-- [ From: Bob Nogueira * EMC.Ver #3.1a ] --
Do you use a '' Tommy Bar' to tighten the side screens to the door?
I've found that if the screens are on tight ( and the door hinges are tight
) that 70 MPH presents no problem unless I'm headed into a head wind ( in
wHich case I simply go in the opposite direction :) .
Bob Nogueira
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> Date: Thursday, 08-Jan-98 05:00 PM
>
> From: Blair John \ Internet: (jblair@exis.net)
> To: MORGANS \ Internet: (morgans@autox.team.net)
>
> Subject: Re: Wet Protection Measures
>
> >>Arlo Levisen wrote
> >>
> >>>Since I kept the car pretty much at a steady 90 mph, the wind
> >>>tended to force the rain water up over the windshield and under the
hood
> >>>and then down the inside of the windshield.
> >
> >A trick I've used (at speeds up to 75 mph - untested above that) is to
> >place a terrycloth (or felt) strip between the windscreen frame and the
> >top along the lift-a-dots. When the cloth thickens with the moisture,
> >it tends to prevent more water from being blown in....
>
> Great idea!
>
> Along the same lines, what do you guys and galls do to keep you side
curtains
> from flopping out?
>
> While I almost never have my top up and side curtains in, I must admitt
that I
> have. What I've been doing for years is simply tying a piece of string
around
> the top of the window frame. Then taking the loose end and tying it
around
> the lift-a-dots on top of the dash board. This helps quite a bit. But
you
> have to remember to unhook the string from the dash before you try to get
out.
> Something I almost always forget to do!
>
> John
>
>
> John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
> Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
>
> 48 TR1800 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
> 71 Saab Sonnett III 75 Bricklin SV1 77 Spitfire
>
>
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