>By the way, has anybody checked the fit and finish of the Rover Group
>steel bonnets available from Moss. They are about twice as expensive as
>their normal aftermarket. Do they fit any better?
I bought a pair of Rover fenders, a bonnet and a pair of outer sills for my B a
few
years ago -
although not from Moss. (Rover body panels should
have either a small hologram or a brown and white sticker pasted on them
somewhere)
[Obligatory plug for SICP... price was ~$140 for the bonnet and ~$179 for each
wing.
When I saw the 'box', I nearly keeled over. It took three people to lift it
out
of the Roadway truck. The 'box' was a wooden crate constructed from several
sheets
of 4x8 plywood and a bunch of 2x4's. The stuff was so well packed that it took
me
a half an hour to uncrate the parts. Not a scratch on any of it though, kudos
to
the packers at SICP.]
The fit is excellent. The wings/bonnet pretty much bolted right on and only
required
an hour or two of fiddling to get the gaps perfect. There is no filler in the
bonnet
and just a bit in each headlight bucket to fill in some weld gaps. The sills
fit
equally as well, but required a bit of dressing around the rear
trumpet.
If you are considering new parts, and can spare the extra $, spring for the
Rover
parts, they fit well and will save you endless hours of frustration.
--Scott
Scott Hower -> howersl@mailexcite.com
73 MGB
78 Midget
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