Mark - When I restored my Midget I bought a ready-made interior kit from
Vicky B., so I haven't tried this, but I think it would work: score the
backside of the panel with something like an X-acto knife deeply enough
that you can bend it. If it breaks, I think the non-scored side would
remain intact, and the break would smoothly follow the score line. Once
the panel is covered and installed, it should look fine. If the panel
breaks in two, then you could make a hinge with duct tape. When the panel
is riveted in place with the bend in it, it will become rigid at the bend
anyway. Or, you could cut the panel into two pieces, install the two
pieces temporarily in place, and use fiberglass cloth and resin to reattach
them to each other.
I was not able to get the bonnet release cable out without removing the
engine because there was a nut on the engine side of the firewall, recessed
back up above the gearbox. I couldn't figure a way to gain access to this
with the gearbox in place. Good luck!
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC USA
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
'66 BJ8 HBJ8L/36666 "TARHEELY"
'63 BJ7 HBJ8L/20111 "HEALEYUM"
"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool
than to speak, and remove all doubt" -- Mark Twain
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> From: Mark Endicott <endicott@bellsouth.net>
> To: Spridgets <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
> Subject: Midget (MK III) Interior
> Date: Saturday, January 10, 1998 3:24 PM
>
> Spridgeteers:
>
> Great minds must think alike because I too have been working on
> putting a new interior in the Midget. I have cut out all new panels,
> and put the originals in a safe place. The only one that I am having
> a problem with is the one that is behind the seat that separates the
> boot. It has a "bend" in it a few inches down from the top. I am
> using hardboard (masonite) and I am having a problem trying to figure
> how it is bent. I suppose that a long metal brake (I don't have one)
> could bend it but it looks like it would break in half. Suggestions
> would be appreciated.
>
> Next is the Bonnet release cable, I haven't tried to get it out yet
> but it looks like a bear to get to?
>
> Also, if anyone needs a pattern of the panels let me know, it would be
> a simple matter to trace them now before the new vinyl goes on.
>
> TIA
>
> --
> Mark
> WB0NOO
> 1970 MG Midget MK III
> S/V Witchcraft, S2-27
> Nashville, Tennessee
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