Hi gang
I was also concerned with this mounting on the 62 since I had read
about the movement in the wings in several articals . I tried to fit the
steel support as best I could and allowed for a one-eight inch live rubber
pad between the support and the aluminum wing . I don't know if this will
help or not but so far so good as we used to say .We'll drive it till it
drops .Have a great summer !
Glenn Nigh # 5112 White Plus 4 - 2 seater
( Hope we make it to Rhienbeck)
From: Phil Roettjer <Phil.Roettjer@quantum.com>
> To: morgans@autox.team.net
> Subject: Wing Mounts
> Date: May 28, 1999 11:18 AM
>
> Team,
> Just a question for the next time I mount wings. I got the wings for my
67
> +4 back from the paint shop last Saturday and installed them over the
> weekend. I had taken the car for test runs without the wings since I had
> just about every mechanical part or the car apart over the winter and
> everything is now running great.
>
> I took the car about 12 miles to the paint shop with the newly installed
> wings to have them fit a scoop on the bonnet so I can run with air
cleaners.
> Anyway after I drove to the body shop everyone there was looking over the
> car (much interest since they had only seen the wings and bonnet that had
> been there all winter) and I noticed small cracks in the finish just by
each
> wing light. It looks like the angle of the mounting bracket was slightly
> different from that of the wing and the pounding from each bump had put a
> slight crease in these points on the wing. Last winter I had the body
shop
> weld backing plates on the wings to reinforce this area since this is one
of
> the reasons I took the wings to be repainted. So it looks like I am back
> where I started with the cracks, only now I have a lot better looking
> overall finish on the wings.
>
> Does anyone out in Morgan land have any suggestions to keep this from
> happening? For one thing I would like to avoid it getting worse and
secondly
> if I every repaint them again I would like to eliminate this problem.
>
> It almost broke my heart after all the work (and expense) of getting the
> wings absolutely straight.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil Roettjer
> Upton, Ma
>
> 67 +4
> 67 MGB
>
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