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MG TD TF 1500 - wood materials

Have been sanding the wood in the TD and noted that the body wood appears to be different from the wood that separates the tub from the firewall.

The body wood is a light color (Ash?). The front wood is a more red color.

Anyone give me the answer.

Bruce Cunha

Here is the wood in the back of the tub

Bruce Cunha

It was all Ash originally (as far as we know).
The only factory sub that would have been considered suitable in period, is probably Beech (widely used for furniture making at the time). But no evidence it was used.
Dave H
Dave Hill

Dave, didn't they use Beech in some floorboards? PJ
PJ Jennings

Mahogany for the floorboards and rear boot boards. Not sure about the backing board for the fuel tank.
Christopher Couper

Wood idenification can be tricky even with a sample in your hand so dont hold me to these!
I wouldn't be happy calling either of those ash from the pics. The second (rear) appears to show some of the tiny flecks common to beech but the growth lines are usually less distinct. The ply is probably rotary cut which doesn't show a regular radial or tangential grain pattern but I would opt for some sort of pine.
I'm afraid the orange wood is a little out of focus (grainy!). If it's an American replacement it's out of my range.
C I Twidle

I wasn't attempting to identify them, just state what was used, or likely to be used in the frame at the time,
Ply most likely to be mahogany or birch.
Dave H
Dave Hill

the SECOND PICTURE SUGGESTS TO ME wHITE OAK, COLOR GRAIN AND TANNIC RESPONSE (BLACK) TO HARDWARE. the FIRST PICTURE COULD BE RED OAK OR MAHOGANY, CAN'T TELL WITHOUT CLEARER GRAIN OR POSSIBLE HARDNESS (MAHOGANY SOFT ENOUGH TO GOUGE WITH NAIL )
JON LEVINE

White oak splinters and would not be a mfg first second or third choice. I have been a cabinet maker for over 40 years. The wood in the picture does not look like any American white oak I have ever worked with.
Regards, Tom
tm peterson

I sanded the inner edge today. Definately two Grain is visible in the whiter wood.

I am thinking the edge the hood rubber attaches to is mahogany. This is a late 1950 TD.

From the wear and the screws, I can't think this has been changed since the factory.



Bruce Cunha

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