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Re: [Mgs] Grill

To: "Michael MacLean via Mgs" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Grill
From: PaulHunt73 via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 08:30:37 +0100 5PM7ctYTqa+2x8qsDy+YoBRKGj+YVUteIQgI/0WveXGHX77zZX8OZ0mc
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Also MGBs originally had those clips fitted and removed from underneath. =
 The plastic sockets are of course much easier but the holes almost =
certainly need to be drilled out to take the thickness of the plastic as =
well as the pins, my body man was horrified when I did that to mine.

To no avail though as the new grille (!) did not fit  correctly as the =
curvature was wrong, and I had to reuse four of the original clips ... =
which I had saved of course.

PaulH.
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  I seem to recall those clips were originally very thin Tinnerman =
clips.  So if current supply is indeed thicker plastic, then yes you =
would need to drill out the holes for fitting.

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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>To no avail though as the new grille (!) did not =
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