Will,
Unfortunately, my GREAT M.S. Outlook (piece of crap) program hung, and I
lost my
Nice bit of prose I was trying to send on the subject.
Anyway, when I replaced the plexiglass in my side curtains, I had to bow
them to get them
Out. They wouldn't simply lift up and out. So the problem with glass would
be trying to
Bow it to get them in. In order to bow the glass, I think you would need a
copious amount
Of heat to allow the glass to be "worked". Once bent, it would be hard to
get back into
shape. If you were trying to make a nice Swan hood orniment that would be
one thing,
but we're talking side curtain windows here.
John
John T. Blair
jblair@scn.spawar.navy.mil <mailto:jblair@scn.spawar.navy.mil>
SPAWARSYSCEN Chesapeake
Chesapeake, Va (757) 523-8133
-----Original Message-----
From: William Zehring [SMTP:zehrinwa@UMDNJ.EDU]
<mailto:[SMTP:zehrinwa@UMDNJ.EDU]>
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 1998 10:07 AM
To: morgans@autox.team.net <mailto: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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