Re: Update from Jim

[FDShade@aol.com]

Welcome to our 1204th member   Brashear, Foster ---foster@adastran.com---- Conifer, CO, USA    1948 TC 5522 XPAG 6167   who writes:   I have had this car for a long time. I always wanted one, even when I was a kid. I grew up in Denver, and when I was in high school I happened upon a book in the school library called The Red Car which was about a kid in Colorado who got a TC that had been wrecked on a mountain road. I just looked the book up on AMAZON, and surprisingly, it is still around! Reading the reviews I realized that a lot of young people were touched by the book, and of course, the little red car. Later, when I was married and living in Southern California, I ended up living across the street from a guy who had a TC. I badgered him for about a year until he sold it to me. It was a little ratty, had a lot of mismatched parts, plastic seat covers from Tijuana, etc., but I didn t care. It was red and I loved it. It was a sad day when it burst into flames one day a few months after I bought it. I later found out that it had some non-stock high-pressure fuel pump that had caused the problem. I was extremely distressed. I was a backyard mechanic, but fixing something like this was way beyond me. Luckily, I found Mike Goodman s Moss Motors on Venice boulevard in LA. Mike was a full-on expert on T-cars and took pity on the kid with the burned up TC. He made me an extremely generous offer: He said he would give me a bay in his garage, sell me parts at a discount, and lend me his tools and his expertise, but only if I would promise to do a full restoration, and do it right. I didn t have much money so it took a long time, but eventually we sent to England for the leather, rounded up all of the missing parts, and fixed everything. We took the body off of the frame, sandblasted, had new lacquer paint, rebuilt the engine and transmission, and did in fact, do it right. Mike just wouldn t have it any other way. It was extremely beautiful, and I showed it a lot. The high point was the Concours at Pebble Beach. We got second in class, behind an immaculate TA Tickford drophead coupe. It was a great day! I was hired by a company in Boston and took the car with me, but really never got into the show scene there. Eventually I came back to Colorado and bought a house in Conifer. The car was mothballed in my garage, up on blocks, since 1982. It was last registered in 1973! A couple of months ago I decided to get it on the road again, and maybe (shudder) even sell it. It s all shined up now, and is in fact currently listed on ebay, but only until tomorrow. I still love the car, and the T community. Whether or not I sell it, I would like to be a member of your club. Best regards, Foster Brashear, Conifer, CO, (303) 324-4972 === and - for MGTC's in movies, see         http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=mg&model=tc === and that's it for now from Jim Shade
West Covina CA USA

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Welcome to our 1204th  member             Morris, Doug------dougmoz47@yahoo.co.uk---------Towcester, UK             1947 TC 2264    XPAG 1275         who writes - "undergoing chassis up restoration".      === and - if you are looking for someone to restore your car           see ->   Safety Fast! Restoration    === and - That's if for now from   Jim Shade
West Covina CA USA      

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Welcome to our new member      White, David ----- dg573@btinternet.com ---- Bromham,Wiltshire,UK             1946 TC 0720  XPAG 1426   who writes:  I have owned her since 1966 when I bought her in a dismantled state in Cyprus, while serving with the RAF there. Rebuilt and brought back to the UK in 1969.   === and - If you live in the UK, you might take a look at                British Motor Heritage Limited   === and - If you have some spare money, take a look at           http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/mg/tc/1426398.html   === and - That's it for now from   Jim Shade
West Covina CA USA

[Peter Lund]

Whooaaaa!  Nice.  

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On Dec 16, 2012, at 10:08 AM, FDShade@aol.com wrote:

 
Welcome to our new member      White, David ----- dg573@btinternet.com ---- Bromham,Wiltshire,UK             1946 TC 0720  XPAG 1426   who writes:  I have owned her since 1966 when I bought her in a dismantled state in Cyprus, while serving with the RAF there. Rebuilt and brought back to the UK in 1969.   === and - If you live in the UK, you might take a look at                British Motor Heritage Limited   === and - If you have some spare money, take a look at           http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/mg/tc/1426398.html   === and - That's it for now from   Jim Shade
West Covina CA USA

[FDShade@aol.com]

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1. [url=file:///C:\Users\Steve\AppData\Local\PG Offline 4\Attachments\\mg_santa.jpg]mg_santa.jpg[/url]

Welcome to our 1208th member   Nebauer, Thomas ---thomas.nebauer@salzburg-ag.at----- Salzburg, Austria     1937 TA 1800 MPJG 6813   === and - Here's wishing you and yours a           VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS                            [img]cid:X.MA1.1356025798@aol.com[/img]     Jim Shade
West Covina CA USA

[Clifford J. Lockrow]

Attachments : BUT SANTA IS NOT DRIVING...THE REINDER IS DRIVING!!!!!    

----- Original Message ----- From: sculptart@hotmail.com To: fdshade@aol.com ; mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 2:08 PM Subject: RE: [mg-tabc] Update from Jim
 
Jim,
 
Thank you for the e-Christmas card!
 
By coincidence, it is almost exactly like the MG-TABC Christmas ornament I have for sale on ebay, #170952999412 with Santa driving and his favorite reindeer as nervous passenger.
 
As a reminder, this ornament has only one day left for the 2012 casting run after which they will not be available. Your car number may be engraved on the ornament by including a comment upon purchase.
 
Happy Motoring Holidays everyone and thank you again for the fun card Jim.

Ben Cordsen in Colorado




 
To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com
From: FDShade@aol.com
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:50:01 -0500
Subject: [mg-tabc] Update from Jim [1 Attachment]

  [Attachment(s) from FDShade@aol.com included below] Welcome to our 1208th member   Nebauer, Thomas ---thomas.nebauer@salzburg-ag.at----- Salzburg, Austria     1937 TA 1800 MPJG 6813   === and - Here's wishing you and yours a           VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS                            [img]cid:12083DF56C744C2BA2DBA87619A7AFC4@YOUR8D60784E1D[/img]     Jim Shade
West Covina CA USA

[Dennis Nelson]

Attachments :The fat man has had too much egg nog!!!
Dennis NelsonManassas, VA

On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Clifford J. Lockrow wrote:

BUT SANTA IS NOT DRIVING...THE REINDER IS DRIVING!!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: sculptart@hotmail.com To: fdshade@aol.com ; mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 2:08 PM Subject: RE: [mg-tabc] Update from Jim

Jim,

Thank you for the e-Christmas card!

By coincidence, it is almost exactly like the MG-TABC Christmas ornament I have for sale on ebay, #170952999412 with Santa driving and his favorite reindeer as nervous passenger.

As a reminder, this ornament has only one day left for the 2012 casting run after which they will not be available. Your car number may be engraved on the ornament by including a comment upon purchase.

Happy Motoring Holidays everyone and thank you again for the fun card Jim.

Ben Cordsen in Colorado





To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com
From: FDShade@aol.com
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:50:01 -0500
Subject: [mg-tabc] Update from Jim [1 Attachment]

[Attachment(s) from FDShade@aol.com included below] Welcome to our 1208th member Nebauer, Thomas ---thomas.nebauer@salzburg-ag.at----- Salzburg, Austria 1937 TA 1800 MPJG 6813 === and - Here's wishing you and yours a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS [img]cid:12083DF56C744C2BA2DBA87619A7AFC4@YOUR8D60784E1D[/img] Jim Shade
West Covina CA USA

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Welcome to our 1209th member       Morris, Jeff ----ifly@eircom.net  ------County Meath, Ireland         1948 TC 6406 TD engine      who writes:     "My name is Jeff Morris, I live in County Meath Ireland and I own TC 6406. I've owned it since 1983 and it's been off the road since 1986. I'm trying to get it together now before I get too old!
This car was built in Ireland from a CKD kit in 1948 as far as I know. when i got it it was in race trim with a bored out XPAG and I have an early TD unit in it now. It has an Aluminium body tub, but the rest is steel. It has standard wings.
At the moment it's a kit once again, but I am working away on it and hope to have it done within a year, anyhow.
  === and - from YouTube   I wonder whose car this is ?             1949 MG TC Starting newly rebuilt engine - YouTube           This 1949 MG TC is in our shop, Rumbleseat Restorations being restored. The engine and transmission were in terrible shape and had to be rebuilt completely, including machining, a new crank, con rods etc. Finding these parts in North America was difficult, time consuming and expensive but the engine is back together and running great. This is the first time the car was started since being rebuilt. www.rumbleseatrestorations.com   === and - That's it for now from   Jim Shade
West Covina CA USA

[D&J Edgar]

Re: [mg-tabc] Update from Jim Per the Rumbleseat Restorations website they are located in Mission, B.C. Canada (just east of Vancouver) so perhaps belongs to someone living near there.  We have several members from around that area that might know of the TC on YouTube.

David Edgar, TC 5108
El Cajon, California

On 12/29/12 8:12 AM, "FDShade@aol.com" wrote:

Welcome to our 1209th member

   Morris, Jeff ----ifly@eircom.net  ------County Meath, Ireland
        1948 TC 6406 TD engine
 
   who writes:
 
 "My name is Jeff Morris, I live in County Meath Ireland and I own TC 6406. I've owned it since 1983 and it's been off the road since 1986. I'm trying to get it together now before I get too old!
This car was built in Ireland from a CKD kit in 1948 as far as I know. when i got it it was in race trim with a bored out XPAG and I have an early TD unit in it now. It has an Aluminium body tub, but the rest is steel. It has standard wings.
At the moment it's a kit once again, but I am working away on it and hope to have it done within a year, anyhow.
 
=== and - from YouTube   I wonder whose car this is ?

          1949 MG TC Starting newly rebuilt engine - YouTube  
 
        This 1949 MG TC is in our shop, Rumbleseat Restorations being restored. The engine and transmission were in terrible shape and had to be rebuilt completely, including machining, a new crank, con rods etc. Finding these parts in North America was difficult, time consuming and expensive but the engine is back together and running great. This is the first time the car was started since being rebuilt. www.rumbleseatrestorations.com
 
=== and - That's it for now from
 
Jim Shade
West Covina CA USA

[FDShade@aol.com]

Welcome to our         Wilson,Monte------monte_wilson2000@yahoo.com----Santa Barbara, CA,USA             1949,TC 9657,XPAG 10834   === MG TA/TB/TC/TD/TF Car/Engine/BodyNumbers         http://www.niagarabritishcarclub.org/mgtnumbers/numbers.html   === - and That's  it for now from   Jim Shade
West Covina CA USA