Looking at my copy of "Original MGA" (and my own car), it's clear that they
face forwards. Where the photos show the slot finisher in Clausager's book,
it looks like they face forwards. If they faced back, the photos would show
a dark line which would be the opening of the slot.
Simon
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net>wrote:
> OK, so here's a question for a slow day. The MGA defroster slot finisher
> piece has a scoop shape to direct the air. Common sense would say that
> this scoop should direct the air toward the glass. But when I go to car
> shows, I see a small number of cars with these scoops mounted the other
> way. When I look at vintage photos and videos, it looks like they point
> toward the glass, though it is a difficult thing to see clearly. So, my
> question is, is it in fact correct for these to point forward toward the
> glass? And is there some other reason some of these are reversed, other
> than installation error? I did have one guy tell me that his rear facing
> outlets were correct, and everyone else was wrong!
>
> -Steve Trovato
> strovato@optonline.net
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