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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I smile a lot (or am I gritting my teeth ?) about the
question of originality.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Go to a premier vintage event and look at the cars.
Immaculate. Now go to the archives and look at what they were
like new.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>This is particularly evident with race cars. Look at
the immaculate Maseratis, Silver Arrows Mercedes and Auto Unions today for
example. Then do the photo search for then on the 1930s. Pooly
finished and dented bodies, occasionally even unpainted ( Merceded once had to
strip the paint and masses of filler underneath to meet a weight limit at one
race !</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Years ago before TABC Bodies were readily available, I
carefully measured up every original car that came through the workshop thinking
to reproduce them. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>There were large differences in the dimensions of the body
panels and woodwork. I decided it was not worth the bother, and soon after
Naylors started making bodies and I ducked out.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Even something as apparently simple as the late TA TB TC
rear wings are not the same, the prewar ones are much different to the TC type
in many ways. Hard to see if you dont know the difference, and all that
are available today are the late TC ones. And this applies to many other
parts. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>This does make a difference though even if you don't know
it. Most people even if they know nothing of MGs will, from a
frontal line up of Late TA TB and TCs will select the TA and TBs as the nicer
looking cars. They will not be able to tell you why. It's due to the
cutaway of the front wings, greatly reduced on the TC to a) save money and b)
supposedly to cut down rain spray. The TA/TB were designed form
Ascetic values, the TC from economic values. Many ta/tb owners will
have TC front and wings and not know it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>If you want to drive about in a tarted up concours trailer
queen then do it and enjoy it, but most of these tarted up concours cars should
have points deducted for non original finish.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Clive</FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">So, we should
refer to TC's Forever. Isn't that all about getting the car as original as
possible? Is this the answer to the argument? <O></O></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Norman
Verona<O></O></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">La Foie,
49520, Noellet, France<O></O></SPAN></U></P>
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