TF 160

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Posted 8 years 2 months ago #172508
2003 TF 160, Oxford leather seats, red interior, 17" MGRover wheels. TT 'quiet' exhaust, Viper air filter, Z&F chipped, 85th anniversary suspension set up- Bilsteins etc, brake-stiffener bracket.
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Posted 8 years 2 months ago #172511
A beautiful example. :broon:

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Posted 8 years 2 months ago #172513
Nice colour combination :broon:

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Replied by Leigh Ping on topic TF 160

Posted 8 years 2 months ago #172514

mgtfbluestreak wrote: Nice colour combination :broon:


The roof seems to match with the interior. Got any pics with the roof down please? :)

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Posted 8 years 2 months ago #172518
Not too much detail, I'm afraid, but taken outside William Morris, Lord Nuffiel'ds house.

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Replied by SundanceUK on topic TF 160

Posted 8 years 2 months ago #172519
Great looking car, and quite a rarity. We are jealous!

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Replied by Bob on topic TF 160

Posted 8 years 2 months ago #172535
Great colour ;)

ZR wheels?
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Posted 8 years 2 months ago #172543
SR or ST I believe, but it is the powder-coating that makes a big difference as it shows off the sculptural details of the spokes, which don't show up so well in silver, looks a different wheel. And it is the wheels that make a huge difference to the 'presence' of the car. I didn't realise how much bigger a 17" wheel was until we swapped them over, and now the 16" look too small to me. I have since blocked out the silver surround to the MG badges and added rim protectors in black, which all adds to the look.

It came with a black interior and I bought a dodgy car for its interior, just as well as the engine emptied its water a few miles from home. It came with red seats so got some money back on those and other bits we stripped before getting the remains collected. The all-red wheel came off the TF that was totalled by a sweet lady driver.

I've got a spare pair of red leather seats now with MG badge embroidered on the backrsest - must've cost a fortune as they are punched leather - as the car came with the black Oxford leather and they are too nice to give up! I've also got another red hood off a bloke in a carpark near Northampton - took me hundreds of hours to scrape off the 'restorer' he had used, which made a nice black gloop all over it - a scalpel and ten blades was the answer - and it has the full HRW so it may just go back on the car's original frame when there is time.

I would like to TF200 it if possible - I have the side vents but the bonnet seems a big job (anyone got one or a chap to make one?) and the rear spoiler would need to be made up. I wouldn't mind a turbo or twin-turbo either - 350 bhp anyone?

I forgot to mention the SEAT splitter, which finishes the front off nicely, although a bit low for a certain Adam's driveway entrance!
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Replied by perry.collier on topic TF 160

Posted 3 years 7 months ago #195763
Very partial to silver and red for some reason 😁

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