1952 MG TD Roadster Replica: Information follows:
^^^^^^^Note that I have reduced the price by over $4000 to make it
even more attractive********* I am the third owner as the original
car was built from a “kit” in 1992. I am selling the car because I
have moved into a senior manufactured home with limited parking
places. The pictures were taken at my Texas home with a large
garage and lot. I use my covered space here for the roadster (with
cover) and primarily drive my 2016 Mini Cooper. I have spent quite
a bit of time upgrading the car to make it show better as will be
elaborated further in this description. You do not get to see as
many MG Replicas as well refurbished as this one. The car is the
talk of my Senior home neighbors.
Note that when you view the photos I have added a few showing the
original tan seats to show what it looked like before I made the
upgrades. I also added a few photos showing the work I did to strip
out the old and upgrade the seats and floor covering. So, don't be
confused as the seats are now white leather and the floor mats are
now black. Looks really great
Driving this car always seems to grab the attention. They just do
not make cars like this anymore! And this MG TD Roadster is hard to
find. You can find a few of the replicas like this one but they are
in short supply. Originals are even harder to find and if are found
in any decent condition are very expensive. The car can be viewed
by calling me and setting up an appointment. It is located in
Escondido (just North of San Diego), California, Zip 92026.
I just had my annual major tune up and oil change - that I get every year no matter how many miles I have driven it during that year. The car with the VW engine purrs like a kitten - and the engine gives incredibly great gas mileage. See the following as a good summary of the car and don't miss the tow bar and spare parts!
• FiberFab – was the original manufacturer of the kit who is now
out of business. They sold the rights to MG Magic located in San
Diego which is where I got many of the kits for the seats, gages
and floor mats.
• MG is the abbreviation for Morris Garages – coined in Oxford,
England starting around 1924 up to around 1980.
• The car has the body and power train of a Beetle rear engine
73/74' VW frame (S/N AH287344), 1600cc dual port 48 bhp engine and
power train. Note the AH engines were built from 1973-1974 which
puts it in a class that usually does not require special smog
control.
• The body is fiberglass and the red color goes through some of the
body thickness. That is, the color is part of the fiberglass. The
car weighs about 1500 pounds due to the fiberglass body. Scratch it
and just polish and buff it up.
• Assembled as a kit in 1992 – the engine was probably rebuilt
along the way because the car runs quite well. Right after I
purchased it I took it to a local mechanic who checked it over
doing a major tune up, changing the oil, filters, spark plugs,
points etc, and so forth. There was not much more to do for these
engines built before1974.
• VIN Number – KS111745 which is a special for older classic
vehicles – rather than that very long number for modern cars – also
keeping the smog control out of the equation.
• I have the car insured with Haggerty as they only insure classic
cars like this and at a remarkable low premium. My cost is much
less than $170 per year.
• 4 speed manual transmission, radio & CD player, new tires and
chrome wheels - some of the features added from the original
MG.
• Always garaged (until this recent move to California) and well
maintained. Only driven for pleasure, car shows & parades. The
climate of California is certainly conducive to parking a car under
a car port.
• The car had around original 13320 miles at time of my purchase
with many of the miles being towing miles. Similar to the previous
owners I did not put many miles on it as I enjoyed the restoration
work and car shows. The included tow bar helps to move it to car
shows without driving it.
• Spare parts includes tow bar and electrical connection cable
hookup, and many spare parts such as fuel pump, gaskets, manifolds,
bearings, carburator repair kit, etc.
• The bumpers and front grill are real metal and chrome – no
plastic used anywhere. All lights and mirrors are also real
chrome.
• The car has zip in place side curtains and a separate boot for
the top when the top is down. I have never used the boot.
• The last owner installed new 15" chrome wheels and tires, and the
radio and CD player.
• I upgraded much of the car including, rear view mirrors, gages,
floor mats and the white upholstery – and more.
• The gages were the original ones when I purchased the car and
some were not working well. The gages show as the black ones in the
"before" photos. The new ones are white background and much easier
to view. When I finished installing the new gages, the odometer had
about 13500 miles just before I replaced the gages – and started on
the large task of replacing the floor mats and seat covers. At the
time of this writing it reads 400 miles.
• I gutted the inside of the car to replace the flooring and seat
covers – no short term task. Some of the photos show my effort.
Some of the photos show the old tan upholstery before I converted
it to white. All parts came from MG Magic as a kit.
• A source for MG spare parts – just about every component from the
original kit manufacturer can be found at Phone 954-680-2010 and
website
http://www.mgmagicclassicmotorparts.com/. MG Magic purchased the
rights from the original supplier. Many of the parts kits I used to
replace the mirrors, carpets, gages and upholstery were purchased
from them.
• Assembled in 1992 – as the original title uses the date of
1992.
• The original owner appears to be from Florida who sold the car to
an owner in Kentucky in 2003 – and finally to me.
• Always garaged by myself and previous owners, driven by myself
and previous owners only occasionally and only to local rural small
Texas towns and never driven on the freeway.
• The car came with many of the original spare parts which I
obtained when purchased are still available including exhaust
manifolds, carburetor overhaul kit, new fuel pump, bearings, etc
and the tow bar assembly with electrical connection cable.
• The car is in excellent shape and with no signs of rust or
abuse
• The convertible top is as made exactly like the original MG in
that it connects to slots on the top of the windshield. It is
snapped in place all around the car and the side curtains zip into
place and also are snapped to the body. This attention to detail in
copying the original car was carried throughout the replica. See
the replica advertisement below for the original MG which I found
on the Internet and one can see the attention to detail. I have had
people look at this car (of my age group) and think it is the
original car.
