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Re: Detail Questions; 66 MGB

To: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>,
Subject: Re: Detail Questions; 66 MGB
From: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 11:16:05 -0400
Gentlemen,
Thanks to a few of the listers on the MG site, and a local fellow coming 
forward with a truly original early car (even original paint) I've 
determined the following:

1. Bonnet to hinge fasteners were body colour. I must assume because 
Abingdon removed the bonets for mechanical assembly purposes, these 
fasteners must have been reinstalled, the bonnet final adjusted, then touch 
up paint must have been applied to them.

2. Bonnet latch cup, striker pin and spring and all related bonnet latching 
parts were all body colour, though of course the paint was obviously pretty 
scarce further up on the striker pin.

3. Though fitted during final assembly there is clear evidence on at least 2 
different cars ('66 and '67 both GHN3 series cars with 18GB engines) that 
the coil mounting plate was painted engine maroon colour.

4. The copper heater feed pipe running along side the left side of the 
rocker cover was left bare copper with a clear zinc plated steel wrap over 
clip holding the pipe to the forward bolt screwed into the inlet manifold 
boss immediately forward of the diaphragm gulp valve.

Thanks to all concerned for sharing. As I proceed with this car and the 
careful research required, I'm finding how many errors there really are in 
Clausager's "Original MGB" book though I'll be the first to say that it has 
to be the best book out there right now for restoring an MGB.
I have a copy of the original factory parts book dated January 1968 which is 
what's really keeping me on course. I simply couldn't do without it.
There are those of you out there who repeatedly tell me that "it doesn't 
matter, no two MG's were built quite the same, as long as it was completed 
and got out the door." I find in applying careful research and reading the 
fine print in the parts books, there were specific change points for even 
the smallest piece, and it was carefully documented.
The real truth to the matter seems to be more the case of people over the 
years substitutuing parts from different cars, from the junkyards, and the 
local hardware stores to keep them on the road over the decades.
Now to wade through it all and try to correct things all these years later, 
it becomes a challenge, but a truly enjoyable one.
Rich Chrysler




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