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MG TD TF 1500 - TD Battery box

Could anybody let me know the dimensions of the battery strap (length,hole pitch and shape) also the length of the hooks, photo would help.
I live in an area in UK in Tier 3 (severe) lock down and can't go out of my area. We were helping a club member get her TD back on the road after 40 or so years. Now all on hold so trying to get fiddly things done at home.
Ray TF 2884
Ray Lee

Ray the best photographic reference is Chris Couper's gallery which shows largely unmolested cars. My car is 8 klm from where I live and although I do have the original components and info that you seek, the meds I'm on won't allow me to drive to and work on the TD. I have to rely on the 'boss' to get around Sydney and she has little interest in and is somewhat bemused by my passion for T Types. Cheers
Peter TD 5801
P Hehir

If my battery bracket is original, and I believe it is,(except for the chrome plating) the length is 13 3/4 inches, the height 1 1/4 inch, the hooks are 4 3/4 inches long, and there are two holes for the hooks at each end, one 1/2 from the end and one 1 1/2 inch from the end. Hope this is useful.



John Quilter (TD8986)

Ray. If TF dimensions are same I can measure mine for you. PM me or phone. Neil.
N D Wallace

Hi Neil,
this info was for Dorothey's car and John's measurements are the same as the TF so I will make one up.

For the BBS, Neil, myself and John Gaskell, Octagon car club members are helping another member get her TD back on the road. It was laid up 40 years ago and has been re-tubbed. We were doing well until Covid struck and it has been stop/start till now, I am not allowed to leave my area never mind mix with anybody the work is at a standstill.
Ray TF 2884
Ray Lee

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N D Wallace

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