Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Maintenance & Servicing Dave's Diary - Where to mount a Rally Plaque......

Today I've been down and dirty once again. Some of you chaps are clearly Trackday Kings, but I'm more of a Sunday Luncher.
Anyway, those who have entered Classic Car runs will know that mounting the Rally Plaque can be bothersome. I've just entered an event in May so thought I would see what could be done.

I figured that a cantilever arrangement could be fitted to the single overrider bolt, mounting the Plaque in front of the wing. It doesn't matter which side, but it won't be interchangeable, so I've gone for the offside.
I dug around for some suitable metal, and came up with a rectangular piece with a small hole at each end which came with the Mog.
I suspect it might be the radio blanking plate because it's about that size.

So after drilling, trial fitting, shaping and painting, it looks like this:


Next I took an old perspex number plate which, when removed from a car had pulled the backing away, leaving a clear piece. I cut this to the right length, filed the raw edge and made two rounded corners to match the other side.
Here's a tip. NEVER throw ANYTHING away.
After marking, this was drilled to fit the red bracket, and fixed with double sided tape and three allen headed stainless bolts with locknuts in proper Mog style. At the unsupported end I've added a rubber buffer to protect the paint.


The next picture shows how easy this is fitted to the Mog.


And here it is in all its glory.


I happened to have an old Rally Plaque from 2007. I use double sided tape to attach 'on the day'. The Devil is in the detail. (Subtle Gag there.........)


Time for some red wine methinks.......

As with all your other jobs Dave, I think that looks excellent. I'll drink to that

Dave as ever one step ahead of me and excellent job....I have been looking at exactly the same idea. I spotted that you have used some'trim' on the edges of the bracket and wondered where you source all these pieces. Or are these other bits that didn't get thrown away :-)

Thanks both.
I use this company for rubber extrusions:
http://www.coh-baines.co.uk/

(No conection). They are very easy to do business with. I came across them when I sought out who supplied the original screen rubbers for the MGBGT.
I'll dig out the ref number of that U channel when I go in the garage Keith. You can e-mail them for a quote, it costs next to nothing, (and it's so handy I've nearly run out!!!!!!).

I love it. I did ask if I could have Aero 666 but it was already in-build as a dealer demo.

I had the perfect colour scheme and reg plate for it.

I've PM'd Keith, but just in case there are any other raving DIYers out there, the code for the U channel is IRS1168N, and last October, 3 metres cost £4.23 including P&P and VAT.
The catalogue (on-line or paper) has loads of channels/extrusions.

You are becoming a man of top tips.

As part of my wing protection crusade, I wondered about mounting a small protector in front of the rear wing using the two running board fixings. This should have been straightforward, but the factory (Blessem) had used different sized fixings on each side.
Fortunately the man with the drill had used the same drill, so to retain 'originality' (Hah!!), I used the big fixing on the inside hole and the small fixing on the outer hole.
So eventually I got there:

This one (just) shows the two sized fixings.

Time to revisit this, and give it a quick refurb, ready for Canterbury. So I stripped it down, and repainted the bracket. I also decided to paint the clear perspex, but because I use double sided tape to secure the rally plaque, it's better painted from behind. I added a black line at the bottom, and then got the idea of adding a large MSCC badge. I can fit the double sided tape on either side of this. I'm quite happy with the result!

What rubber, not neoprene!