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[John Patterson]

BlankHi Gang,
Today is a proud day for TC 7025 as he was born today 60 years ago. I wish the weather is good enough to give him a good drive,
but he is in the garage ready for winter hibernation. I will however have a pint or three to celebrate the occasion. I have proudly
owned this car for 52 of it's 60 years.
John Patterson, TC 7025, Frankfort, Michigan.








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[Richard A. Warren]

Having just rebuilt both a TC and a TD windscreen and running into
the same problem with both, one clearly has to get blanks (which moss
says it sells) and have the holes drilled to order at all corners. I
had to return mine to otherwise excellent Abingdon. One wonders how
the originals were assembled in the factory, perhaps in a jig that
lined everything up at once and squished it into place. Even the MG
gnomes could not have made my components fit. Dick

[John]

Here is the picture we used for our X-mas card this year with the caption
......and a bear in a partridge tree
Happy Holidays
John & Chris Patterson

ps My brother carved the bear holding the MG grill with a chain saw

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[Bill Harte]

Sent from my iPhone

[John]

BlankMerry Christmas and Happy New Year to all the MG lovers of the world.
May your engines purr and the tyres remain firm all thru the years of this great sport we all love so much.
Peace
John W. Patterson, TC 7025, Frankfort, Michigan






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[Richard A. Warren]

Gorilla glue is greatly overpriced. It's a simple urethane glue, and
you can buy the latter far cheaper as a generic. I have found that
it's most annoying property is that it also has a very short shelf
life; the bottle clots up in a hurry, so buy small bottles. White
glues are not really waterproof , and I have found that carpenter's
glues that claim that property are only so if not exposed to serious
moisture. The matchstick-Elmers approach works if the installation is
dry and there isn't too much torque and strain on the site of the
screw application. Epoxy's drawbacks are that it's dust is toxic when
you sand it , and it is not at all flexible; but it does get into
surrounding fibers and bond there. (For what it's worth: Resorcinol
glues are they way to go for true waterproofing and permanent bonding
-- they are two-part, and wouldn't be appropriate for screw holes,
but are definitely what I'd use at the joints if rebuilding a tub.)
Dick Warren

[Richard A. Warren]

Skip the dowel business entirely -- that's why I suggested mixing a
filler (fine sawdust or synthetic powder) into an epoxy base to form
the plug -- no splits. If you're using regular tapered screws, use a
tapered bit to drill pilot hole. Straight machine type screws a
straight bit is fine. Having a socket set up to take the screw is a
fine idea, but there are times, e.g. when the wood surface is hidden
behind sheet metal, that you cannot get at the aperture. Find a
neighbor who builds boats and show him your area of concern. Dick W

[Richard Carroll]

Hi Rick, I replaced the roll up window mechinism with power window units from my 1923
ford T, works great, and used duct tape around doors, A little hard geting in and out though.
Rich Carroll TA 2816




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[Mike and Doug Jansen]

Question.... TC1357 is in need of fresh paint on the wheels. I have noticed
that it appears the rims, spokes and inner hubs were all painted separately,
then assembled. Is this typically how it is done? Is this he way it was
done in the factory?

I have already decided to remove all the old paint via sand blasting, but do
not know what type of primer and final color to use. I have learned through
this forum that powder coating is a bad idea because the paint tends to chip
off over time.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance......

Mike Jansen
Kendallville, IN

[Richard A. Warren]

Learn not to cry. Your collection of comics probably got thrown out
too; think what Captain Marvel would be worth today. With cars it was
always storage space and parents not willing to have the precious
Model A in the garage. For me it was a working 1930 Austin London
Taxi. It could turn on its own diameter. Had to hand crank it
because windings were shot. Two 12v batteries in parallel. We loaned
it to Wellesley College for an outdoor summer production of Pygmalion
so that Eliza Doolittle could be driven on Stage -- great cheers in
audience, whereupon it died and after futile cranking, but no broken
thumbs, it had to be pushed off stage -- more cheers. My dad sold it
for a song because he wouldn't store it; smart man, but I yearn for
its idiosyncrasies. Dick Warren