>I was driving back to Hattiesburg on Saturday and stopped to look at a
>car for sale that claimed to be an MG TD. I am unfamiliar with the
>entire 'T' series, so here are its characteristics:
>
>1. An octagonal badge on the radiator/grille that said 'TD'.
>2. A coil spring front suspension
>3. Normal tires, possibly 185/70R-14
>4. 'Backwards' doors
>5. Rack-and-pinion steering
>6. A sign proclaiming "6,000 original miles"
>
>I decided that the car was a replica, especially in light of number 6.
>Since I'm still a young fart, I'd be interested in what the older (and
>more stale) farts have to say.
>
>Thomas James Pokrefke, III
>1970 MGB
>pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu
>http://ocean.st.usm.edu/~pokrefke
>
>
>
Hi Thomas,
No. 1 is wrong, the badge should say MG instead of TD.
No. 2 is original.
No. 3 - The TD has 15 inch tires.
No. 4 is original. (Old farts call these suicide doors, at least on U.S. iron.)
No. 5 is original.
No. 6 is a dream come true if the car is a real TD.
Heres a way to tell if it's a real TD: Take a test drive and if the tach says
4000 rpm at 55 mph, then you have a real TD. (Note to you MGB owners whining
about wanting an overdrive: Take a TD for a spin, you'll never complain about
your Non-OD B's again.) One old farts two cents worth.
Bob Donahue 'Still Stuck in the '50s'
rdonahue@holli.com
52 MG-TD #17639 under DIY restoration, NEMGTR #11470
71 MGB still in shop, 20 months and counting
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