Tab, FYI, a lot of people have done the conversion. And I have never heard
of an instance of the bumper specs being enforced on a vehicle owner --
those regulations were aimed at manufacturers -- they are not traffic
ordinances.
However, it is not a trivial process, by all accounts. The front and rear
fender profiles are completely different at the bumper interface. I don't
know what might be included in those UK kits, but there would certainly be
plenty of work involved. Just fixing the ride height is not simple, for that
matter.
Whether it's worth the trouble, I don't know. Others seem to have thought
so. There is a pretty big price spread between RBBs and CBBs, especially at
the low end -- there is no such thing as a cheap, rust-free, unrestored CBB.
In this particular case, the fact that he also wants to change out the dash
does rather make me think he'd be better off just quickly fixing this one
up for resale and buying the model he actually wants. Even if it took a year
to find it, he'd probably be ahead time-wise, IMNSHO...
on 10/28/03 3:03 PM, Tab Julius at tab@penworks.com wrote:
> That's fine; I just didn't want to see you go into some huge "wonder if I
> could do it" experiment only to end up with a car you can't get inspected.
>
> It'd be interesting to see what's involved in devolving a 'B from a rubber
> bumper to chrome bumper state. Not sure I've heard anyone else do it.
>
> Though for the dollars - did you say what you paid? - involved in changing
> it, are you sure you can't get a chrome for the same bucks? Purely for
> curiousity's sake, it'd be interesting, but from a purely economic point of
> view, does it make sense?
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'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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