I've thought about making smoked plexiglass visors for both my MG (although
the original visors are still in pretty good shape) and for my Porsche
(which is notorious for the visors becoming more blob shaped than visor
shaped over time)... On the B, especially, the visor would be more useful as
a wind deflector since it wouldn't completely block your vision.
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John Steczkowski
Director of Software Engineering
Crossroads Systems, Inc.
512-794-2742
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Max Heim [mailto:mvheim@studiolimage.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 2:41 PM
> To: MG List
> Subject: Re: Visors
>
>
> I'm with Eric on this one. I'm 6'1" and have the seat almost
> all the way
> back, and I wish the front 1/3 of the hardtop was tinted
> plexiglass so I
> could see stoplights, overhead signs, SUV license plates,
> etc. Now that
> it's spring (finally), we can remove that obstacle and look over the
> windscreen as apparently God and Abingdon intended.
>
> Years ago in a Spitfire I can recall using the visors in the "up"
> position as wind deflectors, as someone else mentioned. But
> in the B they
> would still be blocking my vision, due to the low aspect of
> the screen.
> My friend that is restoring a '69 B had an Alpine for years,
> and he won't
> shut up about how low the MG screen is. Hopefully when he
> gets it running
> he will come to appreciate its other fine qualities.
>
> I recall that older VW Beetles used to have dark tinted
> plexiglass sun
> visors. Something like this might actually be useful on a B roadster.
> Block the sun without totally obscurring vision...
>
> Eric Erickson had this to say:
>
> >JstBob@aol.com wrote:
> >>
> >> When I redid my visors years ago I found that a piece of
> carpet pading
> >> worked wonders in filling them out. A bit of stiff
> cardboard gave them
> >> the proper form. They look great in my closet, for as Dan
> as stated,
> >> on a roadster who needs them??
> >>
> >
> >I would be really fascinated to know if any/many actually
> have these sun
> >visors a) fitted; and b) ever in the 'down' position?
> >
> >My 'B didn't have visors when I bought her but I can't imagine using
> >them, either. As it is, I generally have to look 'over' the
> top of the
> >windscreen to see things like traffic lights (it is a bugger when the
> >top is up) but with these visors 'down' there must be very
> little room
> >left to see out of the windscreen.
> >
> >If you do have them down and are comfortable with this, how
> tall are you
> >(I am just on 6 foot)?
> >
> >
> >Eric
> >'68MGB MkII (with another 10 months of grace)
> >
>
>
> --
>
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> Runs great,
> looks particularly bad since some SUV clown backed into it.
> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
>
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