Bob;
Great information on the EXU's!
I did contact Roger Furneaux as I said at the beginning of this thread, who
provided me with the production date and engine #, but no indication of EXU
status.
With regards to the other indicators;
Car had no gas tank end plates.
no spare tire rack.
Must check for the reinforcements for the horns.
No instuments, therefore no speedo. However, did have a 30 MPH warning
lamp.
Had center dash plate with inspection lamp sockets.
So, I do believe that is a 'home' model after all. At any rate I completed
the restoration under the assumption that it was a home model including the
placement of the horn and fog lamp on the badge bar (also all missing).
Ps This car sounds a bit like the Tickford that guy sold you!
Dave Osborn
TC 10217
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Grunau [mailto:
cgrunau@pathcom.com]
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 10:14 AM
To: Dave Osborn
Cc: T-ABCs Forever
Subject: RE: [mg-tabc] Your TC
Hi Dave,
I have an EXU TC and can answer questions concerning these models.
Chassis number can be forwarded to Roger Furneaux who can then give you
engine number and date it left factory and I believe if it had an EXU
designation.
There are no holes for rear signal lights, the wires go up inside the gas
tank ends.
There are no extra holes for bumpers, they used the spare wheel carrier
mounting bolts at the rear and shock bolts at the front.
Extra holes on each side of scuttle for EXU horns were re-inforced on the
inside with a small sheet metal "channel", about 1 1/2" wide and full length
of battery box.
Thirty light connection on the speedo means nothing, a lot of cars had this
feature which was usually not connected.
EXU center dash panel has no inspection light socket as this was replaced by
the signal light switch. Switch is in the metal dash panel, not under. Also
instruments/switches are different from "ordinary" TC.
There are a couple more diffrences, but if the majority of stuff you got
does not conform to EXU TC, I would assume it's a regular TC. Nothin' wrong
with that, in fact larger headlights and no bumpers make it a more
attractive looking car. IMHO.
Bob
Ps:Still thinking about Tickford restoration, now if the guy that sold me
the car would just come up with the missing parts I'd be "Home Free".
You are absolutely correct, Carl. My dilemma is that I found my car as a
complete basket case with no ID plates at all on either car or
engine........only thing to go by was the chassis #. However, we found no
bumpers, and no holes for rear turn signals (there was no wiring harness).
Interesting that there were some 'extra' holes in the firewall (scuttle)
that may have been for horns, but these may have been drilled later, and no
horns found in the boxes of parts. I was wondering when or if the factory
stopped producing the EXU's or did they produce both models simultaneously
on the production line right up till the end. I hope that I am not the only
one who finds this subject of interest.
Dave Osborn
TC 10217
Dave,
I would think that your TC is a "Home" model by virtue of its having a
"Thirtylight" and no "EXU" in conjunction with its chassis number. (Since
you did not mention that point, I assume it wasn't there.).
EXUs had some other differences, including turn signals (extra tail
lights mounted on the upper sides of the tank, and a rather unusual set of
relays to operate the signals), and bumpers (somewhat similar to those on a
TD).
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Carl Fritz
TC # 6756 (Betsy)
VA # 2009 S (Abigail)
Gainesville, Florida
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