[Healeys] Wind blocker

i erbs eyera3000 at gmail.com
Tue May 19 14:58:13 MDT 2020


agreed and any measured drawings
Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
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1967 MGB  [image: MG]

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On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 1:45 PM Ray Juncal via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Bob & John
>    Please post some pictures of your wind blockers. I would love to see
> how they came out.
> Ray
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> On Tuesday, May 19, 2020, 6:28:19 AM PDT, Robert Begani <
> rfbegani at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi John:
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> Sounds like a good design with available materials.  I will have to come
> up with fasteners screwed to the underside of my wind blocker bought from
> LBCARCO.  Maybe lift-the-dot fastener and studs will do.  Meanwhile, a 1
> inch pvc pipe is doing the job.  I enjoy mine so much may never put up the
> top in SW Florida as the car is in the garage during the rainy season.
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> Bob Begani
>
> 67 BJ8
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> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *banjojohn
> *Sent:* Monday, May 18, 2020 8:14 PM
> *To:* healeys at autox team. net <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* [Healeys] Wind blocker
>
>
>
> Hi all
>
> A while back there was a thread abour wind blockers, and I asked about
> where I could find a picture.  I never found anything on the LBCars site,
> (likely user error)
>
> Anyway, I decided to try to build one for my BJ8, and I think it came out
> fairly well.  I used the drain hole brackets down in the body just behind
> the doors as sockets to put the 5/16 steel rods into.  I bent the rod to
> get the right angles to hold the bottom frame down against the tonneau
> support frame and added a couple straps with snaps that could snap to the
> snaps already on the tonneau to make sure it doesnt come loose.  The bottom
> frame is made of 2 pieces of 3/4 × 1 oak with a piece of oak cove moulding
> attached to the bottom of the front one to fit over the tonneau frame
> rail.  The "glass" is a piece of 1/8" lexan 9" x 38" sandwiched between the
> 2 oak pieces.  I made mine 38 inches wide so it can be stowed on or under
> the parcel shelf whan not in use.
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> Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S10e.
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