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MG TD TF 1500 - TD Nitty Details

As I am in the middle of sub assemblies to my tub:

What is the correct hardware for the four tool box lid mounting holes?

What are the screws and how many for the glove box to the sub panel?

Is there a ready source for these?
W. A. Chasser Jr

Bill, check out the thread Dashboard & Glovebox Trim in the archive. I used 1/2" brass CS slot head 3# wood screws & placed them adjacent to the holes for the screws in the opening trim. I had planned on using just 4 at the top, one in the centre on each side & 5 across the bottom but using the five at the top, matching the adjacent trim screws, was both more secure & aesthetically pleasing. The brass looks good against the brown flocking so I would be surprised if they went to the trouble of chrome plating these 12 screws originally. The trim (2#) & hinge (3#) screws were however originally chrome plated. Cheers
Peter TD 5801
P Hehir

Here is an image I copied from the archives several years ago. I believe the picture is a TF but a TD may be different. The tool box lid is held by 4 small Phillips head sheet metal screws.

JR Mahone

They appear identical to those on my TD JR.
P Hehir

TF's had slotted screws. I am surprised that Phillips would be used on a TD.

Matthew.
M Magilton

So the tool box is a "sheetmetal" and not a machine screw?

Peter can you contact me. I want to chat with you regarding your glove boxes. I bought a Moss replacement but the flocking is not correct as per my original. But my original, I don't think I can salvage.
W. A. Chasser Jr

Sheet metal definitely not machined. You have me worried now Matthew. I have the four screws in a bag somewhere & could have sworn they were Phillips. You have mail Bill. Cheers
Peter TD 5801
P Hehir

My 55 TF has small round head Phillips also holding the tool box lids down, as in JRs picture. Strange as I don't think the lid has ever been off of this car. But if they get slotted ones, I'll have to start looking. PJ
Paul S Jennings

I have removed them from two different TD's and they were both slotted.
Rich (TD 3983) Taylor

Rich, but were they different on the late TFs? PJ
Paul S Jennings

TF 1955 - phillips head ( originality not guaranteed).
Dave
D Moore

Awful lot of Phillip screws popping up on these TFs! Wonder if there was a cut off date for the slotted screws? Matthews a pretty good authority on TFs and he says slotted on TFs, Reason I asked abut the cut off date. PJ
Paul S Jennings

This may be another case where the factory used whatever was available like so many other small insignificant differences we find.
Production Rate Ruled!
Jim Merz

TF 8985 (Jan 55) has phillips
Don Harmer

I think its whatever they had. My car has slotted too and I have seen both slotted and Phillips on TD's and TFs.

Mine are not sheet metal but machine screws (2BA?).
Christopher Couper

Chris,
Mine are smaller, more like 4BA but machine screws

TF 8986

Don Harmer

Jan 1955 TF1500 8958 has 4 Phillip sheet metal screws.
Cheers John
J.K. Chester-Freeman

Don: I think you are correct. That's why the ?. I was too lazy to go look :-)
Christopher Couper

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