Don,
My opinion is that Peter is correct in that all chassis had the same set of
holes. My 4 seater has the brackets that were used to mount the 2 seater
body. As I remember I determined this by looking at Brian Kelly's 2 seater
PA when he was still here in So. Ca. I used existing holes when I made and
installed ths rear floorboards in my 4 seater, this area is very
non-original as there is NO rear seat. We use the seat area as luggage
storage, suits us just fine.
Jack
> [Original Message]
> From: Peter Green <p.green@mgk3.co.uk>
> To: <DB35PA@aol.com>; <mg-mmm@Autox.Team.Net>
> Date: 2/4/2005 6:21:36 AM
> Subject: Re: PA assembly questions
>
> Hello Don,
>
> You have raised a very interesting point with regards the four 1/4" holes
on
> the top of each side rail. I have three "P" type chassis' at present to
look
> at and they all have these holes (one chassis was fitted with a 4 seater
> body). The only explanation I can think of is that ALL chassis' were
drilled
> with these holes but they would have only been used on cars with 4 seater
> bodies to hold the rear passengers foot well in place.
>
> With regards you question about floor boards, I agree with the other
> replies, the boards do fit on top of the propshaft tunnel lip. Originally
> the propshaft tunnel supporting brackets had 1/4" BSF bolts brazed to
them
> (pointing upwards)which the propshaft tunnel and floorboards fitted over
and
> were then held in place by nuts. A far neater way of fixing (but perhaps
not
> for the purists) is to remove the bolt from the supporting bracket and
braze
> a 1/4" BSF nut in its place and fix the floorboards with a bolt going
> downwards into the nut.
>
> I hope the above is of some help and will be interested to see if anyone
> agrees with my thoughts about the holes on the top of your side rails.
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <DB35PA@aol.com>
> To: <mg-mmm@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 9:52 PM
> Subject: PA assembly questions
>
>
> > Hello MMMers,
> >
> > Two quick questions on the assembly of my P type.
> >
> > Starting 1.5" forward of the rear bump stop bracket on the top of both
the
> > L
> > & R frame rails, there are 4 evenly spaced 1/4" holes, 3-3/4" apart, in
> > the
> > top of each rail, going to front. For what purpose? What am I missing?
> >
> > Are the inboard edges of the floor boards "sandwiched" between the
bottom
> > and top pieces of the prop shaft cover to "pin" them in place... or do
the
> > floor boards simply rest on the lip of the top cover? Maybe stated more
> > simply,
> > how are the floor boards held in place?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Don B.
> >
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