Thanks, Barney. That's very helpful.
Don
>--- Original Message ---
>From: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
>To: "Don Mathis" <don1@mailstart.com>, british-cars@autox.team.net
>Date: 11/13/02 7:47:15 PM
>
At 09:32 AM 11/13/02 -0800, Don Mathis wrote:
>>Did MGAs ever have a sun viser (2 visers?) ....
>
>I don't think so. I don't know about the Coupe, never taken
a good look
>inside with that in mind. But even if the Coupe did have visors,
I doubt
>that they would work directly in the Roadster.
>
>>Where can you buy something like that? Actually if I just
had the metal
>>fittings, I could make all of the rest.
>
>Well, maybe start with this:
>http://www.mossmotors.com/cgi-bin/db2www/mossmotors/MossUSA/shop/ViewProducts.mac/report?T=60263&PlateID=3123&ModelID=30000
>
>The "Sun Visor" that is commonly supplied as an accessory part
for the MGA
>is actually not very functional as such. It has a smoked plastic
panel
>that is so nearly transparent in direct sunlight as to be practically
>useless, except it might make a decent wind deflector for a
tall person. I
>tossed mine out yeaars ago. But if you were to install some
really dark or
>opaque black plastic panel, or cover it with some opaque material,
it could
>be made into a real working part. If you do that, please take
some notes
>and send along a picture. It would make a good addition to
my tech pages.
>
>Barney Gaylord
>1958 MGA with an attitude
>http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg
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