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Re: Wind blocking devices...

To: Pete & Aprille Chadwell <dynamic@transport.com>, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Wind blocking devices...
From: Paul Burr <tigerpb@ids.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 11:39:58 -0400
At 7:49 PM -0700 4/9/99, Pete & Aprille Chadwell wrote:
>Since I've got a roll bar in the TR6, I've often thought of fashioning a
>similar device, made from plexiglas, (transparent) that would occupy the
>space within the hoop of the roll bar.  I don't mind the wind much myself,
>but my wife would enjoy top-down cruises a little more if it weren't for
>the wind!
>
>Anyone try anything like this before?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Pete Chadwell
>1973 TR6
Pete: Actually, most of the newer cars (Audi, Mazda) use a fabric "fishnet"
to stop the buffeting.
I had thought to reuse the old toddler safety netting from my hallway
stairs, and some lift the dot snaps to clip it to my TR6's rollbar.
Someday, I might actually have the time to try it.



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