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And padding around that sharp piece of metal holding the door to the hinges. (thought I put that on this post earlier, but it's not there) Would suck to cut your hand or arm on it in a slight accident, or hard braking, or spinout, etc.
 
I will, Kenny, I will - actually, I'm going to cut a little more off the doors!
 
Dang... I didn't think there was much left that you could cut. Wait, are you allowed to throw out the hinges and mount the doorskin with hood pins or maybe velcro? LOL
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I could do that, Kenny - but I prefer the ease of egress that the hinges give me - & they're been lightened quite a bit (1 bolt holds them to car, 2 bolts hold door to them)
 
This roll bar issue brings out the best critical thinking of everyone. Good to know it is "sissy" (mature engineering term) to try to add some, even if far less than perfect, protection to a street vehicle. I assume most of us inquiring about this are not driving crazy on the street, and not just looking for style. I, for one, am an MGB daily driver, and am aware that a vehicle driven prudently can be flipped in a collision. Here are the starting assumptions: (1)Street bar not tall enough for full roll protection, and (2) Street bar not as well supported as racing bar, and (3) Dude thinks that somehting is better than nothing. Question: How would you support the street bar underneath in the installation? Additional plates? Let's use those big brains for some critical incremental analysis. Name calling not encouraged.
 
Personally I feel that if our MGBs or most any LBC is involved in a collision with jus about any vehicle on the road in north America there is a better chance of getting rolled over(crushed) – not a rollover.

But back to the rollover – I found that an interesting (if not un-nerving) statistic a few years ago where the GM F body (Firebird & Camaro) “convertibles” had almost a 100% fatality rate in rollovers. Now honestly it didn’t give numbers on how many where seat belted in (stupid if they weren’t) & tossed out or if the vehicle was involved in a collision that caused the rollover – in each case where one of these flipped or rolled over, someone died.

Not sure there is a direct correlation to our little rollbar quandary but it seems to me that a Camaro would be a little easier to flip than our little MGBs under most any circumstances.
 
I've driven any hard miles on my camaro and never once has it ever felt like rolling...Mines a coupe and I feel alot safer in there than I do in a MGB, rollbar or no rollbar.....but I would supose that the fatality rate for any convertible without a real rollbar wouldn't be to good....I know if my Jag where ever to roll over that convertible top wouldn't protect me one bit, same goes for the windsheild frame. Basically as convertible owners we need to take care not to wind up in a situation were we roll over.
As far as the MGB 'style bars' go I just love the look of them....I haven't installed mine yet but when I do I think it will look great under a factory hardtop.
 
Oh Boy. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif Sorry, I wasn’t disrespecting Camaros – I was just using their convertible’s 100% fatality statistic to highlight the point that regardless what type of rag top you drive you have to be concerned about keeping all four wheels firmly on the ground.

I owned a 1969 Firebird (coupe) and suspect I was probably far safer in that than I am in my 78B no matter what kind of accident I might be involved in. However I don’t think it’d be too much of a stretch to suggest that had my firebird been a rag top, I wouldn’t have been any safer in a rollover situation.
 
Lemme see, hmmmmmmmmmm...I'll be 60 in March, have been driving MG's since late teens.....hmmmm, about 40 or so years...you know, I've never seen an MG flip over or heard of one (& don't go telling me about the Olympic athlete who flipped his back in the 70's - he was drunk, ran off the road in a curve & hit a stone wall that caused his car to flip)...."style" bars (I suppose that's the politically correct way to say 'sissy' bars) are probably more dangerous that no bars in a flip sequence as they'll flatten out and crush your head or neck on the way to the ground

I'm not against installing them for looks (heck, we're building a double hoop system for the V8 car - for looks), but, IMHO, don't install them thinking you're going to get even a tiny bit of protection...if you want protection - wear a helmet!

Don't mean to tee anybody off or anything, just my 2-cents worth!
 
My MGA came with a "cosmetic" roll bar, but it rubbed bare spots in the backs of the original leather seats. And, with no seat belts and no door protection other than a single, thin metal sheet, it would not have helped in any kind of crash--roll-over or no. So, when the new leather seats went in, the roll bar came out. It was bolted to the frame just behind each seat corner.

I still have it if anyone wants it--$10 for my time to pack it up plus shipping costs and it's yours. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yesnod.gif
 
Steve, will it fit on a mg cause Ill take it.
 
It came on my MGA roadster, but don't know if it will fit an MGB. Someone with both may to need to help us here. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
Won't fit, Keenan
 
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Just wondering, I don't think it work out to well though.
 
Bret, I didn't take your Camaro comment badly, I was just using your example to explain myself....sorry if I came off in a bad way.
 
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