I think I've posted this before, it is a deflector I saw at Laguna Seca. I
also have a pic of a more traditional plexiglass rig.Front
http://community.webshots.com/photo/553311811/2453408140094396073rsyZvD
Back
http://community.webshots.com/photo/553311811/2984576710094396073wfJgHb
http://community.webshots.com/photo/553311811/2489187690094396073MElzmw
Alvin Gogineni
San Jose, CA
67.5 SPL/SR20
> From: fairlady_67@hotmail.com
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:15:33 -0700
> Subject: [Roadsters] Wind Deflectors
>
> Hi.
>
> I've decided to come out of lurk mode and ask a question to my fellow
> Roadsterites. Since finishing my restoration last year I drive the car as
much
> as possible from spring till fall. The only problem is that I live in
northern
> B.C. and that means driving in 50-70 degree temperatures a lot of the time.
Of
> course there isn't any point in driving a sports car with the top up.
>
> This brings me to the question of some kind of air deflector. I don't
like
> all that cold air blowing over the windshield and coming back to hit me in
the
> back of my neck. My wife won't even ride in the car because of this. And
that
> it messes up her hair. My car is a 67.5 but didn't come with any sun visors
or
> headrests. A buddy told me that the visors on his old vette deflected the
air
> quite well. Would this help at all on the Datsun? Another thought that I
had
> was to build a roll bar for the car and install a piece of lexan or
something
> between the two uprights and from the floor to the top of the bar. Anyone
out
> there do anything like this? A fellow in town with a Miata built something
> along these lines out of wood with kind of mesh screen in the centre. He
seems
> to like it. I guess a set of Miata seats may help as they are high enough
to
> block the wind at your neck.
>
> I see that a lot of the new sports cars have things that install behind
or
> between the seats to stop all the wind. Some even appear to have power
windows
> that go up between the seats. Any and all thoughts and ideas would be
greatly
> appreciated. Pictures of what you have would also be great. I don't want to
go
> to all the trouble of building a roll bar and deflector if it won't work.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Chris Davies
>
> Kitimat B.C.
>
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