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 > > ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
