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Re: Top Frames...

To: Chris Chandler <spawn@net-link.net>
Subject: Re: Top Frames...
From: "Michael P. Ohleger" <mikeoh@gte.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 23:17:20 -0400
Chris,

What color is the frame?  That makes a difference.  You may have a frame
from a much older car.  What you describe is the frame from my '67, which is
gray in color and was considered an "optional" unit in its day.  Good luck.

Michael Ohleger
'67 MGB
'70 MGB

Chris Chandler wrote:

> I'm confused.  So what's new about that, you ask???  <BG>
>
> I just bought a new(used) top frame for my '72B.  It looks just like the
> one depicted in the Moss and VB catalogs.  Upon removing the one
> currently attached to my car, I discover a frame that doesn't resemble
> any I've ever seen (I never really examined it before...)
>
> When the old one folds, (if you can picture it from my poor
> description), there is a section in the middle that folds in towards the
> center of the car on each side, instead of going straight back like all
> the other ones I've looked at recently.
>
> It had the proper mounting configuration for the bolts though.  Could it
> have been an after-market top frame? If so, it was pretty poor.  I
> bought the other frame because I've never been happy with the
> performance of my current one.
>
> Any thoughts?  (Not a problem, but it will probably drive me crazy until
> I know the answer).
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
> '72B




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