Tom,
I saw a self-made one (plexiglass) on the miata page (www.miata.net, I
think).
Flame: Only Sissies use these things in their BMW, Saab, Audi
convertibles. Draft excluder, all 4 windows rolled up - a sunroof would
have been much cheaper...
Ulix (have thought about it myself, but don't have top bow sockets...)
On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, FunE4MG wrote:
> Hi Gang,
> While walking home from school today, I was passed by an old SL model
> Mercedes, and it had a screen in place behind the drivers head to keep the
> wind from buffeting the driver from behind...here's my question:
> Has anyone ever tried to put one of these on a Sprite?
> It shouldn't be too hard to build one out of a tubular (conduit) frame and
> somehoe attach screen material to allow a rearward view, and yet block some of
> the wind. You could install it in the top bow sockets, and in addition to the
> wind wings that can be shaved down from an MGA, should make driving the Bugeye
> more enjoyable and maybe even relieve the Healey Hair syndrome.
> Ideas? Comments?
>
> I await all input, both complimentary and of the flame variety from purists
> who say that the wind blown look is part of the mystique....
> Cheers,
> Tom
>
Ulix __/__,__
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'67 Sprite
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