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And it was questionable how much velocity one
would want to build up, given the marginal brakes and archaic
leaf-spring suspension,
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Very much in error as I believe that at this time the 1948 Ford still used the
cross laid leaf spring and possibly the mechanical brakes of the Model T-Model A
era. Although Ford might have gone to "juice" brakes in 1946. I know Ford's
they weren't much of a stopper either at this time.
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By 1947, distributors
began to get established, and MGs started arriving in more quantity.
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Another big error. Only 234 TC's came in 1947, 1143 in 1948, and 423 in 1949.
Compare that to the total production: 2346 in 1947, 3085 in 1948, and 2813 in
1949.
Notice the big drop in cars sent to the US when the 48 and 49 total production
is almost the same. One can only conclude that the US interest in the TC peaked
in 1948, and if MG hadn't come out with the better TD, MG would have died out in
the US.
TD's shipped: 6 in 1949, 2495 in 1950, 4988 in 1951, 9009 in 1952, 3509 in 1953,
plus 467 MKII's in 1951, 959 in 1952 and 129 in 1953.
TF's shipped to USA: 611 in 1953, and 3120 in 1954.
So, as far as the USA is concerned it was the TD that made the MG name
here and not the TC.
Blake
I like the looks of the TC, BUT the TD is the best car of the series.
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