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1. Article on installing top (score: 1)
Author: John Middlesworth <jape@email.unc.edu>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 09:21:25 -0400 (EDT)
I recall a nice article with photos in some publication that showed the installation of an MGB top. Was it an old "Moss Motoring" or "British Car"? Any leads will help. Maybe there's a web site with
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg01083.html (7,520 bytes)

2. Article on installing top (score: 1)
Author: Grant <ggrant@magi.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 97 12:12:46 -0400
Lindsay Porter's Book on the restoration of the MGB has a chapter dealing with instalation that might be helpful ... Dr. Glenn Grant 78 MGB 71 MG Midget 65 Porsche 93 HD
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg01092.html (7,379 bytes)

3. Re: Article on installing top (score: 1)
Author: mgb.roadster@juno.com (Larry A Hoy)
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 09:09:11 -0600
British Car, not sure what issue, maybe about one year ago? Larry Hoy (MGB.Roadster@juno.com) Denver, CO USA 1969 MGB Roadster 1987 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas == On Mon, 15 Sep 1997 09:21:25 -0400 (EDT)
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg01093.html (7,863 bytes)

4. Re: Article on installing top (score: 1)
Author: robert weeks <robert@woozy.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 15:13:20 +0100
The Lindsay Porter book on Midgets and Sprites has a short chapter also, i can't find your original post so i'm not sure which you were looking for although i figure they are pretty similar. I just
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg01106.html (8,121 bytes)

5. Re: Article on installing top (score: 1)
Author: Arthur Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 19:47:06 -0400 (EDT)
Lindsay Porter's book Guide to purchase and DIY restoration MGB has instructions. Check out the Library they may have a copy. If not they can borrow one from someplace in the country. ...Art
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg01127.html (7,935 bytes)

6. Re: Article on installing top (score: 1)
Author: "Craig H. Brallier" <brallier@twd.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 10:03:48 -0700
John, It was in the Oct/Nov 1996 issue of British Car. Craig Brallier 75 MGB 76 MGB
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg01155.html (7,736 bytes)

7. Re: Article on installing top (score: 1)
Author: G Graham <ggraham@edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 23:36:22 -0400
Listers: Any chance that someone has a copy of that issue or that article? I'll be putting a top on soon (only to stop the rattles, of course.) Gary Graham '74¼ MG
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg01159.html (8,085 bytes)

8. Re: Article on installing top (score: 1)
Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 01:59:23 -0400
I have that issue (and the article). I can run off a copy at work and mail it to you if you e-mail me with your address. While we're on the subject of tops, I have two top frames that are both broken
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg01171.html (7,893 bytes)

9. Re: Article on installing top (score: 1)
Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 20:18:32 -0400
On the Midget top, the frame link on each side in the area you describe is not flat, but has two bends in it. The result of this is to apply a bending moment to the link, especially if the joints are
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg01232.html (9,198 bytes)

10. Re: Article on installing top (score: 1)
Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 01:33:22 -0400
My top frames are cracked at the rivets, just like yours. So it was lack of lubrication? Can this be welded? There isn't much room to work with, between the break and the rivet. (I suppose I could d
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg01246.html (7,706 bytes)

11. Re: Article on installing top (score: 1)
Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 18:49:21 EDT
Nory, The top frame on both my 74 and my son's 73 have broken at the same place (across the rivet hole). There isn't enough steel there to do a satifactory weld. But I have a solution that works. I'v
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg01305.html (8,467 bytes)


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