Steve,
Does that bring back memories. Let's not forget it was the
combination of a poor windshield defogger, the couple of years old yellowed
sidecurtains and the very small and yellowed rear soft top window that made
it such "fun" to drive in the rain. I think it would have been safer to have
the wet left sleeve. The roll up windows are one of the many reasons I got
my first Tiger.
Dave McDermott
Former 57 MGA owner
At 10:48 AM 8/7/98 +0100, Steve Laifman wrote:
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>Cheadle, Bo V wrote:
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>> [Cheadle, Bo V] Steve: In your day those vehicles without rollup windows
>> were stage coaches. Welcome home, Bo.
>> > (In my day, you couldn't be called a roadster if you had roll-up windows).
>> >
>> > Steve
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>Almost correct. You remember the song from Oklahoma about the "Surrey with the
>Fringe on Top". It had "Isinglass Curtains you could roll right down". Well,
>want to guess what the MG and Jag side curtains were made of?
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>You could always tell a dedicated Sports Car driver by his wet left sleeve,
when
>it's raining.
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>The "Modern Cars", like the Healy, had sliding perspex. Soft life.
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>Driving one of those cars with the top and curtains up has been described as
>"being in an endless canvas tunnel that leaks." Very close description.
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>
>Steve
>--
>Steve Laifman < One first kiss, >
>B9472289 < one first love, and >
> < one first win, is all >
> < you get in this life. >
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