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MG TD TF 1500 - Floor Board Screw Head Types

Once again we are faced with the age old question:

Slotted or Phillips head?

This time on the floor board machine screws.

Please weigh in if you have slotted or phillips and TD/TF and car number.
Christopher Couper

Phillips
TF7211

Lonnie
TF7211
LM Cook

Slotted on all original TDs I have worked on.

Tom Lange
MGT Repair
t lange

Chris, all my listed cars had slotted flathead machine screws
W A Chasser

Slotted
TD3042
Lew Palmer

I have never seen Philips used there.
Sandy
Sanders

It makes no difference, they are covered by a carpet.
IW Martin

Bud Krueger, Slotted, TD10855
Bud Krueger

Phillips

TF1414

Frank
Frank Cronin

Phillips on original boards. TF9097.
M Magilton

Sounds like TF's have Phillips and TD's slotted. Like to here from some very late 53 TD's to see if there was some overlap.
Christopher Couper

They are slotted at least as late as December '52 on TD 23004.
Joe
Joe Olson

Distant memory had TF 7614 with Philips with pointed ends for the short screws for the tranny cover. Not sure about the remainder. George
George Butz III

TF 8353,born on December,17,1954 has Phillips screws, pretty much everywhere. PJ
PJ Jennings

I don't know if this is the case for the TF, but most British cars with 'phillips' screws are actually posidrive. Look for the 'cross' pattern etched into the top at 45° angle to the screw bit cross.

TDs were definitely all slotted.

Warmly,
Dave
Dave Braun

All slotted

TD-4834
TD/c-8151
TD/c-16920
TD-19408
TD-24060.
W A Chasser

Pozidrive came out long after the TF was produced. Sometime in the 60's I believe. The TF had just the "regular" phillips head style.

This issue does come up if doing a period correct restoration since replacement screws are mostly all pozidrive.


Frank

TF1414
Frank Cronin

Bill: Does TD-24060 have the car plate attached to the toolbox lid?

I would definitely like to here from one of those cars.
Christopher Couper

Chris, I don't know if this helps but this is TD25009. Jud

J. K. Chapin

JK: From my notes the cut over is around 26000 but I have not been able to pin it down tighter yet.

But even still there was no hard cutover for changes around this time and I suspect a lot of the very late changes in the TD happened sporadically at the end of production, not a particular car number.
Christopher Couper

This thread was discussed between 07/10/2019 and 14/10/2019

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