I bought a bench grinder and ground down the shell until it fit.
Simon
On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 7:34 PM Max Heim via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> Simon, I had the same problem with a Moss MGB grill. I couldnâ??t make it fit.
>
> When I had a shop take a stab at it, they wedged it in so tight I lost a lot
> of paint when I went to remove it.
>
> Finally used an old original shell, the teeth out of a different shell (that
> had a dent in it), and the vertical bar and badge off the new one. The old
> shell fit fine.
>
> --
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB
>
> On Jan 23, 2019, at 8:57 PM, Simon Matthews via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
> Looks nice. I had to replace a grill because someone rolled backwards
> into my car, I had to do a lot of grining on the new grill to get it
> to fit. I'm not sure if the grill or my car was not the proper shape.
>
> Simon
>
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 8:50 AM dave via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>
> I had requested info from SF on their grills. This is what she sent me. See
> also
> http://www.namgar.com/articles/article/namgar_member_news/new_supplier_of_grilles_for_mga/
>
>
>
> nfi
>
>
>
> From: Scarborough Faire <mgaparts@aol.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 8:56 AM
> To: dave <dave@ranteer.com>
> Subject: Re: grill for a 56 1500
>
>
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