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1. Pardon the blasphemy (score: 1): Author: Benjamin Ruset <bruset@monmouth.com>; Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 20:37:48 -0400; I guess you'll all figure out I'm not a purist after this: I was just wondering if anybody had figured out a way of making MGA doors lockable. I wonder if it would be possible to fabricate a set of d; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01506.html (7,635 bytes)
2. Re: Pardon the blasphemy (score: 1): Author: jello@dns.ida.net (Phil Bates); Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 19:12:01 -0600; Here's a suggestion - buy MGA coupe doors - which have locks, and alter them to be more like roadster doors. I.E. knock off the window frames and the window frame ridge. Phil Bates 58 MGA 67 MGB 75 J; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01509.html (8,252 bytes)
3. Re: Pardon the blasphemy (score: 1): Author: Benjamin Ruset <bruset@monmouth.com>; Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 21:21:41 -0400; Hmm.. Well, let's say that I wanted to keep the roll-up windows - how stable would the windows be when up w/o the window frame? I suppose I could just keep the frames and just use a tonneau top... hm; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01511.html (8,065 bytes)
4. RE: Pardon the blasphemy (score: 1): Author: <larry.g.unger@lmco.com>; Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 21:36:43 -0400; Phil Bates replied: Ummmm ... am I missing something? What is the point of installing locks on the doors of an MGA roadster? IOW, how are locks going to stop someone when you have side curtains and a; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01514.html (8,681 bytes)
5. Re: Pardon the blasphemy (score: 1): Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory); Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 01:26:24 -0400; Well, I suppose, if you really really wanted to (are you sure?), you could do a little drilling and install locks in your existing doors (if you're really really sure you want door locks that badly).; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01524.html (8,204 bytes)
6. RE: Pardon the blasphemy (score: 1): Author: jello@dns.ida.net (Phil Bates); Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:36:05 -0600; I agree with you! Why would you want locks on any open car??? But the guy said he wanted locks, so I offered up what looked like the most reasonable solution. Looking at the pictures, it ought to be; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01525.html (9,507 bytes)
7. RE: Pardon the blasphemy (score: 1): Author: "REICHLE, CHRISTOPHER" <CREICHLE@nsc.msmail.miami.edu>; Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 09:55:00 -0700 (PDT); Why would you want to lock the doors on a convertible? I've never used the door locks on my B especially when I park in a bad area. You're just asking for someone to cut your $500 canvas top. Let the; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01536.html (9,689 bytes)
8. RE: Pardon the blasphemy (score: 1): Author: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>; Date: Wed, 22 Oct 97 10:12:16 -0400; On 10/21/97 9:36 PM so and so larry.g.unger@lmco.com said. (And I quote) I have to agree. I have had to replace a top (just one - I learned) after somebody cut up the top to get in and steal a box of; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01538.html (9,744 bytes)
9. RE: Pardon the blasphemy (score: 1): Author: hert@worldaccess.nl; Date: Wed, 22 Oct 97 14:50:27 GMT; Weld the doors shut. Fill up the gaps. You'll have the best line ever seen. Peter 74B; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01544.html (7,979 bytes)
10. Re: Pardon the blasphemy (score: 1): Author: mgb.roadster@juno.com (Larry A Hoy); Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 21:45:38 -0600; I'm glad someone asked this question. My car has locks and I never lock it, even with the top up. Most of the time the top is not up but when it is I would hate to see someone cut the top to steal so; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01547.html (8,726 bytes)
11. Re: Pardon the blasphemy (score: 1): Author: Dwgwater1 <Dwgwater1@aol.com>; Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 11:36:52 EDT; Let's not forget the "market" either. Someone cut my Midget's top even though it was unlocked and they could have just unsnapped it. Someone broke the window to get into an unlocked 86 Cavalier I got; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01548.html (8,493 bytes)
12. Re: Pardon the blasphemy (score: 1): Author: ENRIQUE CLAURE <span@datacom-bo.net>; Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 11:59:28 -0400; I think that if you can lock the car do it. If a theif is after your car he will get in. Chances are that if it is locked he will get in through the top. This takes time and calls attention. As far a; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01551.html (9,151 bytes)
13. Re: Pardon the blasphemy (score: 1): Author: "REICHLE, CHRISTOPHER" <CREICHLE@nsc.msmail.miami.edu>; Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 12:22:00 -0700 (PDT); It takes half a second to cut a slit with a knife, utility knife or razor blade behind the driver's side window at which point you just reach in and unlock/open the door. Everyone that I know that ow; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01553.html (11,699 bytes)
14. Re: Pardon the blasphemy (score: 1): Author: Art Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>; Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 17:59:38 -0400 (EDT); All this talk about cutting the top leads me to believe that some people put their tops up. Sounds like a recent discussion? This may just be a sneaky way of getting the offenders to admit that they; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01575.html (9,679 bytes)
15. RE: Pardon the blasphemy (score: 1): Author: Ross MacPherson <arm@unix.infoserve.net>; Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 19:57:49 -0700; On the other hand..... I had the top on my `76 slashed to ribbons. Literally, ribbons! Not only were the doors unlocked but the windows were down. Not a thing stolen, just some jealous moron with a b; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01584.html (8,498 bytes)
16. Re: Pardon the blasphemy (score: 1): Author: BobMGT@aol.com; Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 00:02:04 -0400 (EDT); You could put pad locks on like Mr. Bean's Mini. BTW, where can I see this Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s) EMAIL - BOBMGT@AOL.COM 52 MGTD - under DIY restoration NEMGTR #11470 71 MGB - finally; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01587.html (8,055 bytes)
17. Re: Pardon the blasphemy (score: 1): Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory); Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 01:49:38 -0400; If you're anywhere near Canada, the local CBC affiliate should have it. Around here, we get it on CBLT (Ch. 5) out of Toronto. HBO has them on now and then too. Also, I believe some of the shows are; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01595.html (8,344 bytes)
18. Re: Pardon the blasphemy (score: 1): Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD); Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 07:49:35 EDT; Hi Ben, Mine isn't a question of purity, it's a question of practicality. Why put locks into the doors of a fabric-topped car, when the criminal who wants entry can simply slice the canvas to bit and; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01600.html (9,138 bytes)
19. Re: Pardon the blasphemy (score: 1): Author: "REICHLE, CHRISTOPHER" <CREICHLE@nsc.msmail.miami.edu>; Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 10:22:00 -0700 (PDT); No, It just happens that people who lock the door also put their top up for the sake of keeping people out. My tops been down for months. I don't even know if it will reach the windshield ;-) Chris R; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01607.html (9,452 bytes)
20. Re: Pardon the blasphemy (score: 1): Author: Dwgwater1@aol.com; Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 14:13:42 -0400 (EDT); Well, at the risk of beating a long dead horse, my top was cut while I was parking the Midget at a public garage for $30 a month because I though that was better than leaving it under a cover on a Ch; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01625.html (7,857 bytes)

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