Folding the hood – the correct way

I often hear of people struggling to fold their roofs and if not done correctly you can accelerate the wear of this expensive item. Here’s a good way of folding the hood on a later model Midget by Will Munns taken from the archives at mgcars.org.uk BBS. It really is an invalueable source of information, I thoroughly recommend having a look!

The hood is more like a tent than modern cars – it has to be disassembled to come down.

Fixings for a late hood

On the inside:

• At the very front corners, a popper in the wing to the studs at the top of the windscreen pillar.
• At the top/rear of the glass, a 4″ bit of fabric, with popper on the end, attach to studs on the hood frame.
• At the bottom/rear of the glass, a loop of fabric with popper on one end and stud on other, this loops around the frame.
• The hood catches.

On the outside:

• Three or four studs a side. In the case of three stud versions, also some ineffective velcro.

To fold the hood down:

1. Undo all fixings and pull the centre of the hood straight out rearwards, so the window is lying on the boot and the metal frame is folded with no trapped fabric.
2. Flip the fabric over so the screen is upwards and the quarter lights stick out like wings.
3. Fold the quarter lights over the rear window (folding at the fabric which joins the two.)
4. Now tuck the folded hood behind the seats and fit the tonneux cover.

Tonneauxs

1/2 Tonneaux:

This is fitted to the three or four outside studs from before. 7 popers along the rear and inside with a stud to the top of the b-post and four “tails” to the studs on the top of the divider between the boot and the passenger compartment (look for these with the hood up – you wont find them if you got here with the roof down).

Full Tonneaux:

This is fitted in the same way on the outside, but inside the only fixings are two “lift the dot” posts on the bulkhead

Golden rule:
If the plastic gets folded then you’ve made a mistake

Will Munns

Hope you don’t mind me posting this here Will, I couldn’t find your email address to ask you. If it’s not just drop me an email and I’ll remove it. Ta.

Eddy

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