MGTD project comes in the shop, we take a first look 

It took me back some years when I saw you using the glass plate and sand paper to flatten the mating surface. I cant begin to count the times Ive used that method. Recently tried something a bit different. I got a scrap piece of Corrian from my local countertop wholesaler and fastened sand paper to it. I was always afraid of breaking the glass. Great channel you have here. My first car back in 1973 was a 1966 Triumph Spitfire. Loved that car!

I wanted an MGTC, but they are just to expensive, so I bought a cherry mint Honda Shadow Spirit motorcycle instead for 1/20th the price and got my spoked wheel fix on. A lot faster and more reliable than an MG for sure. Believe me, it's got way more chrome on it than I want to polish... Young people just can not afford to blow $40K on an old hard to find car with hard to find parts that runs and sounds and shifts like a tractor.

Subscribed. Love these cars. Made many trips up to Canada back in the early seventies hunting parts for my buddies MGA & My sorry little Sunbeam IMP. Fun going to old boneyards full of MG's, Jags & Morgans, Austins & such. Things hard to find in the Detroit area. I still have an old hardcover MG workshop manual. Nearly 600 pages covering 'M's to 'TF's First printed in 52 & mine is from 67. ( ex library) I wonder if it would be worth putting on ebay, or I should just toss in the bin. I'm at that age & no one wants my old junk.

i had a devil of a time pulling the rear drums off my '53 TD once i had removed the wheel/tire. i had no puller tool, so i eventually put the wheel back on and it gave me enough leverage, by pulling on the tire, to walk it off. instead of the paltry 4-6" of leverage the naked drum provides (diameter / 2) the tire gave me a full 12" of leverage. i was surprised how easily all four drums came off. :)

Now you tell me!