Max Heim wrote:
>
> Florrie & Allen Bachelder
>
> >But Max...
> >
> >the new shell would be incorrect for a pre-'68 car. After all the expense
> >you're talking about, the transmission tunnel would be too wide and the
> >metal dash wouldn't fit.
> >
> >Allen
> >
> Good point, but it's a Frankenstein, anyway, with a BHM motor and a
> 4-synchro OD transmission (even a 74 grille thanks to the PO); so I
> suppose that wouldn't stop me, were I rash enough to take the plunge.
> Though I'd miss the metal dash...
>
> : )
>
> --
>
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB
> runs great, looks scabrous
> mountain View CA
The second edition of Porter's has a large section (about half the
book) on building a B with a Heritage shell. They built it as an English
MkII I believe. It had the metal dash (which did take a bit of
jiggering).
Carl F
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