[Fot] [Mgs] convertible top help needed

[Jack Wheeler]

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

    On Wednesday, February 26, 2020, 4:23:24 PM EST, S.Carr via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
 
I’ve been helping a friend who wants to install a tonneau cover on a 1980 MGB convertible.  We’ve tried to follow the instructions—but the top bows are about 1/4 inch too wide to drop down inside the rear deck, leaving the front corners sticking up—no way can we install a flat tonneau cover!  The top’s being old and stiff is of course no help.  Any suggestions from the list?

  

Sarah Carr

’71 B/GT in PA

  

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