Richard,
You are not being blasphemous. Morgan themselves have done some of
these things.
Morgan tried steel floorboards somewhere in the 70s. They were not
suitable for several reasons, rust, more transmitted noise and heat
from the engine are some of the complaints I have seen.
The gas tank is on planks to isolate it from chassis flex and vibrations.
No idea on the fuel pump plate. Maybe it acts as a heat sink - just a
guess. My Morgan has a mechanical fuel pump on the engine.
Charles Hill
On 8/10/2012 6:52 AM, Richard L Smith wrote:
The more I get to know my Mog (by taking it to bits) the more I ask "why"
Why are the floorboards wood, when they could be aluminium plate?
Why is the fuel tank mounted on planks instead of direct to the
chassis? Or onto another ali plate?
Why is the fuel pump mounted on a bit of thin plate when it could be
mounted on the same deck as the battery?
OK, so the answer is 'because they have always been like that', but
when others rebuild their cars, do they stick to tradition, or do they
improve? Assuming, of course, that replacing plywood with ali is an
improvement.
Or am I blaspheming?
Richard S
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