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MG TD TF 1500 - TD 1250 progress

Should be finished with the engine assembly today

L E D LaVerne

May not be news to some but interesting to me is the differences is a few of the bits compared to later cars. For instance the rear head plate,

L E D LaVerne

Also the bypass neck fitting. Brass compared to the later cast iron. Like several of the parts on the cars I assume that scrap brass was abundant following WWII and as the supply dwindled it became cheaper to make the parts in steel or cast iron.

L E D LaVerne

LED, interesting. The "new" bypass neck fitting that I got with the new thermostat housing from Tom Lang is brass just like the one in your picture. The one I replaced (original for all I know) is some kind of nonmagnetic pot metal. For reasons that I can't fathom, the PO plugged it off - maybe because it was a San Diego car that didn't need the bypass to warm up the engine.

Jud



J. K. Chapin

Brass on TD 4139 (Nov 1 1950)
Bruce Cunha

Bruce Cunha. happy New Year to you and others
on this BBS. On my TD 4490 nov 21 1950 there
is a brass fitting. but I have not the
original engin witch should be xpag td 4806.
the present engine now is xpagtd 29
The car was registered in CA on 00/00/51license number FGG609 as xpag 4806
owner bayley steven robert
sunnyvale CA. sold 05/23/75 to
Michael john
and margaret Jane FREMAN San jose CA

Thoralf NORWAY TD 4490
Thoralf Sorensen (TD4490)

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