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For sale on ebay orig BMC?
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2025 12:20 pm
by Ronnie
May be of interest to people on this forum, it hasn't any thing to do with me original BMC

make your own mind up.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/355976889647
Re: For sale on ebay orig BMC?
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2025 1:37 pm
by Polarsilver
Could well be OE .. back in that day.. much stuff was "removed " from the Factorys or was sold direct to employees from the Factory Scrap Store ( this was my experience from the Cowley Plant at that time).
Those carpet bits were probably found in an ex Longbridge workers loft by his nok clearing out the house.
Re: For sale on ebay orig BMC?
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2025 4:40 pm
by 360gts
That looks like nylon carpet/....if it was made by BMC...surely it would have been wool with a hessian backing!
Re: For sale on ebay orig BMC?
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 4:23 pm
by Peter Laidler
As Polar says. If you lived in or near Abingdon and owned an MGB, it was a good place to live. And owning an MGB GT V8 and wife with a roundarch Midget was a pleasant enough experience.
I bought a house from an ex BL employee who owned a Maxi. And yes, there was an attic full of Maxi trim. Least said, soonest mended - as he emigrated to Australia......., to work at Leyland Australia!
Re: For sale on ebay orig BMC?
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 10:22 am
by mab01uk
360gts wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2025 4:40 pm
That looks like nylon carpet/....if it was made by BMC...surely it would have been wool with a hessian backing!
Assuming it is the original Veltone type carpet?
Some photos in thread linked below of original BMC Veltone carpet compared to the reproduction BAS Veltone.
It appears the original BMC Veltone is thinner and has a rubber backing.
Veltone carpet BAS International:-
viewtopic.php?p=191839#p191839
Re: For sale on ebay orig BMC?
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 11:08 am
by Ronnie
mab01uk wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 10:22 am
360gts wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2025 4:40 pm
That looks like nylon carpet/....if it was made by BMC...surely it would have been wool with a hessian backing!
Assuming it is the original Veltone type carpet?
Some photos in thread linked below of original BMC Veltone carpet compared to the reproduction BAS Veltone.
It appears the original BMC Veltone is thinner and has a rubber backing.
Veltone carpet BAS International:-
viewtopic.php?p=191839#p191839
It is the veltone he has pictured the rubber backing in his description.
