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1. Top Removable Frame (score: 1): Author: "Bob" <engl@accesscomm.ca>; Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 08:00:26 -0600; I recently bought off of eBay (yes, the evil eBay) a set of removable top frame for an early MGB, but they do not seem right based on photos I have seen. My B has a later top (early 70's I think) wit; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00037.html (7,765 bytes)
2. RE: Top Removable Frame (score: 1): Author: "Larry list account" <list@marketvalue.net>; Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 07:46:41 -0700; Bob, I can't visualize what you are describing; but, if it isn't one of these, it probably isn't an MGB frame. http://www.mossmotors.com/Shop/ViewProducts.aspx?PlateIndexID=29087 Larry Hoy; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00038.html (8,777 bytes)
3. Re: Top Removable Frame (score: 1): Author: Carl French <leylandauto@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 07:15:32 -0800 (PST); The stow away frame does indeed have three sticks that go into each other. They are attached to the standard flat stock that drops into the tonneau bar holders. I am guessing the vendor got the appli; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00039.html (8,588 bytes)
4. Re: Top Removable Frame (score: 1): Author: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 07:31:47 -0800 (PST); Bob, I cannot think of where the sticks for my '65's removable hood are at the moment, and I have removed the brackets from the car - but I am positive that the part that goes into the bracket is fla; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00041.html (9,099 bytes)
5. Re: Top Removable Frame (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 16:05:00 -0000; The removable frame had three round bars with flat ends. The middle bar slotted into the body sockets, the front bar had a relatively large linkage to the middle bar, and the rear bar a smaller linka; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00042.html (8,670 bytes)
6. RE: Top Removable Frame (score: 1): Author: "Bob" <engl@accesscomm.ca>; Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 10:44:12 -0600; eBay item number is http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4503324069 Bob The stow away frame does indeed have three sticks that go into each other. They are attached to the st; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00043.html (8,396 bytes)
7. Re: Top Removable Frame (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 09:02:58 -0800; I don't know what that is in the photo, but it's not an early MGB stowable top frame. What did he mean by "centre sections removed for photo but are included"? There is no center section. The photo,; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00044.html (9,220 bytes)
8. RE: Top Removable Frame (score: 1): Author: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 10:29:00 -0800 (PST); Yeah, this doesn't look like an MGB frame at all, round bottoms and only 2 cross-pieces, there are three in the early frame. Also the color, the early frames were a light grey (of course it could hav; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00048.html (8,878 bytes)
9. RE: Top Removable Frame (score: 1): Author: Carl French <leylandauto@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 10:48:00 -0800 (PST); What Dan D said. They are from some other kind of car. I will toss this on one of the other BBS's to try and solve the riddle. Carl; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00050.html (8,361 bytes)
10. RE: Top Removable Frame (score: 1): Author: "Gordie's Garage" <mg_garage@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 14:34:23 -0500; Not from an MGA. They did not offer the stow-away on the A. Safety Fast! Gordie Bird '62 MGA '67 MGBGT; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00051.html (8,362 bytes)
11. Re: Top Removable Frame (score: 1): Author: Mgbbob@aol.com; Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 15:27:55 -0500; That's correct, Bob, 3 hinged tubular bows welded to a vertical plate that slips into the chrome reciever just behind the B post. My '66 has a "stowaway" top and I wouldn't change for anything....so; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00053.html (8,408 bytes)
12. RE: Top Removable Frame (score: 1): Author: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 12:36:13 -0800 (PST); Oh, they used a permanently-attached top?? I always thought it was removable, it doesn't look like there is enough room to store it behind the seats.... == Dan The Garden State '76 MGB Tourer - Drive; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00054.html (8,771 bytes)
13. RE: Top Removable Frame (score: 1): Author: "Larry list account" <list@marketvalue.net>; Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 13:38:19 -0700; Okay Bob, doesn't look like any MGB frame I've seen. The ad says, "(centre sections removed for photo but are included)". This confuses me. The MGB stow-a-way frame does indeed split, but has no "cen; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00055.html (8,926 bytes)
14. RE: Top Removable Frame (score: 1): Author: "Gordie's Garage" <mg_garage@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 15:51:29 -0500; There is actually quite a bit of room behind the seats, albeit under what I will call the tonneau panel. Many people travel with the tops erected so that they actually have some storage space for lug; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00056.html (9,087 bytes)
15. Re: Top Removable Frame (score: 1): Author: Lbcnut@aol.com; Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 16:07:38 EST; Judging from the photos, I believe that the frame is for an early Sprite or Midget. I think that they only had two bows. I would check my 66 Sprite, but it located at a relative's house. Good luck, J; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00058.html (7,845 bytes)
16. RE: Top Removable Frame (score: 1): Author: David Breneman <david_breneman@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 13:41:27 -0800 (PST); There's actually quite a bit of room behind the seats, but unfortunately the top doesn't stow in a way that makes very efficient use of it. It sort of ends up running diagonally from the upper rear o; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00061.html (8,545 bytes)
17. Re: Top Removable Frame (score: 1): Author: Lbcnut@aol.com; Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 17:11:38 EST; Not only does it offer lots of space but when it is all completely removed, the MGB takes on a much cleaner and neater look around the cockpit. That is, if the the tonneau isn't attached. James; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00062.html (7,680 bytes)
18. Re: Top Removable Frame (score: 1): Author: Bill McLeod <wbmcleod@cox.net>; Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 23:08:56 -0700; Try the spridget list I have a sneaking suspicion it is for an early spridget or TR Spitfire. Bill; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00067.html (7,773 bytes)
19. RE: Top Removable Frame (score: 1): Author: "Bob" <engl@accesscomm.ca>; Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 17:44:00 -0600; Thanks to all who helped with my question on the removable frame. I have heard from the vendor, and also someone who knows the vendor fairly well, and it sounds like this should turn out OK. Bob '65; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00079.html (7,470 bytes)
20. RE: Top Removable Frame (score: 1): Author: "Bob" <engl@accesscomm.ca>; Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 16:56:56 -0600; As a further update, this seems to have turned out very well. The vendor is sending me, at no charge, the proper bows for the MG. You hear so many bad eBay stories about getting ripped off, but this; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00153.html (7,928 bytes)

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