Here's a quick question. I understand what a tonneau bar is but is there
one for a 78 Midget?
The little brackets that mount to the B pillar are there (I use them to
hold the hard top on when parked for storms). But I have never seen a
tonneau bar for this car.
Larry Macy
78 Midget
>There is a bar that is 'C' shaped that extends from one side to the
>other just behind the seats. There are metal tabs that fit in slots at
>the top of the 'B' posts such that the bar is parallel to and about even
>with the top of the rear deck.
>
>The purpose is that, when the car is fitted with a full tonneau, the
>tonneau can be unsnapped at the front and sides and folded down over the
>bar with the excess tucked into the rear shelf. There are a couple of
>snaps in the middle of the tonneau that are for posts mounted on the
>rear bulkhead just above and to each side of the trans tunnel.
>
<snip>
>Bob Allen, Kansas City, '69CGT, '75TR6, '61Elva(?)
>"The last manufacturer to service the masochistic needs of sports car
>owners was BMC, which persisted in building the Stone Age MGA until it
>became some sort of four-wheeled fossil." -- Car & Driver, May 1966
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