[Mgs] Miata Question

[Jim Juhas]

The top on my B was fairly easy up and down  (a folder, not like the erector set on our 66 Sprite) but I can put the Miata top down without getting out of my seat.  Putting it back up is a little more of a stretch, but that just needs a longer stop light to do.  I had a tonneau for the B; seems pointless for my Miata.

Jim 
1957 MGA #311

-----Original Message-----

From:  saidel at camden.rutgers.edu
Subj:  Re: [Mgs] Miata Question
Date:  Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:22 am
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To:  mgs at autox.team.net

Quoting Wilkmanracing at aol.com:

>>>>>> I suspect you're not part of that group, Steve, but I  always wonder
> whythey bother buying this car >>>>>(same with the  BMW Z-series cars) if
> theydon't really enjoy the wind in their hair!
>
> I understand what you're saying.  I, too, prefer to drive top down and  I
> tend to scowl at those who seem never to have the top down.  But there is  a
> matter of reality that needs to be considered.  The tops on our   
> British  classics
> are a royal pain in the ass to put up and down.

Do you include the B's in British classics? I timed myself...<15  
seconds to lower the top of my 76B (for the few times I drive with it  
up, that is. I always have thought...why have this car if the top is  
up?). That is not a royal p.i.t.a. On the other hand, crawling around  
under my 74 on a cold garage floor is. Besides...I don't fit anymore.

Bill Saidel
BMCSNJ
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