Wil,
It is not the weight but the thickness of the glass. Did you check the
thickness of the DHC side windows (including frames)?
Gerry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Zehring [SMTP:zehrinwa@UMDNJ.EDU]
> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 1998 7:07 AM
> To: morgans@autox.team.net
> Subject: side curtains
>
> Dear all:
>
> Okay, I'm pretty dang sure I'm going way out on a limb here, but I just
> need to make sure. I've also come to the conclusion that I need to re-do
> my side curtains. They're pretty badly scratched and the felt is missing
> in one or two groves so they're loose and rattle like hell (like this is
> otherwise a nice quiet car...). On top of that, a member of my local
> car-guy support group did the same on his MGA curtians, and they make the
> car look much better! Anyway, after taking a ride in a +4 DHC (what a
> fine
> car! I'm desperately jealous of all DHC owners now), with its glass
> windows, it got me to thinking... why can't you put glass into the side
> curtain frames? Too much weight? Of course, you'd be an idiot not to use
> safety glass, which is heavier, but is it THAT much heavier that the
> aluminum frame and/or mounts are just not up to the task?
>
> I'm pretty sure I'm way wrong about this idea (I can't have been the first
> one to think of this, and they've been making side curtians for two or
> three centuries now, right?), but I need one or two of my morgan list pals
> to really shoot holes in this idea (and mercillesly flame me in the
> process) before I drop it completely. Bob N.? Chuck H.? Give me your
> best shot!
>
> as usual,
> Will Zehring
>
> p.s. "Red River" huh... great film!
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