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MG TD TF 1500 - Any pattern?

Looking at the TTalk Register list http://www.ttalk.info/MersonTDList.htm

Does anyone know if there was a pattern or rhyme/reason on if LH VS RH steering cars were produced on the line?

Early TD's seem to mostly RH, with just the occasional one LH car being produced. Later, the numbers seem to be about the same, and then LH seems to be more.

Bruce Cunha

Early run would have been during the “export or die” period..no exports = no raw materials to produce. The Brits were desperate for hard currency post war.
Regards, Tom
tm peterson

Odd, my car TF8353 isn't on the list and I registered it a few years back. PJ
PJ Jennings

You're on the list, Paul. (http://www.ttalk.info/TFList.htm) Don't forget to refresh your browser. Bud
Bud Krueger

Tom. I have heard that about the more exports the more steel. Interestingly, many of the early cars are in Australia. I wonder if it was easier shipping to Australia at that time.
Bruce Cunha

Maybe LHD vs RHD were built for the most pressing orders? Australia was very much a car-starved market after the war whereas America maybe needed to be introduced to the TD before the orders came in?
M Magilton

Thanks Bud, My whole computer went through a total clean-up and reset, the browser was probably the culprit.
PJ Jennings

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