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MG TD TF 1500 - Barn find TD on Youtube

My brother-in-law sent me a link to a youtube video of what looks like a TV program that I hadn't heard of. It shows a TD being extracted from a garage after 20 plus years. Featured also is George Medynski, long-time MG guru. For an enjoyable 20 minutes, go to Youtube and search for: Steel Earth 1953 mg td. Lou VanK.
Lou Van Koningsveld

Thanks, Lou,
Fun to watch. I pulled mine out of a barn where it had been hiding, owner said his father had parked it about 30 years before. We drove it onto my trailer.

The youtube link mentioned above is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgeJ0UM3NlI

Enjoy,
Bob;
RwB Brown

....well.... an interesting concept (the show), but my God... worst show i've ever seen....
...and gotta question the 'MG expert' there...sheesh....so many things to comment on.....
gblawson(gordon- TD27667)

YUP,,, pretty poor show,,,, definatly not the Medynski that I know of!!!!!!!!!!!!! Worried about pulling it out of the garage because it has a wooden floor "pan" and the car migh break in half??????

SPW
STEVE WINCZE

Snooki's cousin? LOL
(A la Jersey Shore)
TD Hall

Award winning??? What, king of the potty mouths? Cool MG find, but the same old formula of scripted reality TV. Over blown made up crap to get your attention.
L E D LaVerne

IMHO Only thing worth "hearing" : the XPAG running!
David Sheward

I get "This video is unavailable"! PJ
Paul sr

pj, you maybe the lucky one from reading the reviews here..if you cut and paste into your browser search ..at least that worked for me. regards, tp
tom peterson

Maybe it's only available in the United States and parts of Mississippi Paul. :-)
L E D LaVerne

ok, the language did get pretty flowery after his wife's car got hit, but the comment about the wooden floor pans was preceded by talking about frame rot..since unibody cars consider the floor pan as structure..and our cars have wooden floor boards...i thought that was ok.
mostly i thought it was ok. way better than any "american idol" show i've read about...better this than any "dancing with the stars".
if the cars in the show room were done by george medynski he has MG experience.
i thought it was ok. at least another TD is rescued. who knows, it might get some young kid interested in TD's. regards, tom
tom peterson

Yeah... the wooden floor board thing was pretty funny. I suppose they had to generate a bit of drama where there wasn't much... it was sitting in a dry garage after all.

I did enjoy seeing the car running at the end.

Alex
Alex Waugh

I think the "dead cat" is on feebay now!
Should help with cost of resort!
David Sheward

david, now THAT is funny...probably over priced too..

regards, tom
tom peterson

There are two Medynski's in my 90'ish NEMGTR directories, George and Robert. I seem to recall that the Medynski with the tech service business was Rob, not George. Bud
Bud Krueger

Not award winning TV, but nice to see another TD rescued from oblivion. That engine did sound very nice!

BobbyG
Bobby Galvez

Ok, Thanks to Tom I got it! I'll hold my comments on the video. Nice another one is saved though. As long as they restore it as original! PJ
Paul sr

Too bad they didn't get to the "cat" sooner:
http://youtu.be/DTVOK2yvbBM
David Sheward

WOW, A cat-o-copter! Proves there are some strange people out there. Grin. PJ
Paul sr

Rob was the tech guru. Retired to NH. His depth of knowledge compared to ANYone. Massaged my MKII-TD over the years, with secret touches.
Paul Gaynor

I surprised they didn't halt production after the discovery of the long lost catadeadapus. Surely a historical dig site. Missing link fer sure to the cat a pult , cat er myman , ...cross bred for cat man dingo and catching chicken cats a chorey. Wonder if that's where the previous owner got the cateyes for his license plates?
L E D LaVerne

He seemed so shocked that a car would have wooden floorboards but they aren't that uncommon. Both of my Fords (25 and 39) have wood floors. He's probably not an early car guy, more likely into muscle cars, etc. But overall he seemed respectful of the car and enthusiastic about learning its peculiarities.

The show itself, well, I've shot reality shows in the past and I should probably refrain from commenting. Two pieces of advice would be to stop saying "like" so much, and don't turn the camera sideways just so you can reach the grill. Almost fell out of my chair from leaning. ;) Get a nice grill shot (very important shot when filming any car) and cut it in during editing. Oh, and stop with the f-bombs. But I'm admittedly a picky customer.

Thanks for sharing the video, it was entertaining and I'm glad to see a TD get some air time in the US.
Steve Simmons

...I was surprised (no I wasn't), that the colour wasn't mentioned... or the obivious round tailights or gauges.... and that the term vinyl was used....and that when they put the windshield down they didn't have to pull out the little brass 'stay/washer'
....Oh well....not as bad as McGuire's 'Car Crazy' anyway......
gblawson(gordon- TD27667)

I'm happy to see guys trying to make a video.
Peter Dahlquist

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