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MG TD TF 1500 - Automatic in a TD

I've been approached by an older lady who has had her 1952 since she was 16. She is not comfortable driving a stick these days and inquired about coverting the car to Automatic. Has anyone ever heard of such a coversion and with what combo engine/trans were used? She wants the conversion to be reversable to retain the originallity of the TD so it can be chaged back by the next owner. My thoughts are an M35 bolted up an MGB engine.

Anyone ever hear of such a conversion?

Cheers
Vince

BTW:

If you read my last thread, you can see now why I never get anything done on my own cars. I keep taking on these side projects for everyone else. I am having a lot of fun though.

V
vping

Give Steve Neal a call. Maybe he can do a Datsun auto conversion to hook up to the XPAG. Worth a phone call. Wouldn't be cheap and maybe impossible, but since he does the 5 speed who knows. Maybe he can do an auto.
LED DOWNEY

Vince,
CHECK THE LIST OF TOPICS FOR TD AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION,,,BACK AROUND SEPT 1st ,,,,,,

SPW
Steve Wincze

I gotta powerglide in my 67 Camaro, that's not the answer.

Bill
Bill Brown

Thanks Steve. Richard Boris is a club member and was present the day she was inquiring. I'm heading into this project for startes - to get the car running and driving as a TD. It was restored in the past 10 years but has been sitting that long as well. Engine is free but all brakes are stuck. Needs a once over on all the mechanicals, electrics and hydraulics. All chrome needs to be polished and the car needs to be buffed out. Side panels on gas tank need repainting and there is some paint flaking on the body which also needs to be worked on and re-sprayed.

Once I make sure it's in good driving condition, I'll tackle engineering the conversion. If I cannot, I will simply let her know and she's decided to give it a go as a 4sdp again. She really does care for this car and wants to keep driving it around town so I'd like to make her happy with whatever it is she wants to do. Hopefully when I get a look at the trans, I'll be able to decide if it will fit in the narrow tunnel of the TD.
vping

Hey Bill, the 67 RS Camaro I use to have came with a powerglide as well. I later replaced it with a Turbo 350 which was better but was the most satisfied with a 700R4. The driveshaft had to be shortened and a transmission cross memeber had to be fashioned but with the 327 275hp and 3 speed with overdrive it cruised the interstate effortlessly.
Richard Taylor TD3983

This thread was discussed on 16/09/2010

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