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Rod Letcher
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New TA owner & member

Post by Rod Letcher » Sun May 26, 2019 8:31 am

thought I'd introduce myself. I recently purchased the below TA and am awaiting it's delivery sometime this week. I've never owned a MG before (I'm mostly a Model T ford guy) so I'm going to have a steep learning curve in the coming months. The car's restoration was supposedly completed in 2017, so hopefully there won't be any issues for awhile. I've always admired these cars (mostly TD's) and it took selling 3 model "t"'s to swing the deal.
Here's the car:
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1913 Ford Model T Speedster
1931 Ford Model A Deluxe Roadster
1938 MG TA
1952 Jaguar XK120 FHC
1957 Ford Thunderbird
1992 Chevy Silverado stepside PU (bought new)

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Franz Tenbrock
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Re: New TA owner & member

Post by Franz Tenbrock » Sun May 26, 2019 8:55 am

Hallo
i have bought my MG TA1932 last summer.
so the car is some days later

Today first time on the german highway, no problem.
it is wonderful to drive the car.
My friend has a Model A special, he came with me looking the car last summer

you have to read the tt2
and register the car
http://ttypes.org/database/TA1905
read
http://ttypes.org/ttt2/

and ask here ;-)

the MPJG original engine? or a xpag

it was a good choice ;-)
Best Regards
Franz

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Re: New TA owner & member

Post by Steve Simmons » Mon May 27, 2019 8:16 am

Hi Rod, welcome to the wonderful world of early MGs! I'm also a Model T owner, with a '25 Roadster Pickup. The TA will be a very different animal for sure. Looks like you bought a gorgeous example, too. The lighter shade of red looks a lot like my TC.
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Re: New TA owner & member

Post by Rod Letcher » Mon May 27, 2019 9:15 am

Steve Simmons wrote:Hi Rod, welcome to the wonderful world of early MGs! I'm also a Model T owner, with a '25 Roadster Pickup. The TA will be a very different animal for sure. Looks like you bought a gorgeous example, too. The lighter shade of red looks a lot like my TC.

Hi Steve,
I think we may have conversed online before. Back in 2006 I was thinking about installing a single post lift and talked to someone in So Cal about it. looking at your website, the garage photo with all the MG's in it looks awfully familiar. I ended up with a "Bend-Pac" single post. I also used to host a garage website called "garage addiction", I took it down some years ago (too time consuming).

Of interest to me, is the coincidence related to our collecting cars, T series MG's as well as T series Fords. :roll:

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1913 Ford Model T Speedster
1931 Ford Model A Deluxe Roadster
1938 MG TA
1952 Jaguar XK120 FHC
1957 Ford Thunderbird
1992 Chevy Silverado stepside PU (bought new)

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Re: New TA owner & member

Post by Kenmgtc » Tue May 28, 2019 4:53 am

Welcome! Nice looking car; I’ve been watching that particular one for a while.
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Re: New TA owner & member

Post by jddevel » Wed May 29, 2019 12:41 am

Welcome Rob. At least your history as a car "nut" means your family and friends will be use to your idiosyncrasy. It`s like a drug!!! Enjoy especially the new friends you`ll meet.

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