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Trim question - need a measurement

Jack_Long

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Based on the paperwork I have found, my 73 Midget was re-silled in 1989. Apparently the owner did not want to drill the holes for the MIDGET lettering on the sills for fear of letting the rust bug back in. It must have worked because after 18 years they are rock solid.

Anyway, I want to reattach the letters but using 3M tape instead of drilling holes. I have all the original letters in a baggie left in the trunk and will grind the studs flush.

What I need to know is, where on the sills do these mount? Can anyone out there with a Mark IV Midget do a quck measurement of distance down from the chrome molding (or up from the bottom of the sill), and back from the front of the sill, to help me align them properly? Also, can anyone measure the overall distance of the letters from front to rear so I can get the spacing correct?

Thanks in advance!
 
Somewhere, on the internet there is a pdf file for a template. Ask on the mgcars.org.uk spridget bbs, I think I saw it there last.
 
Jack my letters are off but if you want I can measure the holes very easily. - let me know

JP
 
I see on the other board that David Leib had the pdf. David should really hang out here with us.
 
Thanks for the kind offer, but I got the .pdf template with all the measurements from the UK BBS.

Thanks, all!
 
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