[Spridgets] Rollbar question

[Kirk Hargreaves]

I read something a while back about roll bars and injuries that have
resulted from hitting your head against them . . if getting a good hit from
the rear.

Matter of fact in the story I read the blow to the head by way of the roll
bar ended up killing someone.  The advice was to have a roll bar that would
provide padding for your head . . however that could be done.

I can't imagine how a metal contact point on a roll bar would be worse than
having your head thrusted back without anything behind it?

Thoughts?

Kirk
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On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 4:25 PM, Jeff Foster <tr3.4.me at gmail.com> wrote:

> A friend of a friend has a rollbar he was told was from an MG Midget
> and has offered it to me at a very attractive price for use on my 73
> Midget. A mutual friend of ours was hurt pretty bad years ago when his
> Midget got t-boned; so he's frequently suggested I get one.
>
> I don't have any measurements (not yet, anyway), only the two pics he
> emailed me. I'm not sure it really is for a Midget - so many people
> don't seem to grasp the difference between a Midget and an MGB. It
> "looks" wide but that could be an optical illusion due to the way the
> bars bow outward.
>
> I've never got a good look at one, let alone how they mount, and pics
> in my VB and Moss catalogs aren't much help.
>
> The rollbar is a couple of hours away and I don't have time for a
> wasted trip right now or I'd just go get it and sort it out later.
>
> I've posted the pics to an album on my facebook account:
> http://goo.gl/6KXaHX
>
> I'm hoping some of you more knowledgable people can look at these pics
> and tell me if you think this is for a Midget.
>
> What do you guys think?
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