Bill: the original glove-box liner has two "speed-nut" type fittings crimped
into the cardboard, but there is space below the bottom edge of the
dash/hinges to fit new ones, on the bottom or outside of the new (plastic?)
liners you have.
Mountings were therefore at the hinge points, with a half-hinge-shaped
packing-piece for each hinge to protect the paint. At the back, there was a
simple Z shaped metal bracet supporting the rear edge of each liner.
Contact me direct if you need scans to show the sizes of the actual pieces,
as they'd be really easy to make up!
You make me envious with all these Midget gearboxes available: not so here,
but LOTS of old smoothcase gearboxes. Could you not get the front
cover-plate that you need from UK gearbox rebuilders far more cheaply? (or
from one I know here in Melbourne?). If you don't value originality, a
conversion kit and a Toyota 5 speed is the way to go here.
Phil Plumbe
Surrey Hills,
Melbourne, Australia
plumby@alphalink.com.au
-------Original Message-------
From: BillSvale@aol.com
Date: Sunday, 24 March 2002 03:56:41 AM
To: morris@autox.team.net
Subject: Glove Box, Transmission Suggestions
I just got my newly painted '57 Morris Convertible presentable enough to
drive to work and my coworkers were absolutely awestruck that I had such an
unusual and beautiful car. It made all the hard work of restoring the former
basket case worthwhile. I'm still working on some of the less critical items
such as the glove box liners and covers. My new liners came with screw clips
that look like they should attach around the perimeter but the only
corresponding holes in the sheet metal are the four holes in the hinge
positions. How do I attach the rest of the liner? Do I have to drill more
holes? Also, what is the preferred hinge attachment hardware? should I use
clip on speed nuts and countersunk sheetmetal screws or some other
arrangement? My original glove box liner and lid attachment hardware seems
to have gone to car heaven so I don't have a model to work from.<SNIP>
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