While you are talking about folding screen and Brooklands, have you ever
seen a half high screen that is made by cutting an existing screen? The
top edge is glass. It is simmilar to what hot rods use. Phil Pollock of
Nashville has it and look great.
To make one I would need an old windshield to cut up. Anyone know where I
can find a wind screen for a '95 Plus 8, wide body?
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> From: William Zehring <zehrinwa@UMDNJ.EDU>
> To: FPS3 <FPS3@aol.com>
> Cc: morgans@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Re: VS: folding windshield
> Date: Wednesday, March 18, 1998 9:49 AM
>
> At 10:27 AM 3/18/98 EST, Fred Sisson wrote:
>
> >Bob's point on the highth of the Rutter unit is right-on.
> >The folded windscreen was always right in line with my eyes so I did not
> enjoy
> >the folded screen as much as I thought I would. Folded, the windscreen
was
> >about halfway up through the brooklands screen. Instead I became real
good at
> >simply removing the windshied alltogether. I could take it off about as
fast
> >as I could fold it...
> >The '55 original folding screen is much lower to the body. The problem
with
> >retrofiting though is that the body bracket is different,,,,
>
> Hmmm. That's an important point. As I recollect, my frame is bolted to
> the body side mounts by four or six hex head bolts. It'd take about five
> mins. to remove it, I recon. The next question would be the mounting of
> the brooklands. Does anyone out there have the brooklands screen mounted
> on their scuttle (is that the right word?)??? How much space is needed
to
> mount the posts for the brooklands? Isn't the brooklands glass attached
to
> posts with wing nuts? Can the glass be removed when the full windshield
is
> up?
>
> Or, am I thinking about this too much? :-/ Probably what I need most is
> just a great afternoon drive on a warm/dry/sunny day. Right. When will
> that ever come?
>
> Will 'cabin fever' Zehring
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