I'm guessing a manual conversion would be possible but you would need to fabricate/devise a means of locking the roof cover at the back and locking the roof to the windscreen header rail. My Jaguar XJS Convertible had an electric roof but you had to lock the roof to the windscreen rail manually with some simple latches. I used to have an MGF also and this had simple latches that could maybe be used?
HOWEVER.... I believe that the roof mechanism is actually much simpler than people believe and in most cases, the faults that cause it to stop working are trivial and low cost to fix on a DIY basis (micro-switches). Over Easter I'm planning to do some reading and properly get my head around how the roof works and how to diagnose faults. I may be eating humble pie in a few week's time - I will post...
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