Parts swap wood between MGTB and MGTC
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2024 7:09 am
New project MGTB needs many wood parts that a current and ongoing MGTC project has in surplus that may also be interchangeable and usable.
How much interchangeability is there?
Looking at the history of the coachwork wood parts pre-war and post-war seems to indicate that the wood parts of the MGTA-TB are mostly interchangeable with the MGTC except those few pieces around the area of the door hinge posts and upper curve of the rear wheel well where the shoulder area was expanded.
For example: measurement of an actual door from the MGTB seems to be nearly identical with the MGTC. The hinge pillar itself seems to vary only by the shape of the tenon mortise with the frame timber.
Noted that From The Frame Up gives different part numbers for TA-TB wood than the corresponding wood parts of the MGTC but possibly the actual parts are nearly identical and only numbered separately for their inventory purposes. [Separate inquiry will be made with FTFU]
-- Also noted that there is even some small dimensional variations of these wood parts depending upon the source supplier. Of course, expect to do some whittling and fitting on any wood part since these are getting to be hard to obtain.
I am sure this has been encountered by others on this Forum previously, so any comment or observations will be appreciated.
How much interchangeability is there?
Looking at the history of the coachwork wood parts pre-war and post-war seems to indicate that the wood parts of the MGTA-TB are mostly interchangeable with the MGTC except those few pieces around the area of the door hinge posts and upper curve of the rear wheel well where the shoulder area was expanded.
For example: measurement of an actual door from the MGTB seems to be nearly identical with the MGTC. The hinge pillar itself seems to vary only by the shape of the tenon mortise with the frame timber.
Noted that From The Frame Up gives different part numbers for TA-TB wood than the corresponding wood parts of the MGTC but possibly the actual parts are nearly identical and only numbered separately for their inventory purposes. [Separate inquiry will be made with FTFU]
-- Also noted that there is even some small dimensional variations of these wood parts depending upon the source supplier. Of course, expect to do some whittling and fitting on any wood part since these are getting to be hard to obtain.
I am sure this has been encountered by others on this Forum previously, so any comment or observations will be appreciated.