I don't think anyone expects you to roll the car *on* the circuit, it's
those unplanned excursions *off* the circuit where it might come in
handy...
See, if you just had the packaway top, you'd have no problem...
Have fun with it
Eric had this to say:
>Colin Brown wrote:
>>
>> Eric Erickson in Southern Oz guided us to his web page, throwing
>> his '68 B round the circuit. What no roll bar!
>> Just as well he did not roll, or he would have been the 'poor old
>> thing'
>> We have rules about these things in the UK
>
>
>Nope... no rollbar. I have ALMOST put it in but am having redesign the
>one I picked up CHEAP ($50.00) because my midfold top doesn't like it.
>The brackets come into contact with the 45 degree struts so the top
>won't go down with the rollbar in. Yes, I thought about changing the
>top - but I love the quick-action midfold top (goes up in 30 seconds
>when the rain hits). I thought about unbolting the rollbar when not
>racing... nahhhh.
>
>Our class of car does not require a rollbar but this may change soon.
>If we did then to comply with current regulations it would be wayyyy too
>high for ANY known top to cover (designed to prevent the top of your
>head being shaved off). I can supply the relevent page of the
>regulations if necessary :-)
>
>So in the meantime, I go bar-less. But being a STOCK MGB I am not sure
>that I could go fast enough to make the beasty roll over, no matter what
>I came into contact with - some of those shots on my website catch me in
>a full-on (controlled:-) over-steer slide, and she doesn't even HINT at
>turning turtle.
>
>I *will* have a rolbar by the time the season starts in March, 2000. I
>plan to be going faster then, too!
>
>
>
>Eric
>'68MGB MkII
>http://www.erickson.on.net/mgb/mallala/nov6_99.html
>
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'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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