The description below sounds precisely like my feeble
memories of installing a rollbar in our 74 a long ago.
..don't try to bolt it on top of the carpet....
http://www.norcal-saac.org/triumph/pa060008.jpg
Both the HT and the softop work fine, but then this is
a 20-something-year-old rollbar, but the install sounds
exactly like John describes.
Walt
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John Korsak wrote:
> I purchased my roll bar at a VTR convention a couple of years ago. I
> installed it in my 74 with only one modification to the seat belt mechanism.
> I had to move the seat belt retractor about 2" toward the rear of the car.
> I used a new piece of 1/4" steel (3"x3") as reinforcement in the wheel well.
> My roll bar has a L shaped flange on the main bar that mounts on the front
> edge of the parcel shelf (rear seat) and the reinforcement bars mount with
> a flat flange near the rear of the parcel shelf. The top works fine and the
> roll bar looks good. The seat belts work OK, but not as smooth as they did
> when the retractor was vertical with the pivot point guide.
>
> The picture in the Moss catalog on line is obviously a mistake, as it shows
> the roll bar being mounted on top of the wheel well and not on the parcel
> shelf. It also is not a TR 6.
>
> John K
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