Hi Herb,
The protection bars which run either side of the propshaft are removable but the bolts which hold it on will probably be seized in place.
Up front the bars bolt onto the front subframe with 2 M10 bolts and nut passing through 2 spacing tubes. The problem is usually that the bolt has seized into the tube and the only way out is to cut through the bolts at either side of the bars, that said they may come undone!
At the back, the bars have 4 bolts which hold them in position and these 4 bolts also hold the front of the engine protection cage in place. The top 2 are bolts and nuts and the lower 2 are bolts and captive nuts so spend more time trying to get the lower ones out intact.
At the back of the engine protection cage depending on whether it's Petrol or Diesel (you don't mention), on the Diesel there are 2 bolts and nuts from the cage to the engine support bars and one the Petrol 2 of the bolts and nuts which connect the engine bar to the engine. You should be able to remove these without the engine dropping on you 
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Up front the subframe is itself the protection for the front diff and infront of that is either a bash plate or spare wheel carrier bash plate. You can unbolt either and have them painted up. If you're going out and out offroading then the bash plate allows more ground clearance, if it's an everyday vehicle then the spare wheel carrier has an obvious advantage 
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Please post some pics of your syncro 
MG
Protector bars and sump guards etc.
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