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Re: '71 Dash

To: "Bill Saidel" <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>
Subject: Re: '71 Dash
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 16:41:57 -0700
Hmm, my understanding was that you couldn't fit the earlier (up thru '67) 
dash in a later B, for whatever reason. Joe and others were talking about 
a later (post-"pillow") dash. Is there some secret we should know about?

Peter Edmands had this to say:

>I have seen the earlier dash installed in a '69 GT to avoid the "pillow/no 
>glove box" problem.  It
>works.  However, a caution!  When you exchange/install the replacement 
>dash, be sure to transfer the
>VIN plate that is attached to the old dash top to your replacement dash top.
>
>I am mindful of a '69 MGCGT with an earlier dash that exhibited a '67 
>MGBGT number with resulting
>title problems to the distress of this prospective buyer and the dismay of 
>the owner who had no
>explanation for an also missing body number.
>
>Joe7670@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know if a newer dash will work in the '71 car?  '71 had no 
glove 
>box or center vents.
>>
>> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Joe
>
>
>
>


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.


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