In that case it's a gasket, in modern parts parlance.
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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
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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
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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.
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> 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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