Re: Roll bars, yea or nay

[Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>]

On Mon, 7 Oct 1996 joseph_cianciotti@ccmail_gw.gmosf.com wrote:

> The previous owner of my car installed a roll bar.  Personally I hate it.  
>What 
> purpose does it serve other than destroying the lines of the car?  Is it 
> possible to roll an MGB?  I assume a roll bar-ectomy would just involve 
>removing 
> the bolts.  But how do I then plug the holes?  Thanks
> 
> Joseph
> 67 Roadster

I see a lot of MGs with rollbars around here and I always picture what
would happen if the car got rear-ended.  In this situation, the driver's
head would move upwards and backwards at a very high speed.  Just in this
direction, 3 inches away, I see a very rigid steel pipe.

I wouldn't be surprised if these ugly things had taken more lives than
they have saved...

    Ulix                                                    __/__,__          
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                                                           '67 Sprite