buying tabc The restoration game

[Van Malder Harry]

hello dear list members Finally i can stop bothering you with my demands of the best way purchasing a mg tabc. I toke my car and trailer, run to England 4000 miles, bought a car without dificult arguing, and brought the car home.I just followed my basic instinct, not my commom sense.Until today i am still very happy. The car i bought is the one that Walter put on the tabc website http://www.mg-tabc.org/hvm/hvm.htm It is a TA 1936.(as I believe), The original logbook included mentions it is the chassis number 0761 with engine wcjg 1059. The engine right now has a plate ,( round copper and in my point of view) original wich says MG motor co MPJG 0735. I bought it in the folowing state:(on first sight) : chassis looks OK,except master break cilinder clutch and gear box seems OK engine seems OK, except( I know) cylinder head ( must be checked New woodwork and new metal plates . Joined a lot of coach parts, right or wrong, sorry , I am not familiar with these cars On first sight, having read the book MG t serie restoration guide by Malcolm Green , the fuel tank seems to be too wide, and what intrigues me more, they always speak about a clutch wich is running in oil, but as I see mine, this looks like a normal dry clutch, even used now a days. But let's not talk about this mechanical cases now, I believe , as further the restoration goes, i believe you will hear more of me, if you folks continue willing to help me. Please imagine, as i mentioned before, that I hardly never saw a MG TA in a decent state, and also here in spain, it is quite impossible to see one.People with digital cameras, keep your camera prepared.,because in the future, I will ask a lot of photos, just to save me a 1000$ trip to britain. But this is for later I want to thank all the list members for answering my boring(and maybe not to the point)demands that i did before, especially Carl fritz and Gene William, who brought me in contact with the TABC site long time ago, Walter Prechsl to put my pictures on the side. I hope nobody feels passed by this especially thanks, because every reaction i got helped me a lot. In my garage now is standing a wonderfull piece of old mechanic,let's hope I can make a car out of it. My target is just making a car wich perfectly runs, and wich is very beautiful to see, wich I can enjoy every day. Thanks again to everybody for all the help Harry

[Frank O_ The Mountain]

In a message dated 12/9/01 09:44:44 Pacific Standard Time, harryvan@eresmas.com writes: > Harry, the wide petrol tank is correct for a TA with your serial number......it would appear that your original engine has been replaced. An oil running clutch looks just like a normal one except the clutch disc is faced with round cork inserts. Congradulations and now the fun begins!! Terry in Oakland

[Roger Furneaux]

Re: [mg-tabc] buying tabc The restoration game Well done Harry! And welcome to the wacky world of T-type restoration! You have bought a very early TA (built on 20 Oct. 1936: TA0251 was 3 Mar. 36) and as such it should have the wide tank because the wings are based on the P-type and therefore narrower than the later Ts. The engine no. in the log book should read "MPJG 1059", and the i.d. plate should also say this. MPJG was originally fitted to TA0461 (25 Aug 36) Does the car run? You should get out and enjoy driving it as much as possible before tearing it all apart, that way you will be more eager to get it finished! oc[b]T[/b]agonally Roger Furneaux TC0978 TC2365 Devon England

[quote] Finally i can stop bothering you with my demands of the best way purchasing a mg tabc. I toke my car and trailer, run to England 4000 miles, bought a car without dificult arguing, and brought the car home.I just followed my basic instinct, not my commom sense.Until today i am still very happy. The car i bought is the one that Walter put on the tabc website [u]http://www.mg-tabc.org/hvm/hvm.htm[/u] [u]http://www.mg-tabc.org/hvm/hvm.htm[/u]> It is a TA 1936.(as I believe), The original logbook included mentions it is the chassis number 0761 with engine wcjg 1059. The engine right now has a plate ,( round copper and in my point of view) original wich says MG motor co MPJG 0735. I bought it in the folowing state:(on first sight) : chassis looks OK,except master break cilinder clutch and gear box seems OK engine seems OK, except( I know) cylinder head ( must be checked New woodwork and new metal plates . Joined a lot of coach parts, right or wrong, sorry , I am not familiar with these cars On first sight, having read the book MG t serie restoration guide by Malcolm Green , the fuel tank seems to be too wide, and what intrigues me more, they always speak about a clutch wich is running in oil, but as I see mine, this looks like a normal dry clutch, even used now a days. But let's not talk about this mechanical cases now, I believe , as further the restoration goes, i believe you will hear more of me, if you folks continue willing to help me. Please imagine, as i mentioned before, that I hardly never saw a MG TA in a decent state, and also here in spain, it is quite impossible to see one.People with digital cameras, keep your camera prepared.,because in the future, I will ask a lot of photos, just to save me a 1000$ trip to britain. But this is for later I want to thank all the list members for answering my boring(and maybe not to the point)demands that i did before, especially Carl fritz and Gene William, who brought me in contact with the TABC site long time ago, Walter Prechsl to put my pictures on the side. I hope nobody feels passed by this especially thanks, because every reaction i got helped me a lot. In my garage now is standing a wonderfull piece of old mechanic,let's hope I can make a car out of it. My target is just making a car wich perfectly runs, and wich is very beautiful to see, wich I can enjoy every day. Thanks again to everybody for all the help Harry Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service [u]http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/[/u]> .

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