Ron Davies of the San Diego Austin Healey Club Has modified his Bugeye
windscreen pillars so
he can fold down his windscreen like a Healey 100. Might get someone in the
San Diego club
try to explain how he did this. You could put the small aeroscreens behind
this kind of a
windscreen so you could have the best of both worlds.
Mike MacLean Supercharged 60 Sprite
Trevor Boicey wrote:
> "Louis Mehr (EML)" wrote:
> >
> > Good morning listers,
> >
> > Does anyone have any experiences of:
> >
> > (i) fitting a crazy little aeroscreen on a Sprite?
> > (ii) how the car drives with an aeroscreen in place (draughty, noisy and
>fun, I imagine)
>
> I put a pair on my B:
>
> http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/mgb/
>
> And have been in a sprite that has them (second
> car down in this page):
>
> http://www.hallville.com/MeettheStaff.Html
>
> They are REALLY fun but really impractical. Really,
> they don't do a lot, you are mostly just outside.
>
> The other problem is that with them you have no option
> of a top at all, which to me really limits the use
> of the car. Getting stuck in the rain is extremely
> unpleasant without a windshield.
>
> I had to carry a set of shop goggles around just in
> case I got stuck in rain. When it's raining hard you
> just can't even keep your eyes open they keep
> flinching shut and it gets really scary.
>
> Really look good, really fun, really impractical.
>
> --
> Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
> Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
> ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
> "Shamu go boom boom!" - Murk
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