Mg Midget Roof Folding

For equivalent instructions for the pack away hood and the pre 1971 folding hood see the mg experience tech library.

Mg midget roof folding.

This information applies only to mgbs with the post 1970 michelotti folding hood. First of all if your car is equipped with sun visors move them to one side. Spreadsheet for wiring k series engine into mg midget or mgb k series conversion. Folding frame hoods present more of a challenge as they don t have a tensioning bar and can be a real struggle to get the header rail up to the windscreen if the hood has shrunk back a lot.

Make sure you have enough material at the header bow first. Two on the windscreen pillars two on the top frame by your ears and two on the top frame just above the b post. It is most important that the instructions for raising lowering and folding the hood are followed. Note how quality uses a pad on the hood to keep their tools from scratching the paint.

A total of six fasteners altogether. Comments on folding the midget sprite soft top. Now back to the top installation. Remove the old top from the folding frame.

Mgb folding top frames. Next unclip the two windscreen toggle catches then undo all of the foiling fasteners. Step 2 cover the top and back window and interior as you are going to spray the 3m spray glue for fabric to metal or like product across the. Step 1 install the tenex fasteners first around the back and installing the retainer with the screws and snaps across the back under the rear window.

Lowering the michelotti hood.