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By the way I am in constant touch with the previous owner as he wanted to see how the car is when I`ve finished it . Len
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The blue one is immaculate, no rust on the subframes, great engine, new stainless exhaust and a good interior. I am sure that at some point the sills might need doing but otherwise it is rust free, so if I shop around at a few body shops I could actually have both sills done front and rear and have porchased the car for little over a thousand pounds, for just £26 I actually bought a hard top for it from Ebay!
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Regards Glyn.
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Posted 2 months 1 week ago #208698My car it the recipient of many of my mad ideas & Cobb’s said when talking about his V8 obsession, thinking & doing simply sheds years of your mental age.
Until you do something that your ancient body doesn’t approve of & you say “Golly that hurt”.
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No I'm pretty sure I have NEVER said the expression: "Golly that hurt"It’s interesting to note how many active members are working through health problems.
My car it the recipient of many of my mad ideas & Cobb’s said when talking about his V8 obsession, thinking & doing simply sheds years of your mental age.
Until you do something that your ancient body doesn’t approve of & you say “Golly that hurt”.
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"Keep calm, relax, focus on the problem & PULL THE BLOODY TRIGGER"
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Posted 2 months 1 week ago #2087102003 TF 135 sunstorm
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I've always had Toyota's for 50 years now and so have lived a very biased life but recently I wanted a project to keep my mechanical skills intact so with great trepidation I bought a 2002 TF thinking I'll always be underneath it!
I love it, I absolutely love driving it and can't wait to do some mods on the car. After only a month it has won me over and I find myself driving to the village for a loaf of bread only to find I forgot the milk so I have to go back again...
Try and find the right car..it might not have the seats you wanted but if it is a solid car seats can be changed later. The right seats falling out of a rotten shell are no good at all!
Good luck...I hope you find a good car...there are a lot of them out there.
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The trick here is to have a separate feed to the radio memory that bypasses the Discarnect. Most modern radios had two power feeds one to run the radio the other to keep the memory alive.I have a 2004 TF 135 with an aftermarket Pioneer radio (no code). I use a Discarnect all of the time and I recommend it. I have only discovered one problem with using the Discarnect and that is that the radio forgets all of its preset stations. This doesn't bother me because I can't hear the radio anyway when driving with the hood down, especially not with my slightly raucous exhaust
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Posted 1 month 4 weeks ago #208939M
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Posted 1 month 2 weeks ago #209183I keep my TF in the garage. When it is not in use, I use the discarnect. If I am not planning to use the car in the next few days, I connect it to a small solar panel very similar to this . the panel itself is outside the garage, above the door facing SW. Despite sometimes not using the car for several months, my car hasn't needed the battery charger (or a new battery) for about 7 years.Hey there! i'm new to MGs too but have you looked into those battery maintainers that don't need to be plugged in? Heard they can be good for cars that sit a while. Might be worth checking out?
Thanks to Cobber and Airportable for the tips re the radio. I like the rechargeable backup battery solution
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