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Re: Length of CB MGB

To: Danko Roozemond <danko@dutcosi.ct.tudelft.nl>
Subject: Re: Length of CB MGB
From: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 19:07:11 -0500
Thanks Danko. The TD has priority. It's virtually restored and is driven quite
often. The space for the B is in case I find a car before I find another garage.

Bud Krueger
52TD

Danko Roozemond wrote:

> Well I looked in my workshopmanuals, and at the BGT. This is what I found:
>
> Length of a TD: 145 inch, 3.683 meter
>
> Length of a B (with overriders) 12 ft 9 3/16 inch   3.897
>
> Length of a B (wo overriders) 12 ft 8 1/2 inch   3.874
>
> So the two parked litterly bumper to bumper: 3.683 + 3.874 = 7.557 meter
>
> > I just measured to be 24' 3" long (7.32m)
> >
> so even without the bumpers (makes twice around 7 or 8 centimeter) you are 
>still
> missing some space.
>
> (is it possible to park then a little of center or park them under a liitle 
>edge
> (20 degrees ). That may do the trick. Or get all bumpers off all cars, them it
> just fits. And on a TD a missing fromtbumper looks cool. The garage where i
> sometimes go for spares or work on the car has such a TD. And it looks good.
> Otherwise i would just park the B outside for a while.
>
> Or ;) and susan may like this one Buy a midget.
>
> good luck
>
> DAnko
>
> P.s. I was pleased to see that guesses from the top of my head are not that 
>way
> off:
> > > from the top of my head: A chrome bumper B is a bit shorter the 4 meter. I
> > > thought mine (72 BGT ) is 3.89, but thats from the top of my head.
>
> 
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> FIAT 500 '69 (small, utterly slow : 56 mph max, though good fun to drive)
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