Wilsons Sandbox

digitaldon recalls that (early days in province of Ontario {Canada, you
blokes in OZ}) Ontario law required all right hand vehicles to have "Right
Hand Drive" lettered on a rear fender (wing, you Britskys). Our local post
guy had a right hand drive Model A Ford (only one I ever saw). Just the
thing, since in Ontario, all the post boxes (in the boondocks) are on the
starboard side of the road. When digitaldon acquired 7993, it had such a
message on there. However, one could lose this abomination by simply going
to Canadian Tire and getting (cheep), a column mounted turn signal lever
(trafficator, Britskys), & associated circuitry. There it is today, right
under 7993's Brooklands wheel.

Don
TC 7993
Grand Island NY
(& Black Creek Ont.)

Terry in Vancouver wrote :

>Plimley Motors who were the importers of MGs in British Columbia fitted

antenna bumpers to all TCs, they also fitted turn signals. My guess is
that the turn signals were a motor vehical regulation requirement for
cars with RHD of which there were quite a few in the 1940s but the
others had semaphore arms. The bumpers were heavy duty and well
proportioned, much better than the rather flimsy ones sold by Moss. I
heard about a year ago that Phil Johnston in Edmonton was remanufacuring
them. Terry in Vancouver

I have been asking about the Phil Johnston bars for a couple of years. Are they available now? How do you contact Phil??

Donald Wilkinson wrote:digitaldon recalls that (early days in province of Ontario {Canada, you
blokes in OZ}) Ontario law required all right hand vehicles to have "Right
Hand Drive" lettered on a rear fender (wing, you Britskys). Our local post
guy had a right hand drive Model A Ford (only one I ever saw). Just the
thing, since in Ontario, all the post boxes (in the boondocks) are on the
starboard side of the road. When digitaldon acquired 7993, it had such a
message on there. However, one could lose this abomination by simply going
to Canadian Tire and getting (cheep), a column mounted turn signal lever
(trafficator, Britskys), & associated circuitry. There it is today, right
under 7993's Brooklands wheel.

Don
TC 7993
Grand Island NY
(& Black Creek Ont.)

Terry in Vancouver wrote :

>Plimley Motors who were the importers of MGs in British Columbia fitted

antenna bumpers to all TCs, they also fitted turn signals. My guess is
that the turn signals were a motor vehical regulation requirement for
cars with RHD of which there were quite a few in the 1940s but the
others had semaphore arms. The bumpers were heavy duty and well
proportioned, much better than the rather flimsy ones sold by Moss. I
heard about a year ago that Phil Johnston in Edmonton was remanufacuring
them. Terry in Vancouver<





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