Interesting discussion: When I bought my '61 MGA a few years back, it had
clear, blue tinted lexan,(plexiglas) sunvisors, and wind wings (attached to
sides of wind screen). I was told by the previous owner that he had bought
it years ago with those already installed.
Are they factory, or an old aftermarket piece? I thought I saw something
similar in a VB or Moss catalog recently.
They work great, by the way. Might be able to duplicate cheaply.
Perry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Max Heim [SMTP: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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