Ok, I couldn't remember. Last month I saw that Autopower is selling a
U-weld it cage for the BGT, they have offered one for the B tourer, for
about $700. It probably isn't much cheaper then a custom one but I'm glad
it is an option.
James Nazarian
71 MGB Tourer
71 MGBGT V8
85 Dodge Ram
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>
To: "'James Nazarian'" <jhn3@uakron.edu>; "The MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 1:01 PM
Subject: RE: Midget rollbar Now MGB GT Rollbar
> James:
>
> Good point. The MGB Roadster Roll Bars do not fit in a MGB GT correctly.
>
> My V8 project is a Roadster, but I do have an MGB GT roll bar that will
> probably end up in my MGC GTS project. The bar was made by Hobrecht back
in
> the 80s and mounts on the GT parcel floor and has supports that go to the
> wheel wells. The bar mounts about 3" farther back than a roadster one.
>
>
> Kelvin.
>
>
>
>
>
> > Kelvin, as someone who has had a Roadster Autopower bar for
> > nearly 10 years
> > and never installed it in anything, I'd like to offer a
> > caution. I put the
> > thing in my GTV8 and found that it was a few inches shy of
> > the headliner,
> > undoubtedly because it had to be shorter to clear the folding top in a
> > roadster. I think you are planning to use a GT for your V8
> > and if so you
> > may run into the same thing. Arguments can be made either way toward
> > installing it but I thought it looked cheap sitting a few
> > inches below the
> > headliner, so back onto the shelf it went again. Just a thought.
> >
> > James
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