Oct 03, 2007 19:48:28
I should know this... and I can't tell from the catalog...was the '69 ash tray krinkle black or smooth semigloss black? Just finishing up some of the cockpit detail parts.
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Oct 03, 2007 20:13:04
Really Chris? I thought they were Satin or a wee bit more glossy?
Oct 03, 2007 20:17:07
Well, as soon as I posted I was wondering also. There are three gloss ones here, but the ashtray on a friend's B back in the early 70's (which was as stock as God made them) was crinkle. It made quite an impression on me for reasons that we will not explore on this forum.
I'll back out of this one.
Oct 03, 2007 20:20:27
I won't ask Chris...lol.
Guess I'll have to buy some wrinkle paint, I'm spending so much lately what difference would that make?
Oct 03, 2007 20:22:53
I'm with you. My accountant told me I'm not making any money with the business. Then said "But you're having fun, right?".
Oct 03, 2007 23:36:40
Make that *three* for crinkle...... I have an totally stock origninal ashtray in my '71 B and it is crinkle....... Remember... over time the high ridges on a crinkle finish will wear down. Making it "look" like a mat or satin type of finish...... (just look at an un-restored dash on a pre-68 B or Midget....
Michael
Oct 04, 2007 05:56:10
If I might hijaak for a related question...
Is the ashtray installed centered at the top of the transmission tunnel? Several shots in Clausagers make it look like the ash tray is actually shifted off to one side a bit. (Or is that just a perspective of the photo?) I suppose from an ergonomics point of view it would make sense to not have to reach around the shifter to ash...
Oct 04, 2007 06:19:23
Hello, i have a 1970 mgb i have owned since 1973. i has a smooth black finished ash tray in it. The replacement ash tray came in the crinkle finish, but the original was smooth gloss black. mike
Oct 04, 2007 07:15:06
I believe the ashtrays were mounted off center. Just forward and to the right of the stick. Possible so as not to interfere with access to the center console switches. Just a guess though!
Oct 04, 2007 07:26:10
GeeMoo, check John Moore's journal. There are - I think - 2 screw holes he found from under the tunnel when he was doing his carpet. It was offset to the left, I believe.
Oct 04, 2007 08:12:25
tommylg Wrote:
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GeeMoo, check John Moore's journal. There are - I think - 2 screw holes he found from under the tunnel when he was doing his carpet. It was offset to the left, I believe.
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GeeMoo, check John Moore's journal. There are - I think - 2 screw holes he found from under the tunnel when he was doing his carpet. It was offset to the left, I believe.
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Thanks Tom and Brian.
Found a couple of thread's of John's and some pictures that illustrate the offset towards the passenger side.
Will do the archeological dig through the nasty asbesto-foil and look for pre-existing holes.
G.
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