Good luck with the foams. I've been in a GT with new foams and my head was
brushing the roof, I've heard of other people not being able to get their
legs under the steering wheel, the only solution seems to be to cut about an
inch off the bottom. I've just had a copy of Don Hayter's 'The MGB Story'
which makes interesting reading coming as it does from someone who was there
from before the MGB to the close down. He says they spent a very long time
experimenting with the foam manufacturer with various densities and
thicknesses before they came up with the right formula. If the foams we get
nowadays are from a different source, as I suspect, I very much doubt they
took as much trouble.
I say interesting, and also amusing. Don relates how the MGB was the first
body they dip-primed, and he spent some time designing in the holes to let
the air out at the top and the paint out at the bottom (those peculiar holes
in the floor pan for one). However they only dipped up to the level of the
shelf in the engine bay, which meant hand-feathering in the edge before
hand-spraying the top part. So ICI suggested dipping it completely (I can't
imagine why they didn't do that in the first place), and they all stood
round while the first shell went in. Unfortunately enough air got trapped
to lift the body off the hooks, and it gracefully floated off down the tank
and sunk.
PaulH.
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> ... I now have all the foam needed to finish the seats.
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