Neil:
I realize he is on the wrong continent as far as you're concerned, but
Todd Clarke in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, sells full-size paper
patterns of the floorboards if yours are too far gone to use for that
purpose. I think they were about US$20. They also show the locations
for the holes that secure the seat rails. The original hardware for
the seat rails involved `T-bolts,' these unique threaded, flanged
sleeves inserted from the underside of the boards that accepted
fine-thread hex bolts; Todd sells kits of the proper bolts and
T-bolts, washers, etc., as well as the floorboard bolts and
accompanying broad, thin washers. As I recall, the floorboard bolts
also secure the sheet metal of the tunnel to the floorboard rails ...
Clarke Spares & Restorations
90 West Swamp Road
Dolestown, PA 18901
USA
Tel: (215) 348-0595
Fax: (215) 348-4168
Even using the patterns, you should expect to do a bit of
rasping/chiseling and swearing to get them to fit, especially around
the handbrake fitting. If I were doing it over, I might just buy the
durn things from Moss. But I imagine you'd still have to rasp and
swear.
Andy Badeker
MGA 1600 coupe
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