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From: Christian Ness <cqness@worldnet.att.net>
To: Morgans@autox.team.net <Morgans@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, April 24, 1999 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: Alignment of the bonnet halfs.
>I have a similar situation on my '61 Plus 4. The starboard bonnet front
>lower corner has made a hole in the radiator shroud from flapping against
>it. It had a rubber triangle protecting it until recently but I lost it on
>the road. Is the rubber triangle original equipment?
Chris,
Can't say whether the little rubber triangles are original, but they
certainly are a popular item, available from Melvyn Rutter & others. I've
lost one or two over time.
>There is a very subtle bend in the right part of the front bumper that is
not
>matched by the left and there is a crack in the starboard wing where the
>running light mounts and no corresponding damage in the port wing. These
>might be evidence of a collision or damage in the past .... <snip> and the
>fender crack I understand to be a normal sort of aging process in Morgans.
Right, the fender cracks can occur without any damage. Not really due so
much to "normal aging" but as a result of the design that places so much of
the support for the wing on that one area. A popular fix is to re-inforce
the wing with a plate underneath. Our crack has developed on the port wing.
Morgan believes in equal opportunity & ambi-dexterity!
I gave up some time ago trying to get the bonnet or doors "just right".
Instead, have learned to live with it. Such slight imperfection adds
character & uniqueness to the car, or so I keep trying to convince myself. I
think it was Yoda who said: don't change the Morgan, let the Morgan change
you.
Cheers,
Fred Kuzyk
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