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Re: MGC bonnet liner....expert advice needed #41
windjammerusn40 Bill McCord East Peoria, Illinois, USA 1968 MG MGC GT	Posted: February 29, 2012 03:30PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 231

I don't have a liner in my hood confused smiley

The one I had in my 74 B-GT fell out after about 10 years of driving.

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Re: MGC bonnet liner....expert advice needed #42
kirks-auto robert kirk Davenport, Iowa, Rock Island, Illinois, Clearwater, USA	Posted: February 29, 2012 05:36PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 13,163

Thanks Dana...it really is a moot issue. I made the statement from subjective observations of combing over junk yards since I was about 13. It was pretty easy to spot the cars with engine fires and without the hood insulation.

I never claimed to be an auto engineer, just a half baked shade tree mechanic and a pretty knowledgeable parts person. No dog in the fight about purpose or best purpose, just trying to sort some anomalies about the part itself.

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Re: MGC bonnet liner....expert advice needed #43
rcedward Rob Edwards Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 1951 MG TD MkII "Millie" 1969 MG MGB 1969 MG MGC GT 1970 MG MGB GT "Donor" 2004 Mini Cooper S	Posted: March 10, 2012 01:36PM Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 3,977

Photo from a purportedly unrestored car. I didn't take the photo and have no more info about the car...

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Re: MGC bonnet liner....expert advice needed #44
kirks-auto robert kirk Davenport, Iowa, Rock Island, Illinois, Clearwater, USA	Posted: March 10, 2012 03:13PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 13,163

Rather persuasive albeit contrary to several minds. Tends to confirm the other pic and parts book. Any idea what the vin might be or the year?

Thanks for the post!!

smileys with beer

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Re: MGC bonnet liner....expert advice needed #45
rcedward Rob Edwards Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 1951 MG TD MkII "Millie" 1969 MG MGB 1969 MG MGC GT 1970 MG MGB GT "Donor" 2004 Mini Cooper S	Posted: March 11, 2012 08:32AM Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 3,977

Not really, but in another photo I have of it I see it has side reflectors, so it's a '69.

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Re: MGC bonnet liner....expert advice needed #46
2003JAG Chuck Hassler Monument, CO, USA 1968 MG MGC "Blue Boy" 1980 MG MGB Limited Edition (LE)	Posted: March 11, 2012 10:02AM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 277

Looks like somebody bought some stock and cut it to fit.

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Re: MGC bonnet liner....expert advice needed #47
rcedward Rob Edwards Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 1951 MG TD MkII "Millie" 1969 MG MGB 1969 MG MGC GT 1970 MG MGB GT "Donor" 2004 Mini Cooper S	Posted: March 11, 2012 10:58AM Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 3,977

Possibly, but it strikes me as somewhat unlikely someone would go to the trouble.

I looked at the underside of my bonnet. The liner is long gone, but by the pattern of the glue residue it's plausible it had a two-piece liner.

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Re: MGC bonnet liner....expert advice needed #48
kirks-auto robert kirk Davenport, Iowa, Rock Island, Illinois, Clearwater, USA	Posted: March 11, 2012 11:18AM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 13,163

Rob I visited your web site...what's the story about the blue car...MGC?

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Re: MGC bonnet liner....expert advice needed #49
rcedward Rob Edwards Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 1951 MG TD MkII "Millie" 1969 MG MGB 1969 MG MGC GT 1970 MG MGB GT "Donor" 2004 Mini Cooper S	Posted: March 11, 2012 03:04PM Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 3,977

Blue car?

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Re: MGC bonnet liner....expert advice needed #50
kirks-auto robert kirk Davenport, Iowa, Rock Island, Illinois, Clearwater, USA	Posted: March 11, 2012 04:52PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 13,163

http://www.mgcarz.com/

Top left...GT...C or B???

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Re: MGC bonnet liner....expert advice needed #51
rcedward Rob Edwards Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 1951 MG TD MkII "Millie" 1969 MG MGB 1969 MG MGC GT 1970 MG MGB GT "Donor" 2004 Mini Cooper S	Posted: March 11, 2012 05:05PM Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 3,977

Ah -- I guess it does look a little bluish in the photo. It's actually BRG. You can use the nav links on the left side of the page to read about the three cars. The info is a little out of date, but not much has changed lately on the C. :-(

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Re: MGC bonnet liner....expert advice needed #52
Restoman Dana R amston, connecticut, USA 1959 MG MGA 1500 1967 Jaguar E-Type Coupe 1968 MG MGC GT 1969 MG MGC	Posted: March 12, 2012 03:38PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 346

Rob,
You are right, it is a '69. I have many photos of this car sent to me years ago.

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Re: MGC bonnet liner....expert advice needed #53
kirks-auto robert kirk Davenport, Iowa, Rock Island, Illinois, Clearwater, USA	Posted: March 12, 2012 04:11PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 13,163

The plot indeed thickens.

Assumptions aside this is clear evidence "some" cars were indeed fitted with the 2 part liner and long past the presumed consumption of the early reinforced bonnets...

Provenance counts! Thanks Dana and Rob. This will be put in my "Ahh but wait" file as documentation that the two part is original in 1969 and it certainly give credence to the first book documented pic submitted by Tony S. which shows the same two part used in early 1968. I wish I could share it but it is too large a PDF for this site. Anybody got any idea how to put a 4 giggigaggle on a diet down to 2 ?

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Re: MGC bonnet liner....expert advice needed #54
Larry92021 Larry Hallanger San Diego area, CA, USA 1949 MG Y-Type Saloon 1958 MG MGA 1500 1969 MG MGC 1972 MG MGB GT	Posted: March 12, 2012 08:20PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 341

Robert

Google "convert pdf to jpg free" for a number of options for conversion to jpg. That is step 1. Step 2 is to use your picture editor and resize the jpg image file to what you want. The other option is to send it to me using "www.transferbigfiles.com" and I will do it and send it back to you.

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Re: MGC bonnet liner....expert advice needed #55
2003JAG Chuck Hassler Monument, CO, USA 1968 MG MGC "Blue Boy" 1980 MG MGB Limited Edition (LE)	Posted: March 12, 2012 09:29PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 277

If you look at Dana's picture closely, you can see that there are two different types of material overlapped to cover the under side of the hood. The top piece has a very noticeable textured finish, and the bottom piece has a smooth flat finish. This is for sure a cobbled patch job, not a factory install.

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Re: MGC bonnet liner....expert advice needed #56
Restoman Dana R amston, connecticut, USA 1959 MG MGA 1500 1967 Jaguar E-Type Coupe 1968 MG MGC GT 1969 MG MGC	Posted: March 12, 2012 10:42PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 346

I sorta felt the same way, but it looks different in other photos. Just odd that it is two piece, and Robert has
factory data backing it up. Not sure, definatly a maybe. But positvely a perhaps! confused smiley

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Re: MGC bonnet liner....expert advice needed #57
kirks-auto robert kirk Davenport, Iowa, Rock Island, Illinois, Clearwater, USA	Posted: March 13, 2012 01:29AM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 13,163

Larry, how bout I send it to you and you do all the Captain Whiz bang stuff....

edit to say...it's in your hands and I do hope you can post Tony's pic to this thread....

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Re: MGC bonnet liner....expert advice needed #58
rcedward Rob Edwards Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 1951 MG TD MkII "Millie" 1969 MG MGB 1969 MG MGC GT 1970 MG MGB GT "Donor" 2004 Mini Cooper S	Posted: March 13, 2012 06:29AM Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 3,977

In reply to # 2009842 by 2003JAG If you look at Dana's picture closely, you can see that there are two different types of material overlapped to cover the under side of the hood. The top piece has a very noticeable textured finish, and the bottom piece has a smooth flat finish. This is for sure a cobbled patch job, not a factory install.

If it is a replacement, why would someone replace only half -- unless it was already two pieces?

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Re: MGC bonnet liner....expert advice needed #59
kirks-auto robert kirk Davenport, Iowa, Rock Island, Illinois, Clearwater, USA	Posted: March 13, 2012 12:50PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 13,163

Thanks to Larry Hallanger I can post the pic from the book copied by Tony Skoviak.

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Re: MGC bonnet liner....expert advice needed #60
kirks-auto robert kirk Davenport, Iowa, Rock Island, Illinois, Clearwater, USA	Posted: March 13, 2012 12:55PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 13,163

So much for my posting talents....needs to be 3 times as big but you can still see there is no mistaking its a two part liner and no visable cross brace...

Interesting and perhaps just a coincidence, neither of the documented OEMs with a two part iner, one an early 1968, the other a 1969, are NA spec.

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