The engine number was stamped on the metal chassis plate, on its own octagonal plate on the right bottom front side of the engine and just above this plate, on the block itself. There was no absolute correlation from the chassis or car number but the engine number was generally about 300 - 350 or more larger. The following table illustrates the additonal engine number coding scheme for the MGTD XPAG engines. Engine Number CodesĪll MGTD engines were marked as XPAG. For example, a later North American, exported, left hand drive regular MGTDĤ From May of 1951 on a few cars and August 1951 on all othersĪdditional code information supplied by Tom Lange. CodeĪll MGTD's except for the competition or Mark II modelsĮxport - Left Hand Drive North America - March 1950 to August 1951Įxport - Right Hand Drive North America - March 1950 to August 1951Įxport - Right Hand Drive, North America (most often intended for racing?) On the front left dumbiron (where the bumper attaches) just below where the fender bolts are. This number should be verified by the number stamped in large letters Unique number starting with 0251 and ending in 29915. These were documented onĪ stamped metal plate on the cars left hand firewall. The following table illustrates the car number coding scheme for the MGTD. Was sometimes used to claim that the cars were manufactured locally to get by A term used toĭescribe cars that were exported in kit form to be assembled "in country". That were created in Italy with used chassis from production cars. Total production for Arnolt MG's was 102 cars, two of these were the prototypes ¹ It would appear that of the 103 LHD chassis exported during 1952Īnd 1953, all but three of these were Arnolt MG's that were sold in the US. Published by MBI Publishing Company 1-80. Used with permission from Original MG T Series by AndersĬlausager.
Total production for the MGTD was 29,664 of which at least 1710 were TD Just an evolution of the TD while the TD Mark II actually added additionalįeatures, a unique identification, and simultaneous production with both TD and Those were the TD, TD2, and the TD Mark II. There were three models of MGTD during production but only two are Various changes to the MGTD during it's production run.
These pages contain production numbers, dates and the time-line for The Original MGTD Midget - Production Facts & Feature Time-lines
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