1948 MG TC - Driving The Deadly Tin Can Your Grandfather Raced (POV Binaural Audio)
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My grandpa used to drive me around as a kid in his TC. His was green and I can still remember the smell of it. Thanks for taking me down memory lane.
My favorite book when I was around age 12 was "The Red Car" about a Colorado teen who wanted a car, and came up with a wrecked TC. He was able to acquire the car, a parts donor from another wreck, and expert rebuilding and driving advice from "Frenchy" - the local foreign car mechanic. Frenchy turned out to be a former Bugatti racing driver, and they team up top bring the car back to driving/racing condition and defeat the arrogant Siata driver in the local race. The stuff of teenage dreams...
The fact that I also read that book, made me click on this video.
@@presbyterosBassI I tried to re-buy it a couple of years ago, but the result of my search seemed bogus. Somebody alleged they had one, and offered it for hundreds of dollars!
Back in 1965 I had a 1946 MG TC Racer....way over bored, shaved and ported cross flow head. 1 1/2in SUs,
Wild cam, every component weighed and balanced. 15" Borani wire wheels, Alfin brake drums, custom
exhaust, roll bar the works. Streeterized it and enjoyed blowing off Porsches and the like.
I miss that car. but.. I sold it off and bought a Fairthorpe Electron Climax, one of 21 and the only left hand drive imported to the US
I had not heard of he fairthorpe, I looked it up....I can imagine you had fun that car too.
@@davidminnesota4050 Not just a Fairthorpe but the Fairthorpe Electron CLIMAX (1100).
1008 pounds.
108 HP
Redline in the 8s.
Close ratio gearbox.
35-40 MPG at 65 MPH
I ate Bug Eyed Sprites for breakfast, Triumphs and MGBs for lunch and Porsches for dinner.
I read a book in 3rd grade around 1965 called "The Red Car". I'm 67, but remember it pretty well. It involved a TC or a TD, thank you for letting me take a ride in it!
helped a friend restore a 54 TF. no window, leaking top, no heat. drive around the block and reset the carbs. hot in summer, cold in the winter. feel every imperfection in the road. despite all that, a blast.
Considering how iconic this car is, there is an amazing lack of CZcams videos about these.
My grandpa had a 1951 MG TD, which he raced all throughout the 50s in Nebraska. Story goes he picked it up off a used car lot. It was between the MG and a Jag XK120. He didn't have the cash for the Jag, so bought the MG. Installed SU carburetors himself, plus a whole host of other 'mods' in the day. He later went on to buy, build and race an Elva Mk5 with the Climax engine
As one of the big car magazine pundit described the TC: "sport motoring distilled to its purest essence"". My '48 TC gets regular exercise and always puts a smile on my face. It is easy to maintain and parts are stioll available.
Nice! My red 1953 MGTD with wire wheels is almost finished being completely restored. I bought it a 1971 and haven't driven it since the 1980s. It's been sitting in my garage and well it's being restored I'm restoring my garage!
I fell in love with the MG TC when I read the book "The Red Car" by Don Stanford back in the 1970s. It would make a great movie!
"The Red Car" was my introduction to sports cars too. Put ideas in my head, then my Aunt Mary married a guy with a Triump TR3. He took me for rides (I was about 12 in 1963). I was hooked! I had a Spitfire after high school, drive a 2001 Miata today.
Same here. Biult a model of one. Used carboard n balsa wood for the body n frame.
I have read The Red Car several times. Frenchy with his Bugatti tools!
Ah, gauges who are "I am thinking, thinking...oh that's it!!"
I just watched this in the UK. I had one that I bought from a guy up the road for £100 in 1970 and towed it home. I restored it during evenings and weekends on a shoestring budget. Eventually sold it to buy a Morgan in boxes. My wife my daughter and I used it to go car shows in the UK including a 150mile round trip to Silverstone. Fun to drive, reliable and not unique when I had it. We always called it a Fly-Off handbrake and easily disconnected when getting in or out of the car, I speak from experience!! Nice video, sounds and looks just like mine even the same colour.
The 3 positions of a Lucas switch: Off - Dim - Flicker
Unless it’s the heater, then it’s rattle, squeal, and smoke.
Or the dome light: on/maybe/on.
Such fun, I’ve had three Midgets, an MGB, and a 63 E-Type.
I swear that Michael Caine could have driven this in "The Battle of Britain." Older design but pure style and just gorgeous. This MG is made for blasting around back roads.
Yes the Michael Caine character drove a Bentley, but remember the RAF officer played by Christopher Plummer in the same film, drove a 1930s MG PA or PB, a sister car to the later TC, it had all the styling ques to be found on the later TC.
@@marknelson5929 Along with Anthony Andrews in Danger UXB
MG always had a good transmission. I have repaired and driven TC's, TD's, MGA's and MGB's. Awesome cars.
This was a lot of fun, and just like always, you drove it like you've owned it for 20yrs. Beautiful job presenting her!
Thank you!
Thanks for an enjoyable review. I restored and still own an identical model, down to the colour and year. They steal your heart. Not powerful by modern standards in the standard road-going tuning, but it feels thrilling with the low stance and open position. As you say, they were built to be thrown around. Drive 'em till they smoke and polish 'em till they gleam.
The car you drove looked to be in beautiful condition, but before they were classics, they were ragged around as old bangers by young men, and very few will have survived without significant restoration somewhere along their almost 80 year lifespan. The wooden bodyframe of mine was eaten away by Californian woodworm and rot, and needed to be completely replaced when I repatriated it back to within 30 miles of where it was originally built.
Thanks once again
As a 80-90s kid, I have to agree. So many dads had MGBs, Midgets/Sprites, and Spitfires.
I still have a soft spot for all of the post war sports cars from 🏴
I had a '67 Midget. LOVED it!
Used to race SCCA, people always asked me what the fastest i ever drove
I told them the fastest feeling was 75 in a TC.
Like a Sopwith Camel in a dive 😑
I own an MGB. I now want to go back even further.... all the way back to a "T" series. I need to drive a few, though.
My tongue hangs out whenever I see one of these. This video is probably as close as I will ever get. Thank you for the vicarious thrill.
Your best stuff is when you drive something old and complicated but make it look easy
Absolutely lovely ! Thanks for this video. Many years ago I frequently drove an YA (same basis 4 door saloon but already with independent front suspension) and an early TF. Both had the same XPAG 1250 engine and the sound on your video made me revive many sweet memories from 40 years ago. Keep on the good work.
My father owned one new absolutely gorgeous, l have always wanted to own one, l better get a wriggle on.
Ah, the 1 1/4 litre.
Sportscars, motorcycles, and biplanes. Ive had the fun of doing mechanics work on some of this old prewar mechanicals. The men who, flew,drove, or piloted these machines were lunatics. I had fun loosing my marbles.
In the mid-60s there was a car dealer under the Chiswick Flyover (West London) who had so many of these (and later) that you had to climb over them to look at them. Sadly, I was too young to drive one! I wonder how many still exist.
Nice review Ted! That's a super nice classic car. Very interesting they chose right handed driving for the US.
Love the jaeger clock ticking away!
Day 5 of asking Tedward to drive the S60R (love the speedo on the left for when you're trying to impress someone lol)
I worked in a business that had cars on consignment and we had a mix up on time frames of one leaving for another to come in, so I had to alternate driving them home in the evening for safe storage. Alternated between an MG PB and a DeTomaso mangusta. Loved that job.
Commonly referred to as 'a coffin on four harps.'
Beautifully restored.
Oh man I hate driving right side drives in the US. I'm terrible at shifting with my left hand, and also passing is a nightmare!
No problem with the electrics today, the sun is shining. The tach's behavior seems weird because it is a mechanical instrument as is the speedo. I liked driving the TF1500 best of the C, D and F, because it did everything better. But the TC is real eye candy, but can be a chore to drive hard, and super cool to own.
Love the old fashioned gear sound. Sorta like a four wheeled vintage motorcycle.
Compared to a "modern" sports car the 48MG might feel like a deadly tin can. Compared to other cars of its vintage it feels like a sports car. Some 76 years later it is still a blast to drive
I love the dashboard. This is a car that you should only drive in the country on gorgeous days. It’s a work of art.
Essentially a pre-war car produced after the war. Many were raced here in Australia, usually with 16 inch wheels and re-geared accordingly. Some of the highly developed TCs had quite extraordinary performance, as did many over your way.
I love the RPM gauge, it's even magical to keep staring at it 😎
That's a little beauty.
Perfect for popping down to the pub for a pint or 2.
In the '60s, I had a '50 TD, which I took to college with me. Was a fun car, though it needed constant TLC plus a few engine rebuilds. Same color as this TC. I beat the daylights outta it but drove it everywhere. Often had to use the crank to start it. 'Twas a chick magnet.
BTW..... looks like you're in one of the old Polaroid lots at the Reservoir site, off Winter Street.
Tach in not Impulse, it is a Chronometric. It jumps a step at a time like a watch, which is the type of movement it has.
Hi the tach is a mechanical geared unit. It is driven from the back of the dynamo/genereator by a gearbox using a cable.
The eratic movement of yours probably means the gearbox or the tach is faulty.
I loved the styling of 70s mg’s as a kid. Unfortunately I don’t think too many lasted past 1985 in New England.
the gear lever throw looks so tight.
A car as beautiful as a jewel! Driving this car will surely be a wonderful experience. And you are a very skilled driver.💯
Thank you!
If I understand correctly the battery, combined tool box in the car was a wartime ammunition box. MG stopped car production during WW2 and helped with the war effort, repairing Matilda tanks and assembling British Albermale bomber cockpits.
I had one of the last TC's built in 1950--the TD was different--and the TA had slicing trunnions and was pre-war. Of course I did some improvements--mine did a genuine 100 mph--at over 6000rpm on a 3 main bearing shaft. The tyres I had to change--bigger rims and stronger spokes--and better brakes. The front beam axle was a bone shaker, but cornered better than the later independents once wider tyres were fitted. The brakes were not really good enough. On did need a roll bar--I lost a workmates who flipped a MG TF--killed instantly with a broken neck.
Nice car and a very great experience drive this car for Tedward.
Truly Liberating... Driving by the seat of your pants in vintage style. 🛣️👌
I want to drive that through the countryside in Wales 🤩
I've driven my olde campervan though North Wales to the South. Such tight roads need a nimble beast such as her. 👍
at 20mph lol
What a gorgeous little car.
My all-time favorite car...
Ted: Props for shifting in RHD.🏆. What a cool little car.❤
A friend of mine had one back in the 1960s, it was red and black and I lusted after it thinking it was one of the most beautiful cars ever made. He thought it quite a pig to drive and swapped it for a very mediocre Austin saloon. With prices high now, I’m never going to afford one. I like your comments on the way it goes around bends, you never know whether the back is going to follow the front. I have access to a modern Morgan, built in the same style with wood, and a spare wheel at the back, that feels the same, despite being a sports car it is better on the straight than on the twisties.
Yep, dad drove them with Bob Holbert in the 50's (mostly TD's and TF's)
OMG What a Incredible machine woot ❤
My first sports car purchased on my 20th birthday 1954 (used) Miami Sports Car Club member.
Yes the car is a little like driving a truck , look really smooth, but no steering assistance you need a big wheel and good muscles;)) I love driving mine and yes break you need to be well alert ;))😅
Fantastic!👍
Trust me here, that leather is no more than eight years old, it is not seventy years old.
I had a 1962 MGA when I was 16 and would like to have it back now that I am 71 and have spare change. Fell in love with the double bubble dash and ended up with a 65 Corvette
Oh you crazy young boys with your swerving and beeping, you just can’t keep your foot off the acceleratrix can you? 😂
Please tell me this is a Monty burns quote 😆
@@TedwardDrives he did actually use the word “acceleratrix” haha
Made my whooooole day 😆
Oh wow, steering wheel reminds me of your channel's logo
Lucas 3 way switch. Off, spark, fire!
If that pedal box is a little tight, you simply must have a pair of Aston Martin Valour Driving Shoes.
At a mere 1000 pounds the pair, a must have for every owner of fine motorcars.
These cars definitely weren't made for sissies or people who want to look at their cell phones while driving. I had a 1959 Alfa Romeo Spyder 1300 in high school. Sure wish I had that car back. The man I bought it from had raced it at Lime Rock Ct. so it had racing numbers on it and G production designation, which I forget at the moment. Very cool for a high school student in the 60s. Always loved the MG TCs and MG TDs, though.
The steering that car look like your logo😊
beauty!
I want one
Click and Clack of NPR said if you drive one of these "you better wear brown pants!"
Its a nice car, but what causes the steering wheel to vibrate so much? the engine, suspension or wheels?
Sorry for bothering you, but what settings do you use for the GoPro 12?
What are those jacks in the center, red and black? or are they indicators of some sort?
The delightful TC. They took the 1938 Morris 8 sports and refined? it. If I had my choice, I'd have the 8 sports chassis and body, Morris 10 diff and the TC motor. That would be a weapon.
I have always been intrigued by Tachometers like that. I see them a lot in older F1 cars. Does anybody know if the "impulse" action is intended to be a feature (e.g., easier to read as it pauses) or a bug? And if so why?
I'm pretty sure it's not a bug and works like that. I can't give you a technical explanation but I know that my father had a aftermarket Jaeger Tacho in his Fiat 500 Abarth that worked exactly like this one.
Maybe it's the difference between early electric Tachometers with contacts to newer ones which have sensors
My guess is it’s the design. It might be pulling the rotations information from a smaller part of the engine. Usually there’s magnets on the crankshaft or flywheel that the rpm can be read off of. Maybe with this design it’s off of the camshaft or distributor and therefore the refresh is slower or there’s not as high of clarity for it to show up smooth on the tachometer.
They give stable readings, unlike cable drives which tend to bounce and waver, which is much better in performance applications. In race situations you want to see the RPM you are managing to pull and not have to take a guess at it. In formula racing armed with accurate knowledge you can now adjust the gear ratios to optimise for that track.
Lot of Brit bikes had them too. Smith's chronometric.
Look up Smiths Chronometric. It’s a very smart design, and yes, it’s meant to do that.
Can you tell me how tall you are? I am 6'0" and I could not get into a friend's TC. I think the driver's seat was all the way back but perhaps not. But there was no way I could get into the car on the driver's side unless my knees bent the other way like an Ostrich.... Thanks.
Knock on wheels and spinners. Are the nearside and offside spinners threaded the same way, or 'clockwise' and 'anticlockwise'?
My 1962 MGA knock offs were threaded opposite as were many Dodge wheel nuts in the sixties.
I had a MG TF. Not much different from the TC. Like driving a brick but fun.
Do you double clutch on the down shift ?
That steering wheel designed by the same person as your logo?
That is called a Brooklands Steering Wheel - named after the famous banked racetrack in England.
It's a Bluemels Brooklands steering wheel.
Have you ever considered getting a 360 camera so we can look around while you drive? Or maybe just when you do the walk around at the start?
Quality is garbage and wayyyy too wide angle
The only company making them is insta360 and they are a garbage company is well. I’ve had when and they can be fun but the video quality as way too low even for watching on a phone.
Beautiful 😍
Thanks for driving the car i have always wanted. Same age as me. No one under the age 30 could possibly drive,im sure. When i win Lotto it will be the first thing i buy......hang the $$$$$$$
Right into first gear from neutral!? That thing must have a fully synchronized gearbox which my 1960 Bugeye sprite does not have.
Not straight in. I’m nudging into second and then going to first
Tristan Farnon's car
Need more RHD content
A lesson in minimalist KISS engineering compared to modern cars-which you can't work on without computers. Motoring as an adventure had died a death. Trust me our forefathers did not treat these gently.
me thinking the thumbnail was edited into a wavy pattern lmfao
She’s a beauty.
It sounds good 6:47
Vrooooom
suicide doors look so sexy on that thing.
I wanted an MG TC but it was a case of "meeting your heroes" when I bought one.
It’s a verrrrrry involved driving experience. To put it lightly 😂. And speed is pretty frightening.
14:50 HUHCOMMIT TO YOUR MOTIONS PEOPLE
Charles kck
Your title clearly trying too hard . A car is only as deadly as the person who is using it
Or if a lawnmower bumps into it.
Completely agree. Drove T series cars for years and never had an issue (or a death). And, a TD or TF is a completely different animal than a TC.