NOS 411 wings

minty · Post by **minty** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:36 am

how much are these worth?
i have been offered a pair for £80 but could get them cheaper i think.

what do you guys think

< minty >

DeathBus · Post by **DeathBus** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:39 am

You mean what we in North America call fenders?

ubercrap · Post by **ubercrap** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:52 am

Yes, they call them wings over there. It sound like a good deal for NOS (if they are absolutely flawless) to me, but hey, it's your $$$. There aren't a lot of NOS Type 4 parts lying around the states, though.

DeathBus · Post by **DeathBus** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 11:04 am

Thats about 160 to 180 US, GREAT DEAL.

minty · Post by **minty** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 1:01 pm

DeathBus wrote:You mean what we in North America call fenders?

yeh sorry i knew some1 would pick me up on that

< minty >

ubercrap · Post by **ubercrap** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 3:26 pm

on thesamba.com, some NOS 412 fenders came up for sale listed at $500.00 USD a piece!

ecdez · Post by **ecdez** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 6:56 am

I believe those are still for sale too

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MGVWfan · Post by **MGVWfan** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 6:46 pm

Just don't ask about "positive earth", "blowlamps", "torches", "nave plates", "paraffin", "big ends", or "gudgeon pins"

Hey, it took me months of reading this forum before I stopped converting everything to British auto terminology so I could understand it

Let's see, dynamo=generator, Lucas=darkness...

NOS wings for £80, sounds like a deal to me. Shipping, though, that's the deal, I've had trouble getting any body tinware to arrive without dings, gouges, etc., so watch out for that. The panel beater that did the front end of my MGB after it got crunched a few years back spent more time on the front wing picking and filling shipping damage than anything else.

raygreenwood · Post by **raygreenwood** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:31 pm

Lucas=Darkness....

.....so true! Its a good thing the nazi's didn't know that in 40 and 41...they might have been able to shut down the British war machine with a little skillful stock market investment in 38 and 39....

Ray

ubercrap · Post by **ubercrap** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 9:35 pm

MGVWfan wrote:Just don't ask about "positive earth", "blowlamps", "torches", "nave plates", "paraffin", "big ends", or "gudgeon pins"

Hey, it took me months of reading this forum before I stopped converting everything to British auto terminology so I could understand it Let's see, dynamo=generator, Lucas=darkness...

NOS wings for £80, sounds like a deal to me. Shipping, though, that's the deal, I've had trouble getting any body tinware to arrive without dings, gouges, etc., so watch out for that. The panel beater that did the front end of my MGB after it got crunched a few years back spent more time on the front wing picking and filling shipping damage than anything else.

Arrggh...I know, I've had 1 of 2 excellent sedan engine lids crunched during shipping...

DeathBus · Post by **DeathBus** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:28 am

ubercrap wrote:
MGVWfan wrote:Just don't ask about "positive earth", "blowlamps", "torches", "nave plates", "paraffin", "big ends", or "gudgeon pins"

Hey, it took me months of reading this forum before I stopped converting everything to British auto terminology so I could understand it Let's see, dynamo=generator, Lucas=darkness...

NOS wings for £80, sounds like a deal to me. Shipping, though, that's the deal, I've had trouble getting any body tinware to arrive without dings, gouges, etc., so watch out for that. The panel beater that did the front end of my MGB after it got crunched a few years back spent more time on the front wing picking and filling shipping damage than anything else.
Arrggh...I know, I've had 1 of 2 excellent sedan engine lids crunched during shipping...

Now that truely sucks!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 10:36 am

OK Ray got me started, so blame him

Do you know why British ale is served at room temp? Because British pub owners keep their ale in Lucas fridges!

Do you know why British Leyland never went into the PC market? They couldn't figure out how to make them leak oil!

Having said all that in jest, I just LOVE my MGB and wouldn't give it up for anything, and the same for my 412!

MGVWfan · Post by **MGVWfan** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 10:39 am

Argh! Above post was me.