There is another solution to side screens popping out. Yes, a tommy bar is
important but the big trucks still suck the windscreens out. If you've used
the proper Morgan wind wings (from Cantab, Old World, or Rutter), these go
outside the screens and help keep the fronts in. Don't forget to properly
fit your front screens -- they should be deflected inward slightly about 4
inches from the leading edge to fit snugly inside the no drafts.
On my 4 seater I've used some DOT "T" type fasteners with the male section
attached to the top leading edge of the rear screen and the female plate
just inside the flap on the hood. This holds to entire hood in place when
travelling with all screens on and is even better when travelling with just
the rear screens in place ( great sun protection if you have a zip out rear
window panel). You could use the same type fastener on the top leading edge
of the front screen but, as noted with string, you have to remember to undo
same before you crank open the door! I've not found this necessary with
proper fitting front screens and wind-wings.
Vern Dale-Johnson
MSCC Canada
+4 SN 6252
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Nogueira <nogera@prodigy.net>
To: Blair John <jblair@exis.net>; aMORGANS@autox.team.net
<Morgans@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: January 10, 1998 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: Wet Protection Measures
>-- [ 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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