Has Roy turn to the "dark side"

[lancsman]

John215

I've just sent you an email re MGF.

Lancsman

[john 215]

Hi

Sorry Roy picture still there but just re-sized a little.

Thanks for email David, another interesting car, like I said most early car's were recalled and scrapped. They were not being fixed in the jigs correctly and were welded up out of true. We were given a measurement from top of A post diagonal to base door aperture, it was amazing how far they were out side too side [:0] Hence we could seal the roof in the top corner and get glass to fit at rear.


Cheers John


LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!

1976 Speke FHC Beauty Now with an overdrive conversion

1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6, BUILT NOT BROUGHT !!!!

[birminghamtr7]

good motor my missus is on her 2nd. mgf i like them

if you factor in the earth's rotation, we are all speeding

[John Wood]

Joined Roy today, Bloke just walked in off the street and asked me if I wanted to buy is 2001 MGF Step, 55k and 1 owner from new. I handed him over £500 and I can't find a thing wrong with it. 10 months MOT and 2 months Tax. The new daily driver and a keeper.

TR7 Sprint & TR8

[Last TR]

When I was a kid, I was convinced that you could be an MG guy or a Triumph guy, but not both. My first three cars were MGAs, and I still have the third one. Somewhere along the line, I realized that a cool car is a cool car, be it Chevy or Ford, MG or TR. I would love to add a "late model" MG roadster to my fleet, if they were readily available in the States.

Ken Morton
Anchorage, Alaska

1980 TR8, 1973 TR6, 1965 Volvo PV544, 1958 MGA, Jeep Cherokees

[silverseven]

lol, I was also once convinced that real men could only be true Ford blue.....
-until I got a job at GM [:o)][:o)][:o)][:o)][B)][:p][:p][:p][:p]

Ron.

[Cobber]

It would seem we are getting quite a few MG-F'ers amongst the ranks of the membership here.
Like the TR-7/8 it's another car that has gotten bad press (mainly from people who wouldn't have a clue, but that doesn't stop them from sharing their expertise) and as such, suffers an unfairly negative biased reliability image.

May I remind all those who maybe considering adding an MG-F/TF to their collection or those who already have: The T-Bar forum is dedicated to these cars and it is a friendly, insightful and knowledgeable resource as this fine forum. http://www.the-t-bar.com/


"Keep calm, relax, focus on the problem & PULL THE BLOODY TRIGGER"

80'Triumph TR7, 73'Land Rover (Ford 351. V8),
'89 Ford Fairlane
'98 MG-F, 69'Ford F250.

[FI Spyder]

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My dad was a GM man, my friend's Dad, a mile to the west was a Ford man (he had a '57 Ford). When we got our first car (we previously piled into the GMC truck, don't know how we all fit) it was a '56 Chev. When the neighbour came over to have a look I could see him surreptitiously leaning into the front fender. I later asked my Dad why he was doing that, he laughed and said he had probably heard in the rumour mill that Chevy's were built with thinner metal and he wanted to see if it would dent. [:)]



- - -TR7 Spider - - - 1978 Spitfire- - - - 1976 Spitfire - - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra - Yellow TCT

[john 215]

Hi,

Well done John, I think MGF / TF has got to be the best bargain out there at the moment. BMW spent a shed load of money when they reworked the car from F to TF and turned it into the car it should have always been.


Great Forum Cobber. just had a nose around and I see the same problems these car's suffered from are still current!


Cheers John


LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!

1976 Speke FHC Beauty Now with an overdrive conversion

1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6, BUILT NOT BROUGHT !!!!

[TR Tony]

Interesting to read about those early cars John. Just recently I saw a really nice MGF at a show, it was a very early car with chassis number 66?? (can't remember the last two).

I think all those later Rover's, especially those from the BMW era, are hugely underrated - but that does make them something of a bargain.

Tony

<font size="1">1981 TR7 FHC Cavalry Blue
1980 TR7V8 DHC Jaguar Regency Red - sadly sold!
1977 TR8 FHC EFI Factory development car Inca Yellow</font id="size1">

[John Wood]

Took a 2002 ZT off a chap last week as a part-ex, 51k, V6 in metallic green, needed a suspension arm for its MOT. It's taxed until the new year so it has become my colleagues car for the next 3-4 months. Total cost to us, with the MOT work, less than £300. It drives like a dream. Correct Tony these prices are lunacy.

TR7 Sprint & TR8

[Roy Hankins]

Now is the time to buy them. If I had the room I would buy a few and sit on them for a decade,they've got to be a good long term investment.

Nice one John.







TR7 Coupe KDU 366N
TR7 Sprint ARW 181S

[birminghamtr7]

funny enough my mondingos let me down this morning had to take the mgf for work 38 miles in most pleasant may even get the roof off later.

if you factor in the earth's rotation, we are all speeding

[Chris Turner]

Are the later model TFs made in China any good, they keep coming up for sale at auction.

www.triumphtrs.co.uk
THE Coca Cola car
The C+C Conversions rally car JDG 941V
TR7 Sprint SJW 530S on the road for the 1st time since 1984
TR7 Sprint SJW 539S

[John Wood]

Roy and Simon. I've booked you both in on the 20th anniversary run next year[:D][:D]


TR7 Sprint & TR8