Top threaded, Thanx!
Gotta go,
signed,
BARRY PALMER
amesfolks@snovalley.com
72 MG Midget (Sparky)
http://members.xoom.com/mgboy
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> From: Steve Byers <byers@cconnect.net>
> To: Palmer Family <amesfolks@snovalley.com>; mg list sprite
<spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
> Subject: Re: Windshield rod and nut
> Date: Wednesday, August 05, 1998 12:39 PM
>
> Chuck Ciaffone wrote:
>
> >On my '72, the top of the windshield rod is set in a
> >large blob of black plastic that screws to the top
> >of the windshield frame. The bottom end of the rod is
> >threaded and screws into a socket that is bolted
> >to the dash.
>
>
> Hi, Barry!
> The top threaded rod screws into a metal fitting that is riveted to the
top
> of the windshield. The fitting is normally covered by the rearview
mirror.
> If you have this type of fitting, then you will also need the nut for
the
> bottom end of the rod, Vicky B part number 14-504 (item 21 on page 58 of
> catalog SM.27).
>
> The type of rod described by Chuck Ciaffone in his response to your
> question would appear to be different from the top threaded rod. My '73
> and two spare windshields (one from a '72) use the top threaded type.
You
> need to determine whether you have the metal fitting or the "blob of
black
> plastic" at the top of the windshield.
>
>
> Steve Byers
> Havelock, NC USA
> '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
>
> "It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool
> than to speak, and remove all doubt" -- Mark Twain
>
>
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> > From: Palmer Family <amesfolks@snovalley.com>
> > To: mg list sprite <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
> > Subject: Windshield rod and nut
> > Date: Wednesday, August 05, 1998 12:35 PM
> >
> > Can someone tell me which windshield rod I need for my 72 1275 midget?
> > Vicky B show two, A top thread and a normal. Please help,
> >
> > TIA,
> > signed,
> > BARRY PALMER
> > amesfolks@snovalley.com
> > 72 MG Midget (Sparky)
> > http://members.xoom.com/mgboy
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