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SECTION BB
B B 1 4
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B O D Y MOUNTING POINTS
When m o u n t i n g t h e body t o t h e c h a s s i s ,
i t
may b e n e c e s s a r y t o
u s e s p a c i n g w a s h e r s between c e r t a i n m o u n t i n g p o i n t s i n o r d e r
t o l e v e l t h e . b o d y a n d / o r p r e v e n t p r e - s t r e s s i n g t h e body
s t r u c t u r e , w i t h s u b s e q u e n t d i s t o r t i o n a n d g e l c r a z i n g .
E x c e l
Twelve f i x i n g s a r e u s e d t o a t t a c h t h e body t o t h e c h a s s i s . A l l
c h a s s i s f i x i n g p o i n t s a r e p l a i n h o l e s , t h o s e a l o n g t h e c e n t r e
backbone l o w e r f l a n g e b e i n g d r i l l e d w i t h t h e body i n p o s i t i o n .
Aluminium ' b o b b i n s ' a r e u s e d i n t h e body a t a l l m o u n t i n g p o i n t s .
A l l h a v e p l a i n h o l e s e x c e p t f o r numbers 9 and 1 0 . T h e s e b o b b i n s
a r e t a p p e d MI0 and must have t h e h o l e s i n t h e c h a s s i s d r i l l e d
b e f o r e t h e body i s f i n a l l y f i t t e d .
A f t e r l o w e r i n g t h e body o n t o t h e c h a s s i s , l o c a t e t h e body
u s i n g f i x i n g s 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 11, 1 2 . Use w a s h e r s where n e c e s s a r y
t o a v o i d s t r a i n i n g any o f t h e m o u n t i n g s a n d
d r i l l
t h e c h a s s i s
f i x i n g h o l e s a t p o i n t s 5 , 6 , 7 , and 8 by u s i n g a d r i l l t h r o u g h
t h e body b o b b i n s a t t h e s e p o i n t s . R a i s e t h e body o f f t h e
c h a s s i s o n c e a g a i n , a n d , on t h e o l d c h a s s i s , m e a s u r e t h e p o s i t i o n
o f f i x i n g h o l e s 9
&
1 0 r e l a t i v e t o h o l e s 7
&
8 . T r a n s f e r t h i s
d i m e n s i o n o n t o t h e new c h a s s i s , and d r i l l f i x i n g h o l e s 9 & 1 0 .
R e f i t t h e body and t i g h t e n a l l f i x i n g s . Note t h a t f i x i n g s
1
&
2 a l s o s e c u r e t h e a n t i - r o l l b a r c l a m p s . F i x i h g s 1, 2 , 5 ,
6 , 7 , 8 , 1 1
&
12 s h o u l d have t h e n u t s f i t t e d on t h e i n s i d e o f
t h e c a r .
The body t o c h a s s i s mounting b o b b i n s i n t h e body r e a r s e c t i o n , f r o n t o f
b o o t , were changed i n 1984 from t h e ' l a m i n a t e d i n ' t y p e t o t h e ' b i f u r c a t e d '
t y p e . The body mounting t u b e s o n t h e c h a s s i s r e a r crossmember w e r e a l s o
changed t o s u i t .
O l d body o n old chassis
(for r e f e r e n c e
only)
New body o n new chassis
(for reference
o n l y )
'bifurcated
'