A few of you showed interest in what else happens in my shop when the Jag is running and stopping.
In Nov. 2017 started with a bare '48 MGTC frame, engine, F/R axles left over after a TC had been parted out in 1977 after a failed restoration start. The new body was made to my specs in England arriving July 2018. I cast the MG branded trans cover in aluminum. I wet sanded the body to 1,000 grit and then buffed, about 150 hours. In total, it took about 1,200 hours.
The supercharger was found in Switzerland.
MG TC/Q Special.
TC for the chassis. Q for the body style. Special 'cause its custom, not factory. There were 8 original Q race cars built in 1934. There are now over a hundred! Tribute cars, of course.
That looks great. I am going to ask the question that everyone else is too polite to ask. How much did this cost ignoring your labor. I realize that could be a touchy question especially if you have plans to sell it so feel free to not respond if you do not want to share that info. I am just curious about the cost to get something to that high a level.
No. I’ve still got a punch list the get through, and MG’s preoccupation with marking their territory will require dropping the pan to look for an out-of-place sump seal. In other words, it’s left a larger than normal puddle of oil at first start.
I’m assuming it’ll drive like a tin can being dragged by a rope. It’ll be FUN!!!
I enjoy driving. Really driving. I like the need to scan the gauges, wrestle the steering wheel, call down for more steam, wipe fog off the inside of the windshield… New cars are boring.
Beautiful car, Mitch, and amazing workmanship. The gentleman who did most of the restoration work on my Dad’s Auburn many years ago fabricated a similar reproduction of a '30s supercharged MG special. No cool polished aluminum, though.
