Early TC Right Front Wing

[Doug Pelton]

Greetings to all, While fitting my TC wings I just discovered that my front wings don't match. I have 1 early model right front wing and 1 late model left front wing TC. They came with the car disassembled and are both in pristine condition in primer and looked like a matched pair. Once installed it was immediately obvious they were not. Does anyone have a late model front wing in excellent condition that they would be willing to swap for a "like new original" early model front right wing or sell outright?. The early model TC wing has a deeper cutout than the late model. If you put a string between the front tip of each fender and then measure the depth of the cutout, from the string, you will find: Early model depth: 4 3/4" Late model depth: 3 1/2" Reference TC's Forever: page 58 for a picture and 189. Regards, Doug Pelton Mesa, AZ 48 & 49 TC EXU's

[mrbond100@earthlink.net]

I own EXU 7425 and I also have an early front right wing and a late left wing. I have read about other TC cars with similar combinations of early and late parts. Does any one know if this sort of mixing was normal at the Abingdon factory? Mike Bond TC, TD and MGB Macon, Georgia -----Original Message----- From: Doug Pelton DougPelton@cox.net> Sent: Feb 5, 2005 9:47 PM To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com Subject: [mg-tabc] Early TC Right Front Wing Greetings to all, While fitting my TC wings I just discovered that my front wings don't match. I have 1 early model right front wing and 1 late model left front wing TC. They came with the car disassembled and are both in pristine condition in primer and looked like a matched pair. Once installed it was immediately obvious they were not. Does anyone have a late model front wing in excellent condition that they would be willing to swap for a "like new original" early model front right wing or sell outright?. The early model TC wing has a deeper cutout than the late model. If you put a string between the front tip of each fender and then measure the depth of the cutout, from the string, you will find: Early model depth: 4 3/4" Late model depth: 3 1/2" Reference TC's Forever: page 58 for a picture and 189. Regards, Doug Pelton Mesa, AZ 48 & 49 TC EXU's Yahoo! Groups Links

[1939mgtb]

I suspect that many "mixed" cars have parts put on as replacements. I kinda doubt Abingdon would have installed wings that can be seen from the front as not matching. By the way, I might have a match for you as I have a pair of front fenders coming home with me next week to Nashville. Best, Ray "But it says something about filling my mouth in with cement." -That's just legal jargon you know.

----- Original Message ----- From: mrbond100@earthlink.net> To: "Doug Pelton" DougPelton@cox.net>; mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 7:57 AM Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Early TC Right Front Wing > > I own EXU 7425 and I also have an early front right wing and a late left > wing. I have read about other TC cars with similar combinations of early > and late parts. Does any one know if this sort of mixing was normal at the > Abingdon factory? > > Mike Bond > TC, TD and MGB > Macon, Georgia > > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Pelton DougPelton@cox.net> > Sent: Feb 5, 2005 9:47 PM > To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [mg-tabc] Early TC Right Front Wing > > > Greetings to all, > > While fitting my TC wings I just discovered that my front wings don't > match. > I have 1 early model right front wing and 1 late model left front wing TC. > They came with the car disassembled and are both in pristine condition in > primer and looked like a matched pair. Once installed it was immediately > obvious they were not. > > Does anyone have a late model front wing in excellent condition that they > would be willing to swap for a "like new original" early model front right > wing or sell outright?. > > The early model TC wing has a deeper cutout than the late model. If you > put > a string between the front tip of each fender and then measure the depth > of > the cutout, from the string, you will find: > Early model depth: 4 3/4" > Late model depth: 3 1/2" > > Reference TC's Forever: page 58 for a picture and 189. > > Regards, > > Doug Pelton > Mesa, AZ > 48 & 49 TC EXU's > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >