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<DIV><FONT size=2>Funnily enough the Parts catalogue states blind retainers
throughout, even though I had clips fitted from underneath on both my 73
and 75. The 73 did already have the blind fixings for the 'MGB' on
the boot lid. Fitting them to a new body is obviously going to
be different to 50 years down the line and who know how many repaints, which is
why I drilled mine out beforehand. The pins on my replacement grilles are
the same size as the ones that came off.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>PaulH.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>OK, I went out to the car to try it your way Max. Those friction
retainers are to large of a diameter to push down into the holes in the
hood. The holes in the hood are just big enough to fit the oins on the
grill. I am not in favor of drilling those holes out. It must have
worked somehow differently from the factory. Maybe it's a
replacement grill and the pins are oversize.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>