[Mgs] New MG experience

[Max Heim]

I was driving my B westbound on the Dumbarton Bridge, into a stiffish
headwind, when a snakelike object suddenly appeared and tangled itself in
the wiper arm and wing mirror, thrashing about wildly.

It was the bonnet-to-cowl seal. Basically a weathered strip of foam, about
1/2 x 1/4 inch, from which the adhesive had long ago dried up, apparently.
Blew right out the gap.

I merely lowered the window, reached out and retrieved it, tossing it into
the passenger seat.

I suppose this can only happen when the bonnet fits particularly poorly
(check), the seal is poorly adhered (check), and the apparent windspeed is
high (60mph into a 30kt headwind -- check). A contibuting factor may have
been that I currently have no grille installed; I removed it while I was
playing with the cam, and was dithering whether I should reinstall it or try
to fit the new-in-box replacement that I have been hoarding for a decade.


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires