That awful colour MGB GT

[DodgeRover]

Anyway how is the bring back Y'all campaign going in the States Phil?

[cros]

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Mudflaps are not a lovely addition to an MGB but neither is cow shit all down the side every time you go out. Due to the dairy farm down the road spilling tons of the stuff on the road I'm taking long overdue steps to stop it from being splattered under the wings.
Those clip on mudflaps don't last so I made a stainless bracket and screwed it to the thick metal of the sill endplate.

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The wing liner then went in and another bracket bolted to it sandwiching the liner to carry the flap. This also does away with the nasty plated self tapping screws you're supposed to secure these shoddy items with.

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A similar bracket does the same at the back.
The threads had been ripped off the wiper boxes long ago and I've finally got around to replacing them. This often seems to occur when stuff is not replaced carefully after a respray. Being a common car, replacements cost only £24 but Mr Internet says you must take the dash out to get at the offside one.
Happily with the seat out and steering lock removed I could just see it above the spaghetti by lying in the footwell.

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The motor has to come out to allow the rack to be threaded past the pinion, but I took the opportunity to change its 50 year old grease and it's all back together now.

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Phone gives you a much better view, it would be handy to have an endoscope built into a pair of specs, but I hope I don't have to do it again.

[mercrocker]

Moral of the story - never paint a car. I do like a "B"on nave plates, though.

[cros]

Moral of the story - never paint a car. I do like a "B"on nave plates, though.

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I hope you mean never re-paint....

[mercrocker]

Ah, yes there is a subtle difference....

[AMCrebel]

Moral of the story - never paint a car. I do like a "B"on nave plates, though.

Blimey - I haven't heard anyone call 'em knave plates for ages - fair took me back to me childhood.

[SiC]

I have no idea what a nave plate is or why it's called that

[Eddie Honda]

Last time I read the word nave plate was probably back in the 1990s in a 1960s Triumph workshop manual.

[mercrocker]

The same manual should have defined "hub cap" as the small metal cup that holds the grease in.....

[Hooli]

I've just googled it, I've always just called them steel wheels. I didn't know they had a proper name without trims.