The main purpose of the bars IMHO is to maintain the cover in a taut, tidy
position when folded back for driving. The "flaps with snaps" then create a
neat, sealed weatherproof compartment on the back shelf, with zipper access.
When parked, the tautness of the cover is adequate to support it except in
the case of rain pooling, as you mention. Reversing the bars is a neat trick
when rain threatens, but I wouldn't want the bother of rearranging them on a
daily basis.
With a packaway top, the bars are not in the way of anything else, of
course. With a foldaway top, I suppose they might be considered more of a
bother.
on 4/22/02 10:51 AM, Telewest (PH) at paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
> I have the bars but have never used them. Yes, they do 'sculpture' the
> tonneau cover when used as a hood cover but it isn't worth the fuss. The
> handbook shows them positioned behind the seatbacks when the tonneau cover
> is used as the full-length cockpit cover, but I reckon they should be used
> *in front* as that way they lift the middle and stop rain pooling in the
> middle and dripping through the zip.
>
> Front fastening depended on year and market, the two side fastenings being
> variously press-studs at the base of the screen uprights or lift-the-dot
> posts on the dash top in various postions near the screen uprights. The
> 'centre' lift-the-dot seems to have have been in various positions near the
> middle of the car.
>
> Get the cover first and add fastenings as required.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marc" <smarc@abs.net>
> To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 4:34 PM
> Subject: tonneau cover
>
>
>> So, I want a tonneau cover for my 73 B. The only thing I know about them
>> is that I want one! I see that Proper MG has them for $200 right
>> now. I wonder about the quality of the various product I have seen.
>> I assume I need the support rails as well... Any additional studs
>> required in the car to attach the tonneau cover to?
>
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