I do have the Abingdon pillow in my GT as well.
What I do like better is the instrument layout against the European style.
What I miss is a glove box.
Cheers,
Hans
'71 BGT
----- Original Message -----
From: <WSpohn4@aol.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: abingdon pillow
>I don't hate the Federalised dash, and I can see why some people would
> actually like it.
>
> I guess what puts me off a bit is that it was just the start of BLMC
> 'cheaping out' on the MGB.
>
> New reg requires crash safety dash? Don't design a new one that
> incorporates
> a glovebox, go the cheap route and just zap a big bolster on the dash.
>
> New reg for bumper height? Don't do a major redesign to incorporate a
> higher
> bumper into the styling, just jack the ride height of the car. What's
> that
> you say? It ruins the ride height of the car? Don't worry, not many people
> will notice - the car already lost most of it's sporty character anyway
> when we
> responded to the Smog regs by putting in a gutted single carb Marina
> engine
> instead of finding a proper solution.
>
> Arghh - the dash isn't all that bad, I suppose (I certainly don't give it
> a
> passing thought when driving the MGC), but thinking about what came later
> certainly raises the blood pressure.
>
> Bill
>
> (And Simon, I liked the shot about the MGA being superior, and then how
> you
> pretended that you didn't really mean it, just to prevent dismemberment at
> the
> hands of a pack of rabid RBB owners at the next MG meet. - Really skirting
> the edge on that one, Buddy)
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