I've seen a TR7 with a "wussy" air screen that was convertible top-grade
clear plastic snapped on (using convertible top-type snaps) to the roll bar
cover. You could barely tell it was there, unless the light caught it. I
really want to do it to my cars too!
And yes, you can unsnap it a block before you arrive at the club meeting :)
Gregory W. Smith http://www.cvn.net/~gsmith
Member, Central Pennsylvania Triumph Club
1980 Spitfire 1500 "for the wife" :)
1980 TR7 Spider v8 (in progress)
1980 TR7 30th Anniversary Edition (deceased)
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-spitfires@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-spitfires@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Growe58@aol.com
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 1999 9:36 AM
To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Miata
In a message dated 3/19/99 11:18:08 PM EST, savercool@msn.com writes:
>
> P.S.-i.e.-the same kind of people who would buy a convertible with a/c;
&/or
> the kind of people who actually put the top down-but leave the windows
up!
> (Don't even get me started on those wussy air screens Mercedes have in
the
> back!)
>
I always figured that if weather conditions dictated a choice of top up or
top
down/
windows up, go for the latter. BTW, top down/windows up creates a fierce
backdraft;
for some reason passenger side window only up seems to be actually better.
As far as the "wussy air screens" go, I built my own out of pvc piping and
window
screen. Once I knew they existed, I just "had" to build one - some sort of
Field of Dreams-like personality failing, I guess. I experimented with it
for
a while - it came
in real handy one frosty December night when me and the missus bundled up to
look at Christmas lights - but frankly it's an aesthetic nightmare. And the
little voice
inside my head - should I be admitting to this? - keeps telling me "if you
want a
serene cockpit, why don't you just get a Buick and be done with it?"
Anybody else out there who's tried a draft deflector aka wussy air screen
and
willing
to publicly admit it? Also is there anybody else out there listening to the
little voice
inside their head and willing to publicly admit it? (Boy, am I flapping in
the wind or
what?)
-Greg
78 Spit (daily driver)
72 Spit (someday...sigh...someday)
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