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RE: MGA frames (was: dash with cigar lighter)

To: "'MGs'" <MGS@AUTOX.TEAM.NET>
Subject: RE: MGA frames (was: dash with cigar lighter)
From: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <Lew.Palmer@uci.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 96 12:53:00 PST
Well that explains it. I'm not sure I could believe anything Will has to   
say. It's something about the bulge in his cheek - a tongue, I think it's   
called.

Lew Palmer

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From:  mgs-owner[SMTP:mgs-owner@autox.team.net]
Sent:  Thursday, February 22, 1996 10:02 AM
To:  MGS
Subject:  MGA frames (was: dash with cigar lighter)

Lew Palmer asked:

>  >and painted them different colors just to confuse
> >us (like T-type firewalls and A frames).  Then, people liked the cigar
> >lighters so much that BMC put them in all GT's, but had to put them   
down
>
> >below so they wouldn't be next to the headlight switch.  Sound
> plausible?
>
> >Denise Thorpe
> >thorpe@kegs.saic.com
>
> Denise et al.
>
> I know about T-type firewalls, but what about A frames. I'm doing an   
MGA
> (59 1500 roadster) and am curious about the reference. Pray tell....

A while back, someone mentioned that the frame to their A was grey and   
looked
original, when A frames are supposed to be black.  The witty and charming   

Will Zehring (if it was some other witty and charming person I apologize)   

speculated that the MG Car Company occasionally painted parts   
non-standard
colors just to confuse future restorers.  I can believe this because it's   

exactly what I would do if I owned a car company.

Denise Thorpe
thorpe@kegs.saic.com


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