Question for GT owners
I'm trying to decide having removed all the chrome window/gutter finishers for painting whether to leave them off permanently. I can't find an example so if you've done this got a pic or two? If you left the finishers under the rear 1/4 lights off did you remove the 4 'bumps' in the body (where the rivets go)?
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Moderator Curtis Jacobson Portland Oregon (4576 posts) Registered: 10/12/2007 02:16AM Main British Car: 71 MGBGT, Buick 215 |
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If I do another GT or redo the current one I think I might have the trims painted satin black.
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danmas Dan Masters Alcoa, Tennessee (578 posts) Registered: 10/28/2007 12:11AM Main British Car: 1974 MGBGT Ford 302 |
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Quote: I did that once on a '72 Celica GT. With a grey metallic paint it looked great. |
tdecell Trey Decell MS (31 posts) Registered: 04/10/2010 12:13AM Main British Car: 1974.5 MGB GT 3.9L Rover |
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I'm thinking of doing that on my GT build, can't decide whether to go with satin black or a gunmetal grey color... Car will be Aqua/turquoise..
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hirot Ian Hart Ashbourne UK (88 posts) Registered: 06/01/2011 05:15AM Main British Car: 1971 MGB GT (conversion) Rover 3947 R380 gearbox |
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BlownMGB-V8 Jim Blackwood 9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042 (6468 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 12:59PM Main British Car: 1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS |
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Brilliant!
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Charles Charles Long McDonald, TN (177 posts) Registered: 09/15/2013 08:54AM Main British Car: 1966 MGB V6 1994 Camaro 3.4L 60V6 |
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COOl, COOL, COOL. How much head room did it cost?
This is one of those, I wish, " I wish I had thought of that " More pictures if you please. We love pictures. |
hirot Ian Hart Ashbourne UK (88 posts) Registered: 06/01/2011 05:15AM Main British Car: 1971 MGB GT (conversion) Rover 3947 R380 gearbox |
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Thank you. I have loads of pictures and an article I did for the MG owners club which I can send or put somewhere if someone could tell me how.
You loose very little head room and I am 6ft 1". There is no wind buffeting even at 110mph (so far) and it is like a soft top without the wind on the back of your neck. It was so cheap a mod that I went back and cut the roof of another Nicra for £15 this time, so I had a spare. As I put it into a heritage shell I had found it took me a long time and lots of measuring before I cut the hole. Ian |
Moderator Curtis Jacobson Portland Oregon (4576 posts) Registered: 10/12/2007 02:16AM Main British Car: 71 MGBGT, Buick 215 |
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Super!
BritishV8 doesn't reprint articles from club magazines, but we'd be delighted to run a bigger and better new article. (I like to include a LOT of close-up photos of details.) Find out more here: [www.britishv8.org] |
hirot Ian Hart Ashbourne UK (88 posts) Registered: 06/01/2011 05:15AM Main British Car: 1971 MGB GT (conversion) Rover 3947 R380 gearbox |
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Curtis, I will read through the "how to" stuff and put something together. My only problem will be as it was done a while back I can't take any more photos of the fitting.
Very pleased the roof gets approval it has certainly earned its cost of £25, was simple to do, but took a lot of nerve to drill that first hole. |
lawnvett PJ Lenihan Winston-Salem, NC (477 posts) Registered: 04/29/2009 11:37AM Main British Car: 74 MGB-GT 3.4 V-6 crate, 5 spd |
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