Title: Signature 1
Brian
You're right , earlier cars had narrower wheels, the 6 inch
wires coming with the Fiat +4 in 1985. I was really
talking (as I think most of the guys were) about more recent cars
as they are the ones Colin was looking at.
BW
Roger
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On 08/08/2012 10:01, Brian Cowell wrote:
Roger
I may well be wrong but
believe that, on the narrow bodied cars, wires were 5 inches
and Rostyles 5.5 inches; and that 6 inch wires were introduced
with the Fiat engined +4.
Regards
Brian of SpotMog
On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Roger
Tatton <[email protected]>
wrote:
As a general rule the easy way is to look at the
wheels; narrow-body cars have 5.5 inch wheels with the
outer row of spokes close to the outer rim, wide-body cars
have 6 inch wheels (same as +4) with a much deeper inset
to the outer row (photos attached which I hope I have made
small enough!). The hood rule only applies to later cars
after the fold-away factory hood arrived.
Roger
On 07/08/2012 08:31, e-mail colin.jones5857 wrote:
Hi Owen
When I was looking for another Morgan this spring I
went through this as I had seen a rather nice 4/4 at a
dealer. the dealer could not tell me if it was the
wider or narrower body tub, I tried again with another
dealer and got very conflicting information that there
is no way to tell (did not believe that) then it was
nailed on the head by one dealer who said 'its simple,
look at the windscreen and hood. If its a lift the
dot on a 4/4 its a standard narrow tub and if its an
MMC quick fit hood its a wide tub as there is only one
width of windscreen and that's the clue to the tub
width'.....I have only checked it out on 2 cars and it
seems to make sense.
I bought a 2008 +4 in the end but measured a
friends similar era 4/4 with the later hood and sure
enough between the door latches there was 1/4"
difference in the tub. Had that information been
available at the very first dealer I would have bought
the car he was selling as it was just what I was
looking for. Maybe he could not be bothered (and it
was the owner that I spoke to not a member of staff
and not a new dealer either!).
BR
Colin
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