Hey Dan, that's even slicker! Or just designing it with built-in brackets
to drop into the slots (replacing the tonneau bar), since you couldn't
really have the tonneau cover on at the same time, anyway. I'm thinking
of taking a stab at it this summer, if no other crises intervene. Keep us
posted on any further brainstorms.
Dan Ray had this to say:
>My idea involved rigging it to a tonneaux bar -- the bar that fits into the
>slots on the side and runs directly behind the seats. Although I suppose
>vertical rails on the sides would be needed for structural strength. This
>way, the whole thing could just be removed by sliding out of those slots.
>But, hey...I ain't no engineer! ;)
>Seems it's not as original an idea as I thought, although I see no reason
>why one would want to pay over $200 for such a thing when you can create
>one!
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>Dan
>73 B
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>>Now that you mention it, I'm sure I saw an ad for such a thing
>>somewhere... cost multi-hundred bucks, of course. I must admit I've
>>looked at those acorn nuts adorning the rear wheel arches with the
>>thought that they'd be handy for rigging up something of the sort. My
>>thinking was (on each side), a flat plate to bolt up and adjust angle and
>>position, and a short piece of aluminum window channel with a stop at the
>>bottom. Then just drop in an appropriate sized (and shaped) sheet of 3/8
>>plexiglass, with maybe a set screw or clamp device to keep it from
>>blowing away... The idea would be you'd leave the brackets in place
>>permanently, but could easily remove the plexiglass and store it in the
>>boot (probably would need a bag so as not to scratch horribly) when you
>>put on the tonneau, for instance.
>>
>>This would work for roadsters; the folding top would make it a lot more
>>complicated or impossible.
>>
>>OK, there's my idea, now you can proceed to pick it apart... Dan, how
>>about we split the patent rights?
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'66 MGB GHN3L76149
Runs great,
looks particularly bad since some SUV clown backed into it.
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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