MGF Towbar

This thread is wrong on so many levels. If you want to tow stuff, buy an estate car and join the caravan club! :yesnod: :nonod:

Dave Baird wrote: This thread is wrong on so many levels. If you want to tow stuff, buy an estate car and join the caravan club! :yesnod: :nonod:

Seconded - I use the same argument to justify having a saloon over a hatch as my main car, wife has a hatch for trips to the tip

talkingcars wrote: wife has a hatch for trips to the tip

Your wife has a hatchback to take bicycles to the tip? Well done! :broon:
Must be a fair sized hatchback to fit bikes in. :lol:

I spotted a mgf towing a trailer 2 years back in stoke.......thought i was seeing things at the time.........never thought id see a tow bar for sale...heres one on ebay at the moment from mike satur........ :wave:
Tow Bar for MGF Completed

Just throwing this into the thread for discussion.

Do we think the linked subframes front and back would effectively increase the torsional rigidity of the car?

I don't think it gives it any strength at all taking into account the metal work is puney....but it does help safety if it snaps off the rear subframe its still conected to the front.... :coat:

http://www.the-t-bar.com/forum/attachment/12701

No ground clearance.

just thought I would add this to the mix here..
I have never seen an MGF/TF with a bike rack on the boot but the other day I saw an oldish MX5 with a bike rack on the boot and 2 bikes on it!!
Also the car was in top down mode -my wife said -dont even think about it !!

Mike

The instructions say that it is for a 1995 to 1998, and only as a cycle carrier for later cars.

There's a thing in the mgoc mag this month where someone has modified the genuine boot rack to take a bike minus the front wheel widthways across the car.

Looks stupid.

Didn't a guy called pliezer or something adapt one to take a surfboard??

I have worked in a trailer place, and I too think it is a stupid car to tow with for many reasons.

However, I am not sure I believe much about the car stretching etc... Surely that would be an issue on a normal front engine car? Surely a tow bar, properly designed and tied the rear subframe (which would probs need strengthing bars bolting to it) would put less strain on the body than in a normal where the engine and drive train are at the front?

Personally I think the issue is nose weight rather than the car stretching. There is no strength in the back of the car to press down on....

mucklestone wrote: Personally I think the issue is nose weight rather than the car stretching. There is no strength in the back of the car to press down on....

When I was a lad my mates dad stretched his Granada estate by tow a horse box bigger than approved.