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what ARE THE TWO HOLES FOR??????? #1
JRWJR John Weiss Rineyville, KY, USA Sign in to contact 1973 MG MGB "LIL Blue"	Topic Creator (OP) Sep 17, 2014 09:48 PM Joined 9 years ago 195 Posts

OK I can't seem to find why I have two threaded holes that are visible when I put the top down on each end of the slide bar that holds the top on????

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Re: what ARE THE TWO HOLES FOR??????? #2
mowog1 Rick Ingram Saint Joseph, IL, USA Sign in to contact 1952 MG TD "Nigel" 1969 MG MGC "Vicky" 1972 MG MGB "Mallard" 1974 MG MGB GT V8 Conversion "The V8" & more	Sep 17, 2014 09:51 PM Top Contributor Joined 19 years ago 28,203 Posts

Is this what your referring to?

If so...it's for the retaining bolts for the hardtop.

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Re: what ARE THE TWO HOLES FOR??????? #3
joed Joe Guthrie Colorado Springs, CO, USA Sign in to contact 1967 MG MGB GT 1974 MG MGB	Sep 17, 2014 09:53 PM Joined 14 years ago 59 Posts

Sounds like the seat belt connections.

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Re: what ARE THE TWO HOLES FOR??????? #4
mowog1 Rick Ingram Saint Joseph, IL, USA Sign in to contact 1952 MG TD "Nigel" 1969 MG MGC "Vicky" 1972 MG MGB "Mallard" 1974 MG MGB GT V8 Conversion "The V8" & more	Sep 17, 2014 10:01 PM Top Contributor Joined 19 years ago 28,203 Posts

Ah...I thought he was referring to the tonneau bar retainers.

Even though the car may have the retractable seat belts, the holes on the deck remained through several years of production. I believe they were used for the home market cars longer than the NA spec cars.

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Re: what ARE THE TWO HOLES FOR??????? #5
Ray in PA Raymond Franks Drums, PA, USA Sign in to contact 1973 MG MGB "The Golden Chariot" 2004 Subaru Outback "Subie" 2018 Toyota Tacoma 4WD "Truck"	Sep 17, 2014 10:04 PM Joined 12 years ago 579 Posts

On my cousin's '69 MGC, the threaded holes are the shoulder belt anchor points. These were used before the auto industry standardized the retractable inertia reel shoulder belts. My '73 B has the retractors, but still has the threaded holes.

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Re: what ARE THE TWO HOLES FOR??????? #6
JRWJR John Weiss Rineyville, KY, USA Sign in to contact 1973 MG MGB "LIL Blue"	Topic Creator (OP) Sep 18, 2014 06:33 AM Joined 9 years ago 195 Posts

Ok you have answered my question. So many little details about these cars is very interesting on how they evolved.

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