You used to be able to order rolls of various insulation materials from
J. C. Whitney... their catalog is a lot thinner now, though, and heavy on
truck and RV stuff. It might not add up to a savings, anyway, unless you
intended to insulate the floorboards and boot as well.
On the subject of the bonnet pad set, though, I have a question. I
ordered the set from Moss some time ago, before someone bashed my bonnet
(sounds bad, I know). So I didn't bother to install them, but now that I
look at them, I'm puzzled. The underside of the B bonnet (a bee in my
bonnet?) has two sections or areas defined by reinforcing partitions. Of
the two pads, one seems to fit in the rear section (toward the screen)
very tightly, so that you can tuck the loose edges under the partitions
(which appeals to my tidy mind). The other pad, however, is then far too
small to fill the front section -- it would just float in the middle of a
vast space with its funky-looking edges showing. This doesn't make much
sense to me. Can anyone with experience with the Moss kit comment on
this? Can't say I have a good mental picture of what a factory
installation looks like -- it seems every B I know has a replacement
bonnet (I wonder why?).
Dan Ray had this to say:
>Skye:
>I'd be interested in the same thing...since my B will need a paint job some
>day too, and without a garage, no point right now. The hood gets replaced
>along with the trunk at that time, too. By the way -- new photos of my B
>(you can't tell it's so imperfect in them) can be seen on Skye's sight at :
>http://www.mgb.bc.ca/media/1973/DanRay-2.jpg (#2-5)
>I looked at Lowe's (like Home Depot)...didn't find anything suitable, at
>least in small amounts. Let me know if you find anything suitable and cheap.
>At a minimum, something to cover up the nasty underside of the bonnet where
>the original material USED to be would be nice. I thought about painting it,
>but like I said, the hood is eventually "junk" anyway.
>Dan
>73 B
>
>>I'm looking for ways to hear less of the tappets and more of the wonderful
>>burbly exhaust when I'm driving, and the first thing would probably be to
>>install the two pieces of black sound deadening material under the bonnet.
>>Skye
>>
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>>1966 MGB The MGB Experience __,__\__ Safety Fast!
>>GHN3L-70307 http://www.mgb.bc.ca/ (_o____o_) MGOFR 1.375
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
Runs great,
looks particularly bad since some SUV clown backed into it.
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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