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MG TD
A green MG TD with tan interior: beige canvas hood and windowed sidescreens remade to measure, fitted inch by inch to the frame, the doors and the body.
- Model
- MG TD
- Built
- 1950–1953
- Engine
- 4 cylinders, 1250 cc
- Colour
- Green, beige hood, tan interior
- Work
- Hood, windowed sidescreens, doors and interior
The story
The MG TD is the small British roadster of the early 1950s: two seats, disc wheels, an upright grille and a lively four-cylinder engine. Around thirty thousand were built, most of them for export.
On a roadster like this the hood is half the car: it keeps the weather out, but it also shapes the silhouette. For this green TD the book follows the work step by step: the frame, the beige canvas, the windowed sidescreens, the doors and the tan interior.
The restoration step by step
A hood stitched to measure
- Step 1 of 4
The frame
Before the canvas comes the frame: hood sticks and sidescreen frames are fitted and adjusted on the car, together with the windscreen.
the sidescreen frames, tried on the car 
frame and windscreen before the canvas - Step 2 of 4
The hood canvas
The beige canvas is cut, tried on the car and stretched over the sticks; straps and fasteners hold it to the body.
the beige canvas stretched over the sticks 
the hood seen from inside 
a hood strap with its fastener - Step 3 of 4
The sidescreens
The sidescreens are built on their frames: canvas, stitching and clear windows, tried and adjusted until they seal well against hood and doors.
a canvas sidescreen, stitched and fitted 
the rear sidescreen during a fitting 
a sidescreen with its window 
a new sidescreen, still with its protective film - Step 4 of 4
Doors and interior
The front sidescreens open with the doors; door cards and the pleated tan seats complete the cockpit.
the open door with its sidescreen 
the pleated tan seats 
the tan door card
As it is today
Do you need a new hood for your spider or roadster?
Made-to-measure hood, sidescreens and interior: Mimmo handles the whole job in the workshop, including for clients in Switzerland. Tell him about your car.
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