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Q & A: Replacing Dashboard

Thursday March 27th, 2003
Q & A, MGA, MGB, MGC, MG T-Type, Midget
Dear John,

Cheers from Canada. I am in the market for an MGB and found your excellent site. I was hoping you could help with a couple of questions: I recently looked at a nice 69 which had the padded, glovebox-less dash. Is it possible to replace the fascia with the earlier steel version or later post-72 dash with the glovebox, or is it too much bother?

Also what are your thoughts on the 3 synchro gear box vs the four, and the relative merits of overdrive. Up til now I've been fairly picky, but am having difficulty in finding a suitable car. My preference is 65-67 (5 bearing engine without the padded dash) or a 73-74 pre-rubber bumper model.

Anyway any advice would be appreciated. Thanks and cheers.

Regards,

Gordon

Gord!

Changing a dash is a LOT of trouble! I would find a car with the dash you like. My preferences for MGBs are first, the 73/74 MGB because they're the nicest, most refined chrome bumpered MGBs, then the 77-80 because ... read more