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MG TD TF 1500 - TD top installation

Help. It's spring and I just bought all the stuff to install a top on my 53 MG TD. I don't have an old top to go by, only a 2-bot piece of hardware. I am trying to find the Schach manual, but so far to no avail. I have hunted through the BBS archives and some other books, but I am confused by the two strips of matierial that was sent with the Moss kit. I had thought there should be some webbing to run from front to back, but these don't seem to be webbing. I have been trying to find some pictures of restorations underway to tops so that I can try to compare my feeble efforts. Any help, advice would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

Leslie Flanagan
Leslie Flanagan

I am not aware of a TD site but you can go to mgaguru.com tech pages to see an mga top installation. Some similarities and a section on lift the dot fasteners. If you can't locate the Schach book contact me directly and I can loan you a copy.
Dennis
D F Sexton

The book by Green shows how to fit a hood I think,
but what you should have is one piece that goes round the header rail, with the flap on the outside so that it hangs over the screen, then the hood is fitted on top, then the nails that fix the hood are hidden by the small strip being tacked on.


Tatty ( Non-member since 2003 )
Tatty

Leslie - Horst Schach's e-mail is hchach@uky.edu. Horst has had the book reprinted and is selling them himself, so you should be able to get one by contacting him directly at the above e-mail. I threw away the Moss instructions that came with my top and used Schach's chapter on installing the tops and had my top installed correctly the first time through. He has done a remarkable job of making all of the steps absolutely clear. Cheers - Dave
PS. Since you oare ordering the book directly from Horst, do what I did and have him sign it.
David DuBois

Thanks for the input. I found out that the New England MGT Registrer has the books and have ordered one up.

Leslie
Leslie

This thread was discussed on 19/03/2003

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