Thanks for your help…Pink MG…
But can I replace the floor pan without lifting the body from the platform ???
Andre

Can’t wait to see the pics…
What front end did you use on the ’55 truck?

You shouldn’t have to remove the main body from the floor pan. These VW based CMC/Fiberfab kits had a “false” firewall, usually made of wood, accessible from inside the car. If you can remove that, you will probably be able to get at the rest of the bolts.
Good idea to replace the floor pans…you’re sitting on them.
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Yes Andre, it’s great to have friends like Paul too…
 
Great advice Paul…I’ve decided that powder coating will be a better route for my dome…Talcum Powder!

Good luck! We had a minor dusting today. Nothing, but still way too early. But north-western NJ and the Poconos in PA (about an hour from here) had a foot!
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Great news Andre. Good luck as you continue with your project. We’re always here to help! 

I took the shell off and have started cutting it.  Committed now…  (to cutting it that is) I’ll post a picture when I finish modifying it. Well we did get snow already…  Way too soon…

I just found and bought a complete chrome grill shell.
Thanks to all of you for the help.
Andre

Andre,Glad you were able to get it.  I am trying to work with my fiberglass one.  Doesn’t look as nice as a chrome or powder coated one.Pat

Too much area Mark. You couldn’t afford it. 🙂

Great news. That’s one hard part to find…Ain’t this website great!!!!!

Post that vendor…I want to get the top of my head chromed!!!

Thanks Pat…
I just purchased the grill from Larry. He is a very very nice gentleman.
Thanks again
Andre

AndreThere are chrome companies that do fiberglass, plastic, even wood! A friend of mine had some dash work done that looks great. I can’t remember the name offhand but he found it online after a Google search.Good Luck,Ringo

Well as of this weekend I have acumulated the basic parts I needed.Pan, Ball joint front beam,motor,tranny.I have even gone so far as to cut the super front end off the pan,and have fabed up a mounting plate for the front beam,I will be able to bolt the front end up and be able to shim as needed just like the original.For me this was an easier…[Read more]

I worked at Bath Iron Works In Maine from 1978-1980 for “Supship” Bath for the USN. I was in a “RIF” at Fort Monmouth and took a job via the DOD Priority Placement Program. I had two ships assigned, one FG overhaul and one new Perry Class FFG build.
The FG-1097 USS Capodano was mothballed in the late 80’s and the FFG-7 Oliver Hazzard Perry was…[Read more]

Ah…house and yard work? Or work on the car?Sounds like a good excuse to spend time in the garage!

Paul,I haven’t pulled the shell off yet.  It feels like maybe 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch before it touches the bodywork.  The slats I have are kind of j shaped so there will be some dimension to them.  They would not lay flat. I will use matte black bbq paint as you suggested.  Good idea.I was supposed to cut firewood today but it’s raining and kin…[Read more]

I think it’ll look OK after a careful trim job.How much space between the grill cut out and the front of the body-work? And what does the front of the bodywork (I guess outside the front of the trunk) look like?If it is not straight up and down (parallel to the grill shell) I suggest you create a false back for the cut out.However you mount the…[Read more]

Paul,No there is the nose of the bodywork there.  That grille shell is a separate piece. It wouldn’t affect the trunk at all.  I just don’t like the way it looks… too fake…I do have some grille slats from a real MG TD.  I would have to cut’em down a little.  I am just not sure how the shell  would look once I cut out the fake slats.  I am af…[Read more]