I used to have a list of the changes made to bugeyes during their production
run.
Seemed as though the sliding windows was one of the last changes in the 60 model
year...near #36000 or so
Bruce Lowry
Larry & Sandi Miller wrote:
> Glen
>
> What you describe are the original Bugeye side curtains. Don't know when the
> switch over to the new type occurred by my '59 had the old style when I
> bought it in '66.
>
> Larry
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
> To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 2:50 PM
> Subject: side curtains
>
> > While visiting with the only other local bugeye owner, he gave me a pair
> of
> > very old side curtains for a bugeye. They are simple iron frames to which
> > plastic was apparently glued. In no way are they intended for any kind of
> > sliding plastic panels. One still had a sheet of plastic wrapped around
> the
> > frame. Imagine a thick baggie stretched over a coat hanger. If they were
> > homebrew, then the metal work was very well done, the welded on brakets
> fit
> > the bugeye mounting screws perfectly.
> > does anyone know anything about these? My first inclination is to cut and
> > fit thin sheets of Plexiglass (1/8") and pop rivet or silicone them to the
> > frames for some passable but unopenable sidecurtains to last me until
> > something better cones along.
> > Regards, Glen Byrns
> >
> >
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