Steve Baker MG T-Series

I’ve been advised that the supercharger kits will be available from mid April onwards. I am therefore taking firm enquiries from anyone who’s interested.

I will also offer a full polishing service for the superchargers. Please see pictures below of both polished and unpolished models. The online shop (above) has more information.

I will be taking kits to MG Silverstone in June and Beaulieu later in the year, so there will be plenty of opportunity for you to take a proper look.

Here's the dashboard mockup, laid out ready to be installed. More like a plane than a car, it'll certainly fly. This will be the standard from now on, I've posted one before without the gauges and spared no expense since. The large gauges are genuine chronometric and the small gauges are new Smiths. A pair of Heuer lap timers complete the effect nicely. 

Well there's one photo of this car on my "about me" section already, the present owner was nice enough to forward more photographs and information. I rebuilt this car from the ground up for Harry Crutchley, founder of the Octagon car club, around 20 years ago. . My Cosworth must have been all but new at the time, mind you we're both showing our age. I'd love to hear from anyone who's car I've worked on, I must have done half a dozen TF's - including two 1500s but sadly don't have any photographs of them.

Well the superchargers now been polished (see below for the before/after effect, it's the Magnuson blower from the blog in December) and fitted back on to the Q-type. The next thing to do will be to make the roll cage for the car. I would recommend you fit a roll cage if you're racing one of these, there have been a couple of accidents in recent years and it's always a sensible investment.

I'm also making patterns for the fuel tank (steel this time round), there will be two varieties; one for road use and one for racing which will be smaller because of the roll cage.

In other news I'll soon have a Wilson ENV pre-selector gearbox to fit to an XPAG, I'm sure you'll be interested to see the results and I'll keep you well posted.   

I've bought some new Alfin brake drums for my TC racer from Moss. I know that there's other manufacturers out there, I'll give them all a go in due course. My only complaint so far is that they looked a little drab, mind you that was nothing my overly enthusiastic polisher couldn't fix - what a before / after!

Here's a curious one for you all to consider. A friend of mine is having these twin cam heads manufactured. Could make for an interesting TA or TC special. I hope to be able to supply these in the future, they won't be cheap and of course I'm interested in knowing how popular they'll be. Thoughts on a postcard to steve@stevebakermg.co.uk

These are the shock absorbers I'll be putting on the car. Hartford duplex all 'round. Was delighted when they arrived, with Christmas upon us the postman doesn't seem as keen as usual, but these are the only present I need. They're fully adjustable and a proper pre-war design, period Koni if you will. Only the best!

The new bodies! Very different, though the same to the untrained eye. I'll be basing my new QT around a thicker, higher quality 16 gauge / 2.5mm aluminium. This will mean that the body shell is a lot stronger and the car will feel more solid. I've also added several subtle modifications which will become apparent as the body is assembled onto the frame. 

I've invested in a 1/4" / 6mm fire wall and support brackets which will be highly polished. I'll make the petrol tanks from steel this time around, the weight saving is negligible and this will ensure that there are no vibration fractures (better safe than sorry).

I've also received the dashboard, for those who are curious I have these made from 1/4", 6mm, aluminium with an engine-turned finish.

I will be selling these bodies as kits from April 2010, so I'd be interested to hear any opinions / suggestions! I'll not be mass-producing, the quality is outstanding and I'll personally ensure they're all to my exacting standards.