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Re: Flat bumpers for TCs
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2001 2:54 pm
by CFritz7001@aol.com
I've always heard (and believed) that tne flat bumpers in the US came
from Inskip Motors in NYC. They were the main distributor for the Eastern
part of the US. I still have the brackets for these, but lost the bars
themselves in about 1955 or '56. As a result, I have a pair of Stainless
steel nerf bars on the front, and a replica "Inskip" bar on the rear of my
TC. (When I bought her in 9/53, she wore a pair of "Kalifornia Kustom"
tubular monstrosities which had been installed by a previous owner; I threw
them away almost immediately [no Ebay in those days; today someone would
probably buy the ugly things and think he'd done a good thing!!]
Regards,
Carl Fritz
TC # 6756 (Betsy)
VA # 2009 S (Abigail)
Gainesville, Florida
Re: Flat bumpers for TCs
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2001 6:12 am
by oldmgdoc@aol.com
Hi Carl, THe flat TC bumpers originaly were fitted to the 3 wheel Harley Davidson motorcycles. The brackets were fabracted to fit the TC's. Mike Goodman
Re: Flat bumpers for TCs
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2001 12:30 pm
by Ray
I have an old Moss catalog, showing the strange "antenna" bumpers as a Moss
product.
It also shows Mr. Moss' foot in a photo, advertised as "foot-in photo by
mistake"!!
Best,
Ray
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Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Flat bumpers for TCs
> I've always heard (and believed) that tne flat bumpers in the US came
> from Inskip Motors in NYC. They were the main distributor for the Eastern
> part of the US. I still have the brackets for these, but lost the bars
> themselves in about 1955 or '56. As a result, I have a pair of Stainless
> steel nerf bars on the front, and a replica "Inskip" bar on the rear of my
> TC. (When I bought her in 9/53, she wore a pair of "Kalifornia Kustom"
> tubular monstrosities which had been installed by a previous owner; I
threw
> them away almost immediately [no Ebay in those days; today someone would
> probably buy the ugly things and think he'd done a good thing!!]
> Regards,
> Carl Fritz
> TC # 6756 (Betsy)
> VA # 2009 S (Abigail)
> Gainesville, Florida
>
>
>
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Re: Flat bumpers for TCs
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2001 12:48 pm
by Joe Gates
Perhaps more likey inserted as a foot note?
Joe Gates
TC 8675
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Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Flat bumpers for TCs
> I have an old Moss catalog, showing the strange "antenna" bumpers as a
Moss
> product.
> It also shows Mr. Moss' foot in a photo, advertised as "foot-in photo by
> mistake"!!
> Best,
> Ray
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> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 4:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Flat bumpers for TCs
>
>
> > I've always heard (and believed) that tne flat bumpers in the US
came
> > from Inskip Motors in NYC. They were the main distributor for the
Eastern
> > part of the US. I still have the brackets for these, but lost the bars
> > themselves in about 1955 or '56. As a result, I have a pair of
Stainless
> > steel nerf bars on the front, and a replica "Inskip" bar on the rear of
my
> > TC. (When I bought her in 9/53, she wore a pair of "Kalifornia Kustom"
> > tubular monstrosities which had been installed by a previous owner; I
> threw
> > them away almost immediately [no Ebay in those days; today someone would
> > probably buy the ugly things and think he'd done a good thing!!]
> > Regards,
> > Carl Fritz
> > TC # 6756 (Betsy)
> > VA # 2009 S (Abigail)
> > Gainesville, Florida
> >
> >
> >
> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>
Re: Flat bumpers for TCs
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2001 1:02 pm
by David and Joyce Edgar
>It also shows Mr. Moss' foot in a photo, advertised as "foot-in photo by
>mistake"!!
>Best,
>Ray
Originally it was the tip of his shoe that showed but was listed as a toe.
It is still in the catalogs though and depicted as a toe now.
Look under the oil pan on the External Engine page of your MGT catalog.
Part #68 Part # 459-299. Not Available anymore. Probably ran out
of stock after selling two.
David Edgar, TC 5108
El Cajon, California
Re: Flat bumpers for TCs
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2001 3:18 pm
by sculptart@aol.com
To David and all,
I must admit I never noticed the toe in the Moss catalog! While looking for it, I found it listed in the UK version of the Moss catalog as TOE, (whoops!), same part number. The UK catalog also has a flying toaster, illustration No. 84...listed as "LUVVLY," found on page 25.
Who says the fine folks at Moss don't have a sense of humor (humour to those of you using the UK catalog!).
My best from snowy and cold Colorado, Ben
Re: Flat bumpers for TCs
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2001 4:37 pm
by DickShaler@aol.com
Ben, That "toe" belongs to Al Moss who inadvertently while photographing a
bunch of parts laid out on a tarp, got the fore of his shoe in the picture.
Al was the one with the sense of humor since he gave it a part number along
with the rest of the items. To the credit of subsequent proprietors of MM
they have kept the "misstep" alive.
Cheers, Dick Shaler
TC 5905 & Others
Re: Flat bumpers for TCs
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2001 8:43 pm
by Want1937hd@aol.com
Jury is still out on that one. The Harley bars are shorter. Bob TC 4956
Hi Carl, THe flat TC bumpers originaly were fitted to the 3 wheel Harley Davidson motorcycles. The brackets were fabracted to fit the TC's. Mike Goodman