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MGA Body Kit #1
zman4011 Adam Z San Francisco, CA, USA Sign in to contact	Topic Creator (OP) Jun 8, 2012 01:18 PM Joined 13 years ago 303 Posts

Newbie question for ya. Someone is selling a 56 MGA in my area. While inspecting the car I noticed the trunk and fenders are made of this "robin-egg" material. (pic attached) I'm assuming its a body kit. Something to avoid? Any thoughts?

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Re: MGA Body Kit #2
Bandersnatch Larry Wheeler Hillsboro, OR, USA Sign in to contact 1957 MG MGA "Rosie 2"	Jun 8, 2012 01:37 PM Joined 17 years ago 2,034 Posts

It looks like someone has sprayed fiberglass over the metal. If that's what it is, its probably covering severe rust. Crawl underneath and see if the trunk floor looks like swiss cheese. Also, run a magnet over the trunk and fenders to see if they are metal or fiberglass. I know some replacement fenders were made of fiberglass but I've never heard of trunk repair panels made of anything but metal.

Fiberglass fenders will seriously drop the value of the car. If the trunk is completely replaced with fiberglass, walk away unless you're prepared for a lot of work.

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Re: MGA Body Kit #3
Gary E Gary Edwards Kernersville, NC, USA Sign in to contact 1962 MG MGA MkII	Jun 8, 2012 01:47 PM Top Contributor Joined 19 years ago 16,369 Posts

Might just be fleck paint. Do as Larry says and check out the underside.

Gary

Murphy's law

Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe, and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it, and he'll have to touch it to be sure.

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Re: MGA Body Kit #4
JimNH Jim Mail Nashua, New Hampshire, USA Sign in to contact 1957 MG MGA "Camilla (the Other Woman)"	Jun 8, 2012 06:38 PM Joined 16 years ago 3,567 Posts

you can buy multicolored flecked "trunk" paint from several suppliers at your local car part shop - looks like that is what this is to me.

JIM in NH

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Re: MGA Body Kit #5
wyatt Wyatt W penguin point, Michigan...drift ice, Antarctica Sign in to contact 1957 Porsche 356 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1960 MG MGA & more	Jun 9, 2012 06:44 AM Joined 20 years ago 44,669 Posts

...Ahhh,..... now I kno what WTF means..... eye rolling smiley

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Re: MGA Body Kit #6
Bandersnatch Larry Wheeler Hillsboro, OR, USA Sign in to contact 1957 MG MGA "Rosie 2"	Jun 9, 2012 08:10 AM Joined 17 years ago 2,034 Posts

I think Gary and Jim have nailed it, it does look like textured paint. You still need to check for rust, there's a reason that was sprayed on.

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Re: MGA Body Kit #7
wyatt Wyatt W penguin point, Michigan...drift ice, Antarctica Sign in to contact 1957 Porsche 356 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1960 MG MGA & more	Jun 9, 2012 09:07 PM Joined 20 years ago 44,669 Posts

...what the fleck...

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