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Frank van Dalen
Netherlands
28 Posts |
 Posted - 08/11/2008 : 10:36:53
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In the restoration of my J2 body I have come across three boomerang shaped bits of plywood which are nailed to the dashboard rail on top of the original piping. They serve as shims to bring the dashboard in line with the back edge of the scuttle top. Can anybody tell me if these bits are original MG parts or a later addition by a previous owner?
Thanks
Frank van Dalen
J2 4138
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George Eagle
United Kingdom
3240 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2008 : 11:52:38
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I have never seen such distance pieces in the various cars I have restored. I would have thought a better solution would be to have a dash board made out of thicker material!
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DickMorbey
United Kingdom
3677 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2008 : 12:19:27
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I don't know whether the dashboard being referred to is wood or metal? If the latter, spacers might well be necessary.
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Dick Morbey, PA/B 0743 |
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tholden
United Kingdom
1638 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2008 : 13:25:19
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Frank the spacers you refer to are absolutely correct they were fitted originally and do exactly what you say. They also help to retain the piping when you are fitting the dash.
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Richard Hardy
United Kingdom
2159 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2008 : 17:43:11
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Frank
Agreed, they are correct
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Frank van Dalen
Netherlands
28 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2008 : 19:21:17
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Gentlemen,
Thank you once more! I should have tried harder not to damage them on removal... They don't really look like factory items except that the plywood quality is better than average.
Frank van Dalen
J2 4138
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bahnisch
Australia
674 Posts |
Posted - 09/11/2008 : 10:21:59
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| I didn't know of these items, no wonder I had difficulty in aligning my dashboard! |
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Steve Cooper
United Kingdom
57 Posts |
Posted - 09/11/2008 : 12:39:11
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As per Terry Holden's comment, the plywood pieces are absolutely correct. I have seen them on many cars including my L2. When I rebuilt the body tub on the L2, I retained the wooden dash "hump" piece but replaced the three pieces of plywood with a single piece of plywood the whole way across - glueing and screwing it to the "hump" piece which makes a much stronger assembly. The dash "hump" piece is in fact quite weak on the L2 because of the small cut outs for the dash lamps (unlike the J2) reducing the section which on my car had split across the grain at this point, so the revised method actually repaired the problem as well.
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Bruce Sutherland
United Kingdom
1564 Posts |
Posted - 09/11/2008 : 16:25:44
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Hello all,
The dashboard boomerang-shaped plywood packing pieces û for clarification are these fastened to the forward (in car line) surface of the veneered dash panel, or to the twin hump-shaped plywood cross-member to which the veneered fascia is fastened?
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Frank van Dalen
Netherlands
28 Posts |
Posted - 13/11/2008 : 08:05:38
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Bruce,
Sorry for the delay in answering - the pieces are nailed to the twin hump-shaped ash cross member to which the aluminium J2/L2 fascia is then attached. I expect they are not used on PA/PB and other models with a thicker veneered wooden fascia.
Regards
Frank van Dalen
J2 4138
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