008 MG Tech | Properly storing the MGB soft top and tonneau.

John Twist with his late wife, Caroline Robinson, demonstrate the proper storage of the Michelotti MGB soft top.

[@WilliamKoehneJr]

Yep, I watch this video every spring.

[@bethmurrow5626]

Lol

[@can-cruiser]

I watch this video every week...

[@rickallsopp5125]

Hi John I am a MG fan from the uk and look to you for straight forward info, Keep up the good work Rick.

[@kenbauer2514]

Great video on putting top down properly.....really appreciate it.

[@Bigbooster126]

I'm Getting a 77 MGB roadster in a few months. this is something to expect!

[@1234Jster]

Im planning on restoring a MGB convertible and this video was a big help! Thanks

[@bigmacdaddy1234]

Legend has it that you are still planning....

[@MGBguy72]

John, I appreciate ALL your videos. My 1972 has a OLD Amco top with snap straps around the rear bar. I'll have to try putting the top down this way. Might I add that a small amount of oil/lube at each of the pivot points of the frame makes the top move much more easily. My MGB has been the most enduring fun since 1977. My MGB/GT is still a work in progress.

[@richardpike5905]

MGBguy72 glue

[@JELLIETOTTIE]

Thanks we were wondering what was the best way, now I know, much appreciated

[@bethmurrow5626]

I sometimes roll a thin towel into the top by the rear window. It keeps it from scratching it

[@redmr2na]

own on a daily basis. In fact, I used to hate putting up the top on my moms MGB. I used to pray that whenever we took it out, it was either raining so the top would already be up or it was sunny with not even the chance of rain so that we wouldn't have to put the top up.

[@directorstu]

Thanks John! Learned a lot. Folding or unfolding the hood alone i was scratching the rear top bodywork. It was the underside of the snaps that attach the rear of the hood to the bodywork. Maybe the boot rack helps. I now fold the rear panel of the hood up and forward ontop of the roof. I then fold the sides in as you describe and lower it. Another thing to watch is the 2nd bow of the roof frame can twist round the wrong way and the hook gouges the paint as you lower. done it several times!

[@Jordanmilo]

I love my Miata even more than I did 4 minutes and 42 seconds ago!

[@WTGRacing]

disassembling the roofs of these cars is an art of itself. but in a miata its like you can remove the roof in just 1 2 oh wait its already down

[@bethmurrow5626]

It's better to put the scissor part of the frame in the side pockets of the cover BEFORE slipping on the clip in the front leg area. If you put it on right the pocket over the scissor part of the frame, it will help the cover from flapping while driving.

[@rontenn]

Back to the bar that should be glued.Most people use velcro these days or even snap clips.When the Winter is over I'm going to fit velcro.I'm also trying to work out precisely where my new 12v battery clamp actually attaches to.I bought my MGB without a clamp on the battery & I will not pass my yearly control here in Belgium if my battery is not 100% clamped fast.

[@Homebrew58]

When I bought my MGB it was between that and a Fiat Spider 124. The only reason the Fiat was in consideration is because A) a friend owned one when I was in high school and B) you can drop the top with one hand at a traffic light while driving. I chose quirky.

[@barnaba1964]

I think that if you take a bad weather and have the softtop open you can drown before to make the closeup operation.

[@Beethoven80]

Hahaha, really can't stop smiling. I love these British roadsters, and it was always a dream of mine to own one of these. When watching this video I really wondered why an instruction to open the top would take 4m22s. NOW I know! :-) I think the Englishman who designed this stuff is lying in the grave and laughing endlessly. I begin to understand why it was a big story when Mercedes came up with the hydraulic one-button-does-it-all solution!

[@jaimeasencios3292]

Thanks you

[@bucci777]

that's was excellant! now tell me how to keep my 1980 MGB from breaking down all the time???

[@molecularization]

And when the rain comes pouring...? makes me appreciate Miata soft top.

[@wallisparnell4464]

JT ....wow a lot of steps. My old MGA, was nothing to put down,compared to mgb

[@rjherche]

No wonder they say the Miata had such an easy top

[@rontenn]

On my 70's Alfa Spider I could put the top down in about 10 secs whilst sitting in the car. After 20 years without a classic sportscar I got myself an MGB last week, it's great BUT that damn soft top is a pain in the ass.If they could do a "quickie" soft top on the continent why not in England? Also in this video the guy mentions glueing a certain part of the roof....this is the first I've ever heard of that procedure...is that really necessary! if so why didn't the factory do it for us?

[@jfwartwelch6082]

charging system not working help positive earth and regulator generator a video would be helpfull

[@liten48]

wow rocket science

[@pinkwontons]

Grasshopper will you walk with me? ........ YES Master ... for you will teach great knowledge................................................52 TD

[@turbofiat]

I got a roll bar that makes folding the window like this almost impossible. I just lay the top back like I do my Fiat 124 Spider.

[@bigmacdaddy1234]

Get rid of the roll bar. It looks ugly.

[@robcrissinger776]

​@@bigmacdaddy1234And it's very dangerous. Vanity roll bars are just that... Vanity that can kill or seriously mangle your noggin😮

[@s.flanders]

Wow, that's inconvenient! But thanks for the instructions.

[@robcrissinger776]

JOHN With his late wife.... someone please word that correctly. Thankd

[@barnaba1964]

it's very complicate for a simply soft top down.....

[@redmr2na]

I'm sorry, but as a former MG BGT owner, and having been brought up in a family who owned 7 MGs over a decades time I have to say, "No wonder people bought Mazda Miatas and got rid of they're MGBs, they're so much simpler. I mean can you imagine trying to do this in the rain in a hurry, Ha Ha Ha! I'd have tools and tonnu covers and bars all over the place, and my language would be pretty colorful as well as I got wet while cursing MG for making a simple car that was complex to actually...

[@helbertdiaznegron7837]

Si fuese sencillo de ejecutar,dejaria de ser hobby.

[@MrSevenup89]

Defenetly not working on mine. softtop it's not "soft" The rear screen goes down with all the top and block.

[@bethmurrow5626]

If you have a canvas top, like I do, instead of the cheaper vinyl ones. They are thicker and not as plyable but it does work like that still. Just have patience.

[@MrSevenup89]

@@bethmurrow5626 I have tried. No way or you damage the lateral screen. Btw I found out it is a "stood away top"

[@anto1191]

Fine if you live in california

[@talonpilot]

I know these are old videos but you’re ALWAYS rushing thru your demos. I understand in the “olden days of KZbin” short and sweet to help uploads were key but you have so much good info to pass on but talk thru it so fast that its hard to follow sometimes. I just watched some of your carb centering stuff and holy hell!

[@topdog3884]

Slower version here kzbin.info/www/bejne/enXNqKZseaiAq7s

[@robcrissinger776]

​​@@topdog3884Slower not correct version there , you mean...😮

[@utlcholet5060]

MGA and not MGB isn't it ?

[@robcrissinger776]

MGB MK2

[@robcrissinger776]

Sep-70 Folding Hood (Michelotti) now standard MGB_____ o p e n e Ye 's