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MG TD TF 1500 - The Deer Slayer fights back.

Well a little anyway. Got a complete replacement windscreen and posts from you know who up north west. Is there anything he doesn't have?

Got some color on it today. Hope to have it back together for Saturdays color run.

MG LaVerne

Base coat and clear coat LaVerne?
Jim Merz

Good to hear it LaVerne.
Alex Waugh

Good work LaVerne.
Nice to see it coming together again.

How did the insurance settle the issue with you doing all the work of restoration?
Who do you insure with?

Rod
Rod Jones

Yep..base clear same as what I put on ever so many years ago.

Insurance paid for a full new windscreen and posts although I probably could have gotten by with just 3 new pieces. Also payed to have all of the plating done. Paid to have all of the work done by a shop..based on an appraisers estimate. Problem is the only shop I know of that would have touched it is 250 miles away. So in the end I'm doing it myself. The car really needs a full respray but I'm putting that off for now.

I have Grundy's...no complaints what so ever...to this point anyway.


Had to shoot it again later in the day as I had some light paint in a couple of areas. Wet sanding and buffing this morning. She's not gonna win anymore of these.

MG LaVerne

With your attention to detail, I betcha you take home a few more of the blue ribbons, not the beer. Do they still brew that brand?
Jim Merz

Of course, LaVerne, you realize when driving your MG henceforth you'll need to wear a proper deerslayer cap!

:)



Kevin McLemore

"I betcha you take home a few more of the blue ribbons, not the beer. Do they still brew that brand?"
I heard on the news the past couple of days that Blue Ribbon has been sold to a Russian beverage company - see http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/09/18/pabst-is-said-to-near-a-sale/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 and
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/09/19/pabst-brewing-sold-to-oasis-beverages/15894189/
Cheers - Dave
D W DuBois

Rod. I have done a couple of do-it-myself body damage claims on an older MGB that my wife had.

Just need tell the insurance company that you want to do the work yourself and have their adjuster look over the car and agree on the price. Only thing we had to do was bring the car by to review the finished car.



Bruce Cunha

I had a broken windscreen by a rock a year or so ago. I called Hagerty and they sent me a few hundred bucks sight unseen! Then they said "if you need more $$$ just call and we'll send more"! (I did not need more.)
Ed
efh Haskell

Ed,

Did you find a vendor that carries TF windscreen glass or did you get someone to cut one for you?

Jack Long
Jack Long

Jack, mine is a TD not a TF. I found a local glass shop who cut it using my old one as a template. Worked fine.
Ed
efh Haskell

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