Lawrie, as I recall on the MGB 'pillow' dash some of the foam material
remained and you had to 'shape' it to fit the inside contour of the
replacement dash.
Those of you who have the replacement dash sitting around uninstalled
might want to look at the backside of the replacement and see if it is
concave on the passenger side. Then feel behind the steel dash to see
if it has a protrusion to fit into the replacement dash. If the back
side of the steel dash is flat, this would confirm that some of the
material stays on the dash. As I recall the part that stays on the
steel dash is a Styrofoam material, the part on the back side of the
replacement dash is a different type of foam. (Is this confusing or
what?)
Larry Hoy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lawrie Alexander [mailto:Lawrie@britcars.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 8:43 AM
> To: Larry Hoy; mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Need dash advice please
>
>
> FWIW, all the MGB ones we have done in our shop have
> necessitated stripping the old dash material off to the bare
> metal. No sign of any "impact absorbers". Maybe Midgets are
> constructed differently?
>
> Lawrie
> British Sportscar Center
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Hoy" <larryhoy@prodigy.net>
> To: "'Andrew B. Lundgren'" <lundgren@byu.net>; "'David
> Councill'" <dcouncil@imt.net>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 5:46 AM
> Subject: RE: Need dash advice please
>
>
> > Andrew, when you do it I don't think you strip it down to
> the metal.
> > I did this job about 10 years ago. As I recall there are
> two 'impact'
> > absorbers. One on the dash one on the cover. So you end
> up leaving
> > the one on the dash, and covering it with the replacement
> pad. I know
> > it sounds confusing but when you start tearing things apart
> you'll see
> > what I'm talking about. I think this may only apply to the US
> > "pillow" dash.
> >
> > Larry HOy
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