[Mgs] Holy Sills (MGA inner sill ?)

[Barney Gaylord]

At 10:09 PM 2/5/2008 -0500, Eric J Russell wrote:
>I have been following Barney Gaylord's MGA body sill replacement as I
>am doing the same job on my MGA (but not as quickly...).
>
>I have a question about the inner sills. There are three holes near
>the lower edge - I understand these are to allow drainage.
>
>But what are the two larger 'flanged' holes for? Do they add some
>stiffness to the panel?
>
>Pictures of Barney's MGA's inner sills here:
>http://www.mgaguru.com/mgtech/restore/rt610.htm

The larger holes are for ventilation to allow the box section to dry 
out after collecting  copious amounts of moisture from condensation 
(or sometimes submersion or heavy splash).

Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude
http://MGAguru.com