunset. That car was the love of my life, and all the mechanics work I completed turned out right. i overhauled the engine in 1963, when oil starvation created a knocking sensation. Later that year I replaced trans. cluster gear, first gear and bearings. I traded it for a1966 MGB with overdrive, because The TD was too slow for the freeway (70 mph ) that I used to get to work. The B turned out to be A fantastic car, and could do everything the TD was not capable of .My heart is still with abington on tems MG'S, and am planinng to do are refurb on any be model that will be worthy of it. When I win the lotto, will buy a TC as well. MG is the mark of British sports cars, Austin Healy, and Tiumphs were late commers, while mG's have been in competition since the thirty's. Never met an MG I did not like.
I've owned three mg's in my life: A 64 Midget, a 64 1100 (Austin American based) and a right-hand drive 72 MGB-GT. Loved them all, but the British never really DID get the kinks in their electrical systems worked out.
