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#723 ·
Half a Service Completed

MGTF, fitted new camcover gasket, new plugs, coils, leads and petrol filter. Cleaned and re-oiled air filter.

Next to come oil change for engine and gearbox. ( plus more on my list)

Fitted new rear glas screen.

( must admit this all took 2 days not one!)
 
#726 ·
Phwoooaar! A fleet of TFs.
I'm showing that to the Mrs, who caught me looking at another (Le Mans) Green 135 the other day.

Just driven 9 miles to work in the snow. Had to leave the top up as it was frozen solid. Absolutely no drama, but the car does tell you when you're getting to the limits of grip. It's very subtle, but you can feel when things are getting slippery underfoot.
Our Alfa has a trick gearbox and traction control- it's very able (winter tyres on), but on the one occasion the car let go on the ice it came completely out of the blue. From feeling secure to going sideways in half a second flat.
 
#729 ·
MGJohn said:
A question... Where's the Kinversand Ti ?
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Sadly its sitting in a garden about a mile away with my silver F, more depressingly its looking very sorry for itself due to lacquer peal and moss growth, however; body is still in good condition and interior still very good, but hasn't run for about 4-5 years. Was last on the road in 2009 and only took it off the road then as I couldn't afford to run 3 cars and a bike at the same time
 
#734 ·
I have to be honest and say that I am struggling to understand why anyone would need or want so many.

Each to their own of course - enjoy!
 
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#735 ·
IanMc said:
I have to be honest and say that I am struggling to understand why anyone would need or want so many.

Each to their own of course - enjoy!
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I know a good reason apart from being a keen enthusiast for the little cars.

Nice ones can be picked up for relatively little money now. There is a steady stream of them in my local breaker yard too. 2-3 a month. Sometimes four, even nice ones taken in part exchange by the local "Arthur Daleys" who no longer see them as nice little earners as was once the case so off to the auctions or breaker yards. So matter of time before that current supply of nice ones dries up. The reason they are no longer considered nice little earners in the trade is due mainly to trading rules and constraints. Not worth the risk selling those from the lot because of that. This creates an impression within car buyer circles that the cars are of little value. Thus many otherwise fine little cars meet a premature end.

Yes, whatever the cost, look after those little cars for a few years and they will appreciate in value much more so than leaving the money in the bank with near zero interest. I have one for four years now which I drive in the nicer weather. Bought as an MoT failure with a long list of easy DIY fix fails which I sorted. I had a spare set of nicer wheels for the car which I fitted. I sold the car's original wheel set with near new Continental tyres for what I paid for the car. I declined a recent offer for it which was over three times what I paid for it.

I met dert years ago and I suspect he knows full well that his little collection of cars will only increase in value. Good for him. He can take off SORN and drive some of them too which is another bonus. If I had a nice dry secure barn I would do the same. For the car enthusiast, far better than leaving the money in the bank. Double bonus.

How best to answer folks who enquire why you have so many old cars. With a BIG smile... Sorted.... ;)
 
#736 ·
(Also as an enthusiast), I understand every point that you have made. But I am still struggling....

Given enough (covered) space to keep them dry and money to maintain them, I might consider a similar number of vehicles myself. However, they certainly wouldn't all be MG's, there are too many other 'Classic' makes and models that I admire.

As I said before though, each to their own. It's a good job that we are not all the same.
 
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IanMc said:
(Also as an enthusiast), I understand every point that you have made. But I am still struggling....

Given enough (covered) space to keep them dry and money to maintain them, I might consider a similar number of vehicles myself. However, they certainly wouldn't all be MG's, there are too many other 'Classic' makes and models that I admire.

As I said before though, each to their own. It's a good job that we are not all the same.
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Each to their own does apply every time.

The "Joe Average Guy" with limited resources, for such things as I previously suggested, it is best to specialise so all of a same kind makes sense from many angles. Owning, driving and working on mainly MGs since the 1960s, I have a good range of skills acquired as a result. Also a range of tools including those essential to the marque. I have an extensive skill set as result. Of course, many of those skills can be applied to any old cars, they all are much of a muchness under the bonnets and wheel arches.

I have owned Fords, Vauxhalls, Opels and even a Fiat 500 during that half century of car ownership. Some others I've long since forgotten about. However, working on T, O, M, S, A, B and K-Series Engine cars I could almost do that blindfolded as I'm so familiar with them. So that's why I and no doubt others specialise.

Buy some of the last MGs and Rovers to emerge from the Longbridge now because of the reasons outlined in my previous post, they are currently very cheap. Even nice ones can be picked up for relatively little outlay. Do that wisely and patiently you will not lose money.

Just wish I was a few years younger with more energy and access to a large covered storage space. I'd buy every good one I can find.

Mowog73's view from the other side of the pond is spot on. North Americans have loved their MGs since those over here in the 1940s for the war effort took some early ones back home after the hostilities. A few years later they bought MGBs by the shed load and they are still highly regarded over there.

I have exchanged views with several US MG enthusiasts who dearly would love to import an MGF... US laws currently put a block on that but .... nothing lasts forever.

My 1996 MGF is BRG... :) ...
 
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#739 ·
I have a December-built 1995 MGF (N-reg) that I may flog once the US is open to MGF importation.

I know that a hand-full of Rover 75/MG-ZT/ZT-T/ZRs have already made their way into Canada, and there are a couple SVs here. MG TFs are beginning to get imported as well. These are great cars and many of us here in Canada are really glad to get our hands on them, even if 15 years late.

I hope 'you guys' start to appreciate what great cars Rover/MG Rover made before they really start disappearing.
 
#740 ·
five of the cars in the picture would have ended up in a scrappy if I hadn't bought them, ok, some still need work, water pump on one, the windscreen changed on another, one got an electrical problem which is baffling me. Two need engines sorted which are my fault due to not changing timing belt and having teeth strip off the belt, both of these had an mot for less than a month when belts went and both had extensive work done just prior to MOT.

Two are MOT'd taxed and insured, the anthracite TF 160 in the picture would be taxed, etc as well if it wasn't the fact I've another three vehicles fully road legal.

My biggest problem is, due to having so many, I've just done the easy repairs (lower arms, subframe mounts, welding, etc.) to get back on the road rather than the engine jobs which need doing meaning I end up in the "do that next week" mode and then put it off.

What have I done to my F/TF today, wrote the above and used my 75th as a daily drive as usual :)
 
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