My current hood is too tight to get even a terrycloth in. Admittedly winter
is worst case, but last time it was erected (as it were) it took myself and
my two sons to complete the job. Two of us pulled the front while my
younger son pushed the back of the frame to shorten the front to back
distance. I was really concerned that the windscreen would snap clean off
when we let go!!
Which leads on to a question....
Is there a correlation between hood tension and rate of leak? As I said in
my earlier posting, this newer and tighter hood leaks less. (It also has a
different draught excluder above the windscreen, bigger than the other one
was and more squashy)
Dave Vodden
Plus 4 4 Seater
Hampshire UK
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From: morgans-owner
To: morgans
Subject: Wet Protection Measures - WAS:(Morgan Christmas Jaunt)
Date: Thursday 8 January 1998 07:18
At 02:59 PM 1/8/98 PST, Vodden, Dave wrote:
>
>Arlo Levisen wrote
>
>>Since I kept the car pretty much at a steady 90 mph, the wind
>>tended to force the rain water up over the windshield and under the hood
>>and then down the inside of the windshield.
A trick I've used (at speeds up to 75 mph - untested above that) is to
place a terrycloth (or felt) strip between the windscreen frame and the top
along the lift-a-dots. When the cloth thickens with the moisture, it tends
to prevent more water from being blown in. A friend in Seattle showed it
to me and it works very nicely (but carry a towel anyway).
The windwings provide some protection except for your elbow, if you have a
tendancy to drive with your elbow on the door. The last time I drove any
distance in the wet, my elbow got soaked but everything else was fine.
As to the buffeting for the passengers in the rear, I recall an advert in
Miscellany some years ago for a custom fitted removeable hardtop for
4-seaters. I've always wondered how they would react to someone ordering
one with a sunroof in it... ;-) (coals to Newcastle, eh?)
"Entropy Happens!"
Michael D. Miles, PE Consulting Design Engineer
(503) 292-1234, FAX: (503) 292-1105, email: mdmiles@teleport.com
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