Matt.......
MUCH safer to educate your passenger to place his/her right hand on the
threshold and push upwards as he/she gets out. The windshield just isn't
meant to be a fulcrum!
Lawrie
British Sportscar Center
-----Original Message-----
From: Kulka, Matt <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
To: MG list <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 5:49 AM
Subject: RE: 75 B Windshield
>And a similar thought:
>
>How long can my passenger continue to pull him or herself out of the car
>using the top corner of the windshield before the stress cracks it? It
>looks like a pretty common place to grab, but it also bends pretty far
under
>load. Is this one of those things that looks ugly but works fine (like
>pulling the motor using the rocker studs)?
>
>Thanks again.
>
>Matt Kulka
>Huntersville, NC
>'74 B - with the fairy dust option.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kirk Herres [mailto:kherres@mail.wsu.edu]
>
>...every time I go by a
>semi on the highway with the windows down the soft top "balloons up" and in
>result the windshield cracks. Is there some way I can stop this from
>happening?...
>
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