I made a template out of cardboard, of the inside profile of the car
with the soft top up, at the front edge of the parcel shelf. I took that
to a local fabrication shop and had them bend a hoop out of 1 3/4 x
0.120" wall, and got extra tubing to make stays and a diagonal from
that. They left the legs a little extra long so I could trim that to
fit.
If you're doing "show events" with your Tiger that require a "show bar"
then you should get the relevant rulebook so that you can make sure it
will comply (bar diameter and wall thickness, requirement for a
diagonal, headrest and padding, location and chassis attachment of the
stays, etc.).
The hardest thing generally is to get sufficient height on the thing so
that a helmet rides sufficiently far below the top of the bar, while
still allowing you to put the top up. My bar bulges the soft top
material in the two outside corners, so it's definitely as high as you
can go.
Theo
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