B C Steering & Originality

[Roger Furneaux]

>Ray - you were only kidding, right? some guys just don't get irony... > >BTW just heard the news today - Spike Milligan passed away. If you never >heard of him, I don't think a few words would ever make you understand his >zany brand of humour. The rest of us are just a little sadder... > >TCRoger >Remember: its only humour that makes the world go round... > >>I am in the process of building a "modern" TC for daily usage. >>So far, I have gone with a MGB engine (keeping it in the family), with a >>Datsun 5 speed box hooked to a narrowed Ford 8 inch rear end with the TC >>spring locaters welded to it. I am considering a 4 link rear suspension >>because of the weakness of the springs, but we will give it a try first. >>I found that I could use the add-on splines so as to keep the large wheels. >>The Ford rear end has a 4.56 ratio which may be too much for the engine. >>The body is made of aluminum with fiberglass fenders. It looks stock! >>I may go with disc brakes in the front, behind dust shields so they look >>like drums. As I have gone to a M/C from Wildewood, I can use a booster for >>better stopping. >>I had a heck of a time getting the brakes to work properly with the >>adjustable balance valve, but Ford SVO comes through again! >>There is a fellow in Minnesota who will redo the original instruments, >>putting in modern guts so that they will work with the MSD ignition box, as >>well as making the rest of the gauges electronic. No more darn failures. >>I think this car will make a great daily driver, and it looks stock being a >>logical extension of the TC. >>I plan on keeping the TB stock, but I figure that with 10000 or so TC's, I >>am doing this one a favor by using it on a regular basis. >>I agree that updating and modernizing is the way to go! >>Best Regards, >>Ray

[paulhuck@bellsouth.net]

I was thinking of using a Peterbuilt frame, tandem rear axels and cummins diesel to cruise on the interstate. I haven;t decided on the bath and unit yet, but I could put a TC ID place in the shower stall. PTH

----- Original Message ----- From: BADGER mrbadger@cox.net> To: MG-TABC mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com>; Ray spook01@home.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 6:48 AM Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] B C Steering & Originality > So, if I take a TC chassis plate and bolt it to a Buick, I've got myself a > TC? > > > > > > Sure it's a TC...it has a TC serial number! > > Best Regards, > > Ray > > "Remember- It's the collision with the planet that counts!" > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "BADGER" mrbadger@cox.net> > > To: "MG-TABC" mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com>; "Ray" spook01@home.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 5:57 AM > > Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] B C Steering & Originality > > > > > > > Ray, > > > It is rather ludicrous to refer to the contraption you are building > there > > as > > > a "modern TC" (now there's an oxymoron of titanic proportions). > Clearly, > > it > > > is a good old fashioned hot rod, plain and simple. Actually, I like a > > good > > > hot rod (emphasis on "good") so long as it is creatively designed, well > > > engineered, and artfully constructed. Judging by your description, the > > car > > > you have in mind to make is neither "modern" nor, a "TC". > > > > > > A contemporary version of a TC would more likely be something like a > Mazda > > > Miata (MX-5) as these are cheap and cheerful little cars, very sporting > in > > > character, if not exactly "state of the art" much in the same way the TC > > was > > > in its day. > > > > > > Better get those brakes right as the problem is not only the planet. > > > Sometimes it's that 18 wheeler locking its brakes up in front of you on > > the > > > motorway. > > > > > > Badger, who has also built hot rods and who feels in his heart one > > should > > > either "keep it stock" - or - let one's imagination run wild and truly > > build > > > something nobody in the this galaxy has ever seen before. Anything in > the > > > middle is only tepid tea. > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Ray" spook01@home.com> > > > To: PCamp@pearsons-enfield.co.uk>; mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com>; "Murray > > > Arundell" arundell@ecn.net.au> > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 6:23 PM > > > Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] B C Steering & Originality > > > > > > > > > > Guys, > > > > I am in the process of building a "modern" TC for daily usage. > > > > So far, I have gone with a MGB engine (keeping it in the family), with > a > > > > Datsun 5 speed box hooked to a narrowed Ford 8 inch rear end with the > TC > > > > spring locaters welded to it. I am considering a 4 link rear > suspension > > > > because of the weakness of the springs, but we will give it a try > first. > > > > I found that I could use the add-on splines so as to keep the large > > > wheels. > > > > The Ford rear end has a 4.56 ratio which may be too much for the > engine. > > > > The body is made of aluminum with fiberglass fenders. It looks stock! > > > > I may go with disc brakes in the front, behind dust shields so they > look > > > > like drums. As I have gone to a M/C from Wildewood, I can use a > booster > > > for > > > > better stopping. > > > > I had a heck of a time getting the brakes to work properly with the > > > > adjustable balance valve, but Ford SVO comes through again! > > > > There is a fellow in Minnesota who will redo the original instruments, > > > > putting in modern guts so that they will work with the MSD ignition > box, > > > as > > > > well as making the rest of the gauges electronic. No more darn > > failures. > > > > I think this car will make a great daily driver, and it looks stock > > being > > > a > > > > logical extension of the TC. > > > > I plan on keeping the TB stock, but I figure that with 10000 or so > TC's, > > I > > > > am doing this one a favor by using it on a regular basis. > > > > I agree that updating and modernizing is the way to go! > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Ray > > > > "Remember- It's the collision with the planet that counts!" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >