Vintage MG Sports Car | Paul's MG TD Midget

[@edwardfestor8726]

This is a beautiful restoration. Extra points for not having a walnut dash and wire wheels, and not having black upholstery. TDs did not come with those, but made their way into the cars over the years. I wish you many rides on many sunny days.

[@CENTERLANE]

Edward, thanks for watching and for your comment. The restoration is really good. That car get's lots of attention. Please subscribe to my channel if yo haven't already.

[@williamneville4863]

Great to see I had a 53 td/ My first real car at age 17, thanks for the memory Center lane,

[@CENTERLANE]

Thanks for watching. Glad it brought back a memory for you.

[@stephenhenion8304]

What a Gem! These are beautiful cars, that are a Ton of Fun! You got Lucky!! Motor On!! 🇺🇸🎩🇺🇸🎩🇺🇸

[@CENTERLANE]

Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers

[@deep6thisdeep6this92]

BTW, the car in the illustration is an MG TF, not at TD. for what that's worth....

[@robertmccullough2625]

Great video. And great TD👍

[@CENTERLANE]

Thanks! And thanks for watching.

[@helmuturhahn7317]

Catches the gist of the MG T series - well done

[@CENTERLANE]

Glad you like it. I'm doing a segment on a fellow who has a fleet of classic Jaguars in January. thanks for watching!

[@jeffhildreth9244]

@@CENTERLANE What did he have in December.. ? Literacy counts.

[@RebelWithACause-ts7de]

The TD is a practical car for today's traffic but it does look a bit like Rommel's desert car after the TC. Never mind these cars grow on us over time compared with the printed cars of today.

[@CENTERLANE]

Yes, the old cars have character that is so much more interesting than modern mass produced vehicles. Thankfully there are people who are preserving these great cars of the past.

[@gerrycorbino66]

Nice looking car. I'm looking at a restored one this coming Friday that I'm hoping to purchase. My wife's not convinced or a car person, but I'm ready to pull the trigger & have some fun in my golden years!

[@CENTERLANE]

Good luck. I hope you get it. The best part of owning a collector car is joining a club. My wife likes cars but isn't crazy about them but she enjoys being part of the car club and some of the social and driving events we do .

[@gerrycorbino66]

@Jijii I bought it & have slowly been updating it. Restoration was done many years ago & I'm getting it so that it can be driven often.

[@jeffhildreth9244]

The music is annoying, part of the joy of a TD is the sound.. ruined by the "music". The steering wheel is mounted upside down. Otherwise nice TD. My first car, bought in 1964/65, was a 1953 TD MK II, about 1700 made. This was the competition version of the TD. I currently have a 1963 MGB . I am looking at a 1954 MG TF (as pictured in your graphics) which has the same XPAG 1250 engine as the TD.

[@choppergirl]

It looks kinda old. Can this thing keep up with 70mph traffic on the interestate? I hotwired and stole an abandoned rubberbumber MG Midget once upon a time, and it got a nice 50mpg. But Id ont' think I'd fit in one now.

[@jeffhildreth9244]

chopper girl.. You again with your fiction. MG Midgets do not, and will not, get 50 MPG. You asked this same question about 70 MPH on another youtube video. The answer then, and the answer now is, no.

[@choppergirl]

@@jeffhildreth9244 you do understand you get different mpg driving city stop and go and drifting on an interstate nonstop dont you? A frigging General Motors Vega got 40mpg highway. So a little MG Midget go cart rubber bumper with next to no wind profile and light with 1200cc engine... yeah... I got 45 to 50 mpg highway. I was surprised at you and 18 at the time... My Honda Rebel consistently gets 40 city 60 highway. Small engine, low speed, light weigt, small profile in wind. My Honda CM450 has a 45hp engine versus the Revels 15hp, and gets 10mpg less. More power at your disposal equals lower huel economy. Your burning up more gas in a bigger cylinder. I had a Camaro with 400hp engine and racing chuck that heavy insanely accelerating car got about 15 city 25 highway.. or less. It would throw you back in your seat though. 50 mpg is not unusual. It also depends on the air temp. Colder air is denser with more oxygen so you'll get higher mpg in the winter versus summer. More oxygen and more air us avhiger compresdion and more power per 4 engine revolutions.

[@choppergirl]

@@jeffhildreth9244 This is the rubber bumper model MG Midget I'm talking about: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4rbk6Smicxmiqc 50mpg driven non-stop interstate around Dec 15th from Chicago to Georgia drifting behind a semi-truck, two college students on board, no tools no luggage and probably no spare tire, hot wired with the keylock cut of with a hacksaw the night before... haha... I just stole a car, look out my dorm window at the street below, let's go, we're going to my house for Christmas because I'm homesick like a bleepity bleep. I have no idea where I got the phillips head screwdrivers hacksaw, it would of had to been from a toolbox in the shed of my girlfriends landord 15 blocks away. One heck of a lot of walking back and forth that night i wore out some shoes.I know where I got the working battery tho, from a 1965ish Mustang parked down the street someone had left the door unlocked on, and I popped the hood and lugged the battery up the block in the dead of night. Yep. 50mpg. It felt like being propelled by angel's wings because I was broke. Don't stop don't lose that semi hold that gas pedal steady up and down the hills and shun those brakes! :) Thelma and Louise baby! The next summer we bounced across Europe on plane tickets bought on her Guranteed Student Loan.. also forbidden! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fITZc3l3oLCXjtk

[@jeffhildreth9244]

@@choppergirl You are deluded and a fraud. 25 Years in the auto biz to include 4 years with Rolls,Bentley, Jag, Aston, Austin, MG, Morris, Lotus etc. 11 years retail and 14 years as a factory rep. to include Nat'l Training Mgr BMW of No America, Natl Training manager Management Training Volvo Motors of America.. District Field Serv Mgr Mercedes-Benz of No America Western Region , District Manager Mazda Motors of America for Nor Cal Nevada Utah. Service Mgr of a Mazda /Honda Dealership for 4 years. etc. Have owned well over 130 cars and trucks and this does not include dealer and factory demos. Your attempt at re directing with crap that doesn't matter and off topic does not validate that no MG Midget averaged 40 MPG.. in particular the post 1974 1/2 trash. Drifting on an interstate.. I can believe you do and under the influence. You're defrauding the audience of this video and others where I have seen your unfounded ridiculous posts. Your under 700 subscribers must be in awe of your knowledge and accomplishments. You serve no purpose to the viewers of this or any other web site where you are blowing your horn. YOU ARE A FRAUD. Pilot , my donkey. You are frightening and deranged.

[@kennethmoxon7337]

Well done nice.

[@CENTERLANE]

It's a pretty nice restoration. Do you own one?

[@kennethmoxon7337]

@@CENTERLANE indeed I do my farther had it in the back of the garage with logs all over it until got a bit cross with him and we got it out cleaned it up pumped the tyres up put some fuel in and off she went after he died I had it gone through not restored but just greesed and made to run OK brake were and still are not very good but that's how they were I keep in London sadly don't use it much again nice job you have done must get it out!!

[@vederstein]

I own a TD. I bought it in 2020. It's a restoration from around 1974. So the paint isn't perfect. It's worth around $20k us.

[@jeffhildreth9244]

We can all dream.

[@jaycavanagh9630]

Wow, this is funny!! I'm looking at a MG TF I believe it is. 1 son would like me to get it but don't know. Got to learn more 1st. Were they cruising around Cultus Lake? It looks familiar.

[@CENTERLANE]

We were cruising around Bunzen Lake and Anmore. Both Paul and I live in Anmore.

[@CENTERLANE]

Thanks for watching!!

[@jeffhildreth9244]

That being the case, let your son buy it for you. Is it a 1954 with the XPAG TD style engine or a 1955 with the 1500 engine ?

[@adoreslaurel]

This was THE classic MG, later models just did not have "The look".

[@CENTERLANE]

The TD's and TC' have the classic look! Thanks for watching.

[@adoreslaurel]

@@CENTERLANE Always fancied one, but finished up with an MGB. long gone and only partially regretted.

[@jeffhildreth9244]

Many MG folks did not like the 54-55 TF, however many of us think that is was the most beautiful and stylish of the T series. The most definitely "had the look". I like them all having owned a 1946 TC, a 1950 TD and a 1953 MG TD Mk II. I currently have a 1963, the most practical of all the MGs in my opinion but currently looking at a 1954 TF.

[@adoreslaurel]

@@jeffhildreth9244 My only gripe about the TF is the placement of the Instruments, pandering to the US market, saves manufacturing costs, does not look as good, also I like to look at daylight between the front guards and the bonnet, dont like the way it swoops up and probably hinders access to the engine components but that is just me,, don't know if you have ever read Ken W Purdy's book Kings Of the Road published in the mid 50's, he says re MG's that in 1953 the TF was introduced and was not received with great enthusiasm in Amerca, that his take on it, I read a workshop manual fot the T series once back in the 60.s and it stated re the TF 1500 DO NOT GRIND THE CRANKSHAFT, must have been considered the end of the line for durability in the XP engines.

[@SherrickDuncan]

Cost?

[@CENTERLANE]

Not sure exactly what he paid for it but I believe it was between $25-$28k Canadian.

[@SherrickDuncan]

Oh that is a real one? I thought it was a replica. Pretty cool.

[@CENTERLANE]

@@SherrickDuncan Yes, It's a real one and it's in very good condition. Nice restoration!

[@SherrickDuncan]

Wow.. Amazing.

[@axiomist4488]

The dumb surf music covered the sound of the motor. Otherwise, I enjoyed looking at it . Speaking of seeing them in movies, Tom Hanks played in a film that takes place in 1942. He's a fighter pilot based in Israel and he meets a girl. First time they go out, he drives an MG TD !!! I laughed when I saw that . They just wanted him to drive a cool sports car, so they just grabbed anything they could get , without knowing what it was .

[@beetooex]

A wooden frame- wow. These really were from a bygone era even when new.

[@CENTERLANE]

Old English motoring! Thanks for watching.

[@jeffhildreth9244]

Not a wooden "frame". The body/tub is metal attached to a wooden framework. which is attached to a traditional iron/steel frame. The TD also had a plywood floor.

[@adoreslaurel]

Fitting a modern radio would be a problem with positive earth.

[@jeffhildreth9244]

There are repros made to fit. I have two 50s vintage originals, and 2 1960s.. but these cars are best , in my opinion. without one.