As I have mentioned once or twice, I am going through the brakes and
suspension of my MGA. A while back someone asked how many places MOWOG
appeared on an MG. I don't know about B's but the A is virtually covered
with them.
As far as I can tell, any cast iron part sourced by BMC has MOWOG somewhere
on it's surface. This includes the rear brake drums, the spindles and the
steering arms. I think the trunnions and hubs had the disease, also but I
am not certain. I saw it on other parts, too but since these are the parts
I removed and inspected, they are the ones that stand out. The MGA must be
some kind of high water mark for MOWOG Mania!
I wonder why this was done? Did the foundries insist on this so they knew
where to send the parts? Was it some sort of early experiment in corporate
team building? Was it some sort of crazed ownership response like some
five year old labeling all of her toys? Come to think of it, I still label
all of my toys... Anyways, back to the point. What was the point again?
Maybe I should carefully grind away the OWO so that it all says M G
like it should have in the first place.
Personally, I think there was some old pattern maker named Mowog who got a
little carried away one day and BMC came up with this elaborate hoax to
cover the tracks. Or maybe Mowog is a reference to some unmentionable
body part or biologic activity in the local dialect carved into the
patterns by disgruntled worker. (if you are disgruntled when you are
unhappy, are you gruntled again when things work out?) Makes as much
sense as anything else.
Oh well, at least I haven't found anything labeled Tri***ph or Fergussen.
It's snowing again and my mind is wandering. I had my car apart on the one
nice weekend so far this year. Life can be so unfair.
Regards
Bill Eastman
61 MGA and serious cabin fever
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