[Mgs] MGA Chassis

[Barney Gaylord]

If original this is not wood but mineral wool.  It is for sound 
deadening.  It is also heat resistant do the frame rails can be 
welded around it.  If you really do have wood in there, then it is 
the work of some DPO, who may may been using it for alignment while 
repairing sheet metal in the frame.


At 08:01 PM 11/5/2012 +0000, Tom McCay - Classic-Car-World Ltd wrote:
>.... in the process of repairing the chassis of a MGA 1600. When I 
>cut the bottom of the rail which is about where the doors would be I 
>discovered what appears to be blocks of wood inside the chassis 
>rails. Please see the following link:
>         http://www.ccw-tools.com/uploads/mga/DSCF3098.JPG
>This is looking at the underside of the chassis with the chassis flipped over.
>
>The top side wood has totally decayed and has come out like compressed paper.
>
>The question is was this in place to give perhaps a jacking point 
>for the chassis or was it there to prevent the sides of the chassis 
>from collapsing in?
>....