----- Original Message -----
From: David Tinker <david.tinker@virgin.net>
To: <MGTD1952@cs.com>; <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: TD Color Hints
> My 51TD was a Californian import (LHD at the time but now converted ). The
> colour when I got the car was chocolate brown body with black wings and
red
> seats. Maybe someone saw it being driven around the streets of BLVDR
> TIBURON, CA 94920 , 51 W Shore Rd to be precise. The Registration No. then
> was DOZ 968 and stuck to the rear license plate was a red label with CA 89
> and the number B8965021 together with the seal of the state of California,
> and it seems that the car was registered up to August 22 1989 and I
> purchased it in April 1989. I am certain that the red trim was original
but
> the colour was something else.
>
> I stripped the car down to a bare shell with the body off the chassis and
> the only paint overspray colour I could find was Black. I searched under
> every label and in every corner, and the conclusion I came to was that the
> body colour was originally black. ( It is now Ivory with Green trim and
> black weather equipment ).
>
> Nothing found under the commission plate either so much of the mystery
> surrounding the original spec of the TD's will remain until someone
uncovers
> unseen documents from Abingdon. ( What a Thrill that would be ) or would
> it!!.
>
> Regards
> David Tinker
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <MGTD1952@cs.com>
> To: <mg-t@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 11:13 AM
> Subject: TD Color Hints
>
>
> > In a recent thread I mentioned that I found my original color for my '52
> TD
> > under the brass commission plate. It was Ivory. I also found some
green
> > paint under the numerous coats on the radiator grill slats. Thus, I've
> > always assumed Ivory car w/green interior.
> >
> > Also under the commission plate were the letters "LHD". These letters
> were
> > hand written with what appeared to be a crayon, but was probably some
kind
> of
> > paint pen.
> >
> > Here is today's question:
> >
> > Could this LHD indicator been put on the car as it went down the
assembly
> > line, to indicate that a "green" radiator grill assembly should be put
on
> > this car and that it was intended to be a "left-hand drive" (LHD) model?
> >
> > Did anybody else come across this kind of mark during their restoration?
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