Hi Paul,
Well, I have never seen a European MKII (post 67) so I can't say for
sure, but I seriously doubt it. The metal cowl that carries the pillow
dash is much more concave than the MKI dash board cowl. The MKI (metal)
dash is much flatter or straighter from side to side (less concave when
viewed from standing in the front seat). My guess is that a MKI dash
board cowl could easily be put on a MKII body shell at the manufacturing
plant and that is what they did. They had all the pieces. It would all
fit. I think the only real difference is the transmission tunnel is
larger on the MKII so the Speaker console support and the speaker
console trim had to be different. And the steering column and hub in the
firewall is different.
It doesn't look all that hard. Now that I have all the pieces, I can see
how you can test fit everything and get things lined up. You just have
to be used to working with sheet metal. I'm not at all, but I'm
learning, and I have a good body shop guy who will bail me out and help
with advice. He has my TR250 frame off now, and wants me to succeed with
this -- he wants to paint this BMH body shell :-)
Don Malling
Paul M. wrote:
> Don,
>
> Thanks for the reply, and definitely keep my posted on
> how it goes for you. One further question:
>
> If I can find a metal dash from a 1971 German-market
> MGB for example, will I still have to change all of
> the things that you mention, or will it bolt right in
> using all my existing parts?
>
> That is, are the later-specification non-US metal
> dashboards DIFFERENT from the early US-specification
> dashboards, or are ALL metal dashboards the same?
>
> Thanks again,
>
> =====
> Paul Misencik
> 1971 MGB Vintage Race Project
> Huntersville, NC USA
> www.sopwithracing.com
>
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