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TA and TC running boards are different. I have a TA running board which could be measured for duplication. Dick Little

----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lodge" archie_ponsonby@post.cz> To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 10:35 AM Subject: [mg-tabc] Re: Running boards > To the Group; greetings! > > Does anyone know offhand or would they be kind enough to measure > for me on an original set, the following on the running boards: > - the narrow end support bracket (the others appear > to be 14ga., can anyone confirm please?) > - the narrow end turn-down; is it angled at both ends > and if so the angle, please (something like zero at > the top and a half-inch at the bottom kind of thingy!) > Manny thanks. (As you can all tell, my holiday did nothing for > my lucidity!) > > Regards, David Lodge > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > >

Hi David, Yesterday I got an original TC running board from Klaus Wagner. He is not in our list. He got a beautiful red TC restored ten years back. I can take pictures of the running board and also make a drawing with all dimension. If you want I can make a template out of paper and post it to you. I had a lot of problem getting 0448 TC mudguards and running boards aliened. I was not able to do it my self. So I took the car to a 76 year old gentle man Host Wagner. The width of the mud guard lower part adjacent to the running board and the after market running board front width are different. So he spot welded a bent metal piece to it and filled it with led. In the rear part if you keep the original width and adjust the rear mudguard to match the running board, it is not very easy to remove the tyres. But at the same time you do not want to kill the optic. I am not sure about the early TC front mudguards. I tried compare them. It is like you trying to compare your left half of the face to the right half of your face in the mirror. ( I did not mention any body part below the belt). I am sure many people will have asymmetry. So TC 0448 can also have a bit of asymmetry. They are all hand made and varied a bit here and there like a custom tailored suit. Any way after all these pain the car is now in the paint shop. Madhu Bad Soden/Taunus where the summer 2005 is a mild winter. -----Urspr ngliche Nachricht----- Von: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com]Im Auftrag von David Lodge Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. August 2005 16:36 To the Group; greetings! Does anyone know offhand or would they be kind enough to measure for me on an original set, the following on the running boards: - the narrow end support bracket (the others appear to be 14ga., can anyone confirm please?) - the narrow end turn-down; is it angled at both ends and if so the angle, please (something like zero at the top and a half-inch at the bottom kind of thingy!) Manny thanks. (As you can all tell, my holiday did nothing for my lucidity!) Regards, David Lodge