Subject: Re: [Fot] [Mgs] convertible top help needed

From: Jack Wheeler via Fot <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 22:33:38 +0000 (UTC)

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 I installed a tonneau on my 71 B a few years ago.=C2=A0 It's a tight fit, =
but I found that=C2=A0 by tucking one end of the top bows down under the re=
ar body panel, then pushing from the other side, I was able to tuck the sec=
ond side under the body panel also.=C2=A0 There is too much top material to=
 ever get the tonneau perfectly flat, but I could get it pushed down far en=
ough so that the tonneau would snap all around it.=C2=A0 Is your friend usi=
ng the removable bows that fit right behind the seats, under the tonneau?=
=C2=A0 This helps hold the tonneau cover up so that the top material sticki=
ng up is not so noticeable.=C2=A0 Also, do it on a hot day, and let it sit =
in the sun for a few hours before you start.=C2=A0 Good Luck.
Jack

    On Wednesday, February 26, 2020, 4:23:24 PM EST, S.Carr via Mgs <mgs@au=
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I=E2=80=99ve been helping a friend who wants to install a tonneau cover on =
a 1980 MGB convertible.=C2=A0 We=E2=80=99ve tried to follow the instruction=
s=E2=80=94but the top bows are about 1/4 inch too wide to drop down inside =
the rear deck, leaving the front corners sticking up=E2=80=94no way can we =
install a flat tonneau cover!=C2=A0 The top=E2=80=99s being old and stiff i=
s of course no help.=C2=A0 Any suggestions from the list?

 =C2=A0

Sarah Carr

=E2=80=9971 B/GT in PA

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        <div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">I installed a tonneau on my =
71 B a few years ago.&nbsp; It's a tight fit, but I found that&nbsp; by tuc=
king one end of the top bows down under the rear body panel, then pushing f=
rom the other side, I was able to tuck the second side under the body panel=
 also.&nbsp; There is too much top material to ever get the tonneau perfect=
ly flat, but I could get it pushed down far enough so that the tonneau woul=
d snap all around it.&nbsp; Is your friend using the removable bows that fi=
t right behind the seats, under the tonneau?&nbsp; This helps hold the tonn=
eau cover up so that the top material sticking up is not so noticeable.&nbs=
p; Also, do it on a hot day, and let it sit in the sun for a few hours befo=
re you start.&nbsp; Good Luck.</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">=
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                    On Wednesday, February 26, 2020, 4:23:24 PM EST, S.Carr=
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109MsoNormal">I=E2=80=99ve been helping a friend who wants to install a ton=
neau cover on a 1980 MGB convertible.&nbsp; We=E2=80=99ve tried to follow t=
he instructions=E2=80=94but the top bows are about 1/4 inch too wide to dro=
p down inside the rear deck, leaving the front corners sticking up=E2=80=94=
no way can we install a flat tonneau cover!&nbsp; The top=E2=80=99s being o=
ld and stiff is of course no help.&nbsp; Any suggestions from the list?</p>=
<p class=3D"ydp2b552cc8yiv9572234109MsoNormal"> &nbsp;</p><p class=3D"ydp2b=
552cc8yiv9572234109MsoNormal">Sarah Carr</p><p class=3D"ydp2b552cc8yiv95722=
34109MsoNormal">=E2=80=9971 B/GT in PA</p><p class=3D"ydp2b552cc8yiv9572234=
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