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1952 MGTD Kit Restoration |
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| I have always wanted a 52 MGTD Kit Car. I love the bodylines but not the original price or cost of parts for the real thing. I found this car on Ebay and fell in love with it. After high bidder defaulted I made contact with the owners Todd & Belinda, a real nice couple from Tulsa, OK, and made arrangements to buy it from them. I bribed my sweetheart to travel with me to Tulsa and after a couple of days in the car hauler it was back in my shop. | |||||||||||||||
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There is a fine line between a restoration and TLC. As a matter of fact a restoration is nothing but "real serious" TLC. Someday I will probably tear this car down and do a complete on it BUT the one thing I liked was the color and shape. Every kit car you see, almost, is red. I had a choice. Do I want a refined, perfect replica or a replica that looks like a "real" 52 in good shape, showing just a bit of wear here and there. I chose the latter........ for now. | ||||||||||||||
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As you see in the above photo the top was in the worst condition with the rear window busted out and a tear along the frame. I removed the top so later I can send it out to have it duplicated but for now lets just make the car look better. | ||||||||||||||
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I covered the top rails with some foam pipe insulation so they wouldn't rattle and they would help fill up a cover I am going to install. | ||||||||||||||
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Luckily, before I picked up the car, Todd had found this cover that would contain the top if desired. It is in excellent shape. Here I am going to "fake" it as if the top is inside of it. This is where the foam insulation helps take up some room and look natural. The appearance is already greatly improved for less than 4 bucks. | ||||||||||||||
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I vacuumed the car, found the seat belts and remounted the rear seat to some brackets it had come loose from. With this seat remounted I found that the lower cushions where hinged and would lift up when they had the clearance. | ||||||||||||||
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The front bumper had been bent almost into the tire. The bumper itself was in great shape but the bracket was bent. | ||||||||||||||
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I used a porta-power to lever the bracket outwards. It is not perfect but it does look much better. | ||||||||||||||
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