I think I'll disagree with you here Mike. I believe that the flaps
actually go on the inside. If you have a well fitting soft-top and
window then there should be a lip just above the wound up window to drain
the rain away.
Practically though, in wet weather, it makes much more sense to have the
flaps on the outside if you don't like sitting in a puddle and getting
electric shocks from the gear stick becuase it's so wet...
cheers
John
--- Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com> wrote:
> In article <3C7A19C2.2BD6E0EA@rave.ac.uk>, James Carruthers
> <j.carruthers@rave.ac.uk> writes
> >Skip straight to the quesiton and avoid the ramble --> ***
>
> OK
> >
> >*** But my question is - where do the windows go? - surely the soft
> top
> >doesnt just curl around and go inside?
>
> Bizarrely, yes. I've never really understood why Triumph didn't come
> up with a better solution for this. After all, the Spitfire may have
> been designed by an Italian (and it never rains in Italy, of course),
> but it was built in UK, and it hardly ever *stops* raining here.
>
> When driving, rainwater only tends to come in at the very top of the
> leading edge of the side windows, and then not a great deal gets in, so
>
> it is hardly worth worrying about. When parking, however, try to face
>
> the car into the wind, or quantities of rainwater will blow in all the
> way along the trailing edges.
>
> > If it goes on the outside then
> >you can't get out with the windows up? I feel Im missing something
> >here.....
>
> No, not missing anything, just discovering another of the joys of
> owning
> a Spitfire. :-)
>
> ATB
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