1945 MG TC

1945 MG TC in Banacek, TV Series, 1972-1974 Ep. 1.06

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
Raul1983 ◊ 2008-11-10 21:22
DynaMike ◊ 2008-11-10 21:26	TC?
chris40 ◊ 2008-11-10 21:27	MG TC, 1945+?
greybear ◊ 2008-11-11 00:47	It seems to have its original British plate under its US one. But what is the strange chrome tv aerial-like device on the front?
rjluna2 ◊ 2008-11-11 01:58	greybear wrote It seems to have its original British plate under its US one. But what is the strange chrome tv aerial-like device on the front? I think this is some sort of bumper locator from the driver point of view.
chris40 ◊ 2008-11-11 09:05	TCs imported officially in the USA were fitted with a front bumper. This one is clearly a personal import, and the device seems to be at once a badge bar and limited protection against American bumpers.
phylo ◊ 2014-01-27 17:53	Only a few hundred of the 10000 TCs were built specifically for the USA market (so-called "exu" models), and they had a special front and rear bumper set, not unlike the later TD or TF. Also had twin taillights and turn signals (standard TCs did not). There were a lot of alternative "bumper" arrangements available in the aftermarket for the 2000-3000 standard TCs that came here. Note that this car also has a horn on the front bar (that chrome thing with a black center). The exu cars didn't have that, rather had twin horns under the bonnet. This is a "standard" TC with aftermarket antenna-bumpers and headlamps.