2008 Fort Walton Beach Car Show. Brit 4 Cyl Class.
Grand total of 189 cars on the lot. Lots of neat stuff.

Nice TF! Do you know what color it was painted? I can't tell if it's yellow or beige.

The TF with the raked grille and headlamps is one of my favorite MG's. By the looks of the bonnets you had at least two with you.

Well, there are some non-concours things on that TF...plus that top is just 'sloppy'!!

It was not yellow.

You know those things have the most intresting gas guage. It is kind of a stick thing that fits down in the filler and stores someplace.

Boy was it hot, I just may not do that again.

Jack-Your car is closer to being concours than that TF. The color looks like a TC owned by Mike Love of the Beach Boys back during the 70's. I like TF's, but not that one. Those white walls have to go.

Think I am going to work on makeing mine even more so over the next year.

The white walls were an original offering - however, those are non-stock, aftermarket wire wheels....not even of the period of the TF but more like MGB chrome wheels!!! That alone should counter the nonexistant fire extinguisher!

The color is Ivory (though it looks more like Sequoia Cream in the photo)...it should have a red or green interior - looks like it might be red.

Plus, the fitment of that top just sucks!

& imbecillic judging like that is another reason why I rarely do car shows! If you don't know the car, don't judge!

They were judgeing engine room, interior, underneath, and paint.


I know, I know but my club is a sponcer of this event so I kinda need to be there.

However, that said I am getting smarter and will work on a few problem areas so I don't beat myself next time. Heck a Bugeye should beat a TD hands down, LOL.

Gives me something to do over the winter.

So was it a popular choice vote or judged?

Tony, Naturally restoring originals is the best, but are new,(correct),wires available for a TF?

As much as I love "wide whites" and plan on using them on my bugeye, I don't care for them with those chrome wires and color. But hmmm, I was thinking about doing my Bugeye in beige.

This is pretty typical of multi-marque car shows. Judges (in this case Model T and Model A people) can't be expected to be familiar with the originality issues on cars other than their own makes. This makes the competition more Show and Shine than Concours. Jack deserves to be proud of his car in this situation.

At Conclave 2008 with about 200 beautiful Healeys, judging was peoples choice unless you wanted you car concours judged. Those cars (very few) were judged against tough standards, not each other, and received appropriate awards. Not as anal as the Corvette crowd but pretty tough.

Marv J

TF's didn't come from the factory with wire wheels...they were a period aftermarket item...MGA wires are the closest thing to the period ones but most folks use MGB or MGC wires....oh, they were painted, not chromed! But, somebody who knows better might correct me on this....

But, multi-marque car shows are judged on the quality of the finished product not if they are "correct". So they are looking for neatness and attention to detail (not accuracy).

Sort of like judging how consistent an archer can hit the same spot with his arrow (even if it is not the bulls eye)

According to Anders Clausager "The Original MG T Series", most of the TFs for the American market came with wire wheels (6463 out of 9600).

Marv J