Re: PA assembly questions

["Peter Green" <p.green@mgk3.co.uk>]

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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