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OK, I was wrong. (Damn! I hate when that happens!)
To me what matters is not what I or somebody else here thinks a plinth
is, what matters is what the folks at Abingdon thought a plinth was.
So I hauled out my copy of P/N AKD 1055, which is the "The MG Series MGA
Service Parts List". My particular copy came from my old MG dealer who
gave it to me years ago the day he closed.
The rubber part I thought was the plinth is in reality the "seal for
plinth". The plinth is indeed, as other posters here have said, the
metal part _adjacent_ to the rubber plinth seal.
On an MGA 1500 tail light assembly, the plinth is the metal item which
mounts between the plinth seal and the lamp seating rubber. It is the
rubber plinth seal which comes into contact with the body of the car,
and not the plinth itself.
That is right from the bible, and if it is good enough for the folks in
Abingdon, it is good enough for me.
Sorry about my earlier, incorrect, offering.
Bruce Burrows
'59 MGA basket case
'60 Daimler SP 250
'61 Daimler SP 250
'73 MGB driver
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From: bburrows@webtv.net (Bruce Burrows)
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 13:32:13 -0500 (EST)
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To me the work "plinth" always brings to mind a special piece of rubber
which separates the body of the car from whatever item (taillight,
mirror base, etc.) attached to it.
Bruce Burrows
'59 MGA basket case
'60 Daimler SP 250
'61 Daimler SP 250
'73 MGB driver
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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 10:13:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Dan Dwelley <ddwelley@excite.com>
To: Richard Crump <rcrump@enid.com>, Ken Waringa <kwaringa@dynsys.com>, MG
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Subject: Re: English to American
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Could you explain the side mirror plinth... It's not a rubber gasket. You
are correct as it being a base though.
Dan Dwelley
77 Midget
Alexandria, Va.
On Thu, 23 Mar 2000 12:01:12 -0600, Richard Crump wrote:
> A plinth is the rubber gasket that the lamp sits on. The word means base
> and is normally used in reference to the base of a statue.
> Richard Crump, esq, USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ken Waringa <kwaringa@dynsys.com>
> To: MG <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 8:27 AM
> Subject: English to American
>
>
> > I'm looking at some parts from England, and I don't know what a
"Plinth"
> is.
> > Can anyone enlighten me? I lived in Scotland for almost 10 years
during
> my
> > Navy career, and I asked an English friend, but he didn't know either.
> I've
> > looked at some of the English to American dictionaries on the net, but
no
> > luck.
> >
> > The parts are: Front Wing Plinth and Rear Wing Lamp Lower Plinths.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Ken Waringa
> >
> >
>
Dan Dwelley
77 Midget
Alexandria, Va.
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