Have you made your mind up yet Steve? I suppose it depends on your type of driving. If you are not to be doing long distances on M'ways and fast main roads, it will be fine, but otherwise slow and underpowered.
I also owned an MGTA Tickford in my youth, then a number of TD and a TF or two over the years, and with my last TD which I kept for 30 years, I couldn't help feeling it would have been a great car with some MGB brakes, up rated suspension and a Duratec engine powering through a Ford 5 speed box, however that was only in my dreams, and I found it boring to drive, especially after I'd discovered the Caterham Seven range, so it eventually had to go.
I think once the novelty wears off, you will find it boring as well?
