I'm thinking it was Towery who said it.
I went and measured my Alu hood. Looks like it has 1.5" of bow measured
from the top side of the hood with a meter stick run across it. If anyone
would care to measure a steel hood, i'd appreciate it.
Mike
> I can't detect anything when I look at my '65 B's aluminum and '76 B's
> steel bonnets... Perhaps it has to do with trying to close the steel
> bonnet and not un-latching the 'self-triggering' bonnet prop correctly...!
> Many B's (my '76 included) have a slightly different curvature to one side
> of the boot lid for that reason...!
>
> --- British Sportscar Center <Lawrie@britcars.com> wrote:
> > Moss is a pretty conscientious researcher and their catalog lists only
> > one
> > hood option for MGBs. In my 26 years of working on these cars, I've
> > never
> > noticed any difference in hoods between CB and RB cars, except the prop
> > bracketry. So, I'd have to say your source of information that there was
> > a
> > 1/2" difference in curve height may not have had his/her facts
> > completely
> > straight.
> >
> > Lawrie
> > British Sportscar Center
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael Hartwig" <mhartwig@midsouth.rr.com>
> > To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 8:30 AM
> > Subject: Difference in curve between aluminum CBB and steel RBB hoods?
> >
> >
> > > I've been told that there is a 1/2" difference in curve height between
> > the
> > two
> > > hoods. Can anyone confirm this?
>
>
> =====
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