Mg Midget Roof Folding

This information applies only to mgbs with the post 1970 michelotti folding hood.

Mg midget roof folding.

A total of six fasteners altogether. Make sure you have enough material at the header bow first. Next unclip the two windscreen toggle catches then undo all of the foiling fasteners. Remove the old top from the folding frame.

Comments on folding the midget sprite soft top. Now back to the top installation. First of all if your car is equipped with sun visors move them to one side. 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.

Spreadsheet for wiring k series engine into mg midget or mgb k series conversion. It is most important that the instructions for raising lowering and folding the hood are followed. It to the roof bow snaps and on our 1964 ford convertable the rear window gets unzipped and stowed before folding tghe top to prevent damaging the rear window weather it is plastic or glass i was lucky enough to get the original owners manual with my first 1967 mg midget back in 1974 and so. For equivalent instructions for the pack away hood and the pre 1971 folding hood see the mg experience tech library.

Lowering the michelotti hood. Mgb folding top frames. 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. Drill out old rivets securing the webbing to the frame and the top to the header and rear bar and remove the weather strips and hardware securing.

Two on the windscreen pillars two on the top frame by your ears and two on the top frame just above the b post.