The front portion of the side curtain frame is bent to conform to the
slightly curved shape of the door so the front piece of glass would also
have to be bent . The weight problem is not with the strength of the side
screen, but rather with the ability of the door hinges to support the
additional weight. The hinges have a hard time carrying the weight of the
door and conventional side curtains without wearing excessively or coming
loose from the hinge post or the door frame itself! Regards, Greg Solow
-----Original Message-----
From: William Zehring <zehrinwa@UMDNJ.EDU>
To: morgans@Autox.Team.Net <morgans@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: Thursday, December 17, 1998 7:22 AM
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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