John,
The DHC side window frames (which use glass) are screwed together in the
front corner so that they can be spread to allow insertion of the glass
without bending.
Gerry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blair, John [SMTP:JBlair@scn.spawar.navy.mil]
> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 1998 9:08 AM
> To: 'morgans@autox.team.net'
> Subject: FW: side curtains
>
>
> 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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