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Re: What is the "Crack of Doom"?

To: John Middlesworth <jape@email.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: What is the "Crack of Doom"?
From: rdonahue@holli.com (Robert J. Donahue)
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 22:18:39 -0600 (MDT)
>I had the impression that the MGB "crack of doom" was a crack that
>revealed the unibody was falling apart.  Recently though, I've heard it
>described as the crack that might run from the outside rear-view mirror to
>the top of the door.  If it's the latter, why is there "doom"?  Couldn't 
>the crack simply be welded?
>
>John Middlesworth
>1972 MGB
>
>

John:

        The doom part means that it is bond to happen. Every MGB ever made gets
that crack eventually. Yes, it can be welded.

Bob Donahue, Still Stuck in the '50s          
rdonahue@holli.com          
53 MG-TD #17639 under DIY restoration, NEMGTR #11470
71 MGB still in shop, 17 months and counting



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