Hi Rocky!
Well..., since it is mostly MG, we won't kick you out ;-). Particularly
since you owned a TC as your first car.
I, for one, am curious to know who made your TF 1800. At one time there
was a company in England called Hutson that made a TF 1800 for export,
but I believe it was steel and the more obvious way to spot one is that
it didn't have "suicide" doors and it had a flush-mount door handle. I
think there was also a reproduction made in Brazil, but I think it was
also steel. I saw one in Dallas, but I didn't get close enough to figure
out what kind of motor it had.
I can't help you with the taillight lens, as all mine are square, but
good luck!
David Littlefield
Houston, TX
'62 MGA MkII
'51 MGTD
'88 Jaguar XJ-S
On Mon, 04 Jan 1999 14:51:20 -0600 Rocky Frisco
<rockyfrisco@earthlink.net> writes:
>I'm Rocky Frisco, from Oklahoma, USA. I'm active on the Mini-List and
>own four Minis, one racing 1965 Cooper S, one rusty 850, one poor
>smashed Mark IV Cooper S that was my pride & joy ("Rocky's 3" in Mini
>World, April 98) until it was crunched by a careless lady driver who
>ran
>a stop sign, and a new bodyshell and subframes for the re-build.
>
>While I'm working on my Cooper S, I'm driving an "MG TF 1800."
>It's essentially an MGB on a special frame with a fiberglass TF body.
>All of the chrome trim, the hood and sidecurtains are from original
>TF
>and it drives and feels like a TF (on steroids).
>
>The account of the rebuild is at:
>http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/6437/fixlug.htm
>
>and a picture of the "TF" is at:
>http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/6437/mg-tf.gif
>
>My first car, bought with money saved from a newspaper route, was a
>1949
>red TC, bought in 1956, so this TF sort-of-replicar is a real kick to
>drive (except that it's *very* cold here right now: about 20 f.).
>
>I hope I'll be welcome here even though the TF has a plastic suit of
>clothes on; if it were a VW-based job, I probably would just lurk
>behind
>the shrubbery until I made sure nobody was armed. ;)
>
>I also raced MGA's in the 60's and do all my own mechanical and
>body-prep work, so I might occasionally be a source of good advice &
>spares.
>
>Right now, I'm looking for one of the red glass round tail-lamp
>lenses
>(one is cracked); anybody got a spare for sale?
>
>-Rock
>--
>Rocky, JJ Cale Band & Pratchett Books: http://www.rocky-frisco.com
>Rocky's Mini Cooper Page: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/6437/
>Mini Books: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/6437/rockboox.html
>
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