That bead-board one is pretty nice, Gordo.
Marty Grzynkowicz posted:You guys are Gay. I drew the line at a power heated seat and a matching roll pillow.
Girlie men...
Stan, if you're headin' west, that wind screen has got to go - big time.
Strut that on your Speedster here and you might as well be wearing a bowler hat, a cummerbund, or spats.
It's not just a lifestyle thing - the air itself is different. The gear you're gonna need here is light years from what might work in Peoria or Stanistan.
Here's what our resident expert has worked out to be best for local conditions on the PCH:
Hey, wait a minute, Mitch! You're giving PCH advice? I thought Sacramento WAS in Illinois. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Jim, please keep this under your hat!
People back east don't know Sacramento from Malibu - they think it's ALL just California. Look at Stan - he's asking Teby for a place to stay.
One night in Fresno, and he'll be back on I-80, headed east.
I've been in Fresno, and Sacto, and Chico, and Tahoe, and San Jose, and SLO, and Yosemite, and have cruised CA1-- all in my girly-man speedster. I've also been to Barstow, Vegas, and SLC (and every other place west of here I can think of) in my car.
Don't tell anybody, but the wind-screen was pretty nice there as well.
I just figured if Teby was intent on inviting the entire continent to CA, he probably had a place for me to hang out. It was most kind of him to extend the invite, and I'm going to be packing up my shop and heading his way ASAP.
Well Stan it looks like you've been Everywhere Man ! 
Gordon, did your wind screen mounted in the roll bar make much of a difference? As I mentioned in a previous post, I installed a plexiglass wind block in my IM's roll bar and was underwhelmed with the final results.
Ron - It did. Reduced the buffeting in the back of the head to almost zero. Didn't do too much about the vacuum above my head sucking my hat off, though.
A short bungee cord strapped ear to ear keeps my hat on...
Stan Galat, '05 IM, 2276, Tremont, IL posted:I've been in Fresno, and Sacto, and Chico, and Tahoe, and San Jose, and SLO, and Yosemite, and...
OK Stan, it looks like you know what you're getting into.
But if Teby wants to go to a meat market, remember he's not talking about pork chops.
So...
I've got hair to protect so I decided to try one of these girly-man windscreens:
http://raceland.com/mazda-coil...yle-windblocker.html
$49 bucks out the door, free shipping for a limited time.
Fits perfect and I can use the quarter tonneau.
I'll post a photo or two when I get a chance.
Here's a pic
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Terry Nuckels posted:
...I've got hair to protect ....
That's it, baby - when you've got it, flaunt it, flaunt it!
I took a drive today to try out the windscreen. I made the following observations:
The screen works best when it is at least the same height as the windshield.
My hair stayed out of my face up to 65 mph. It got bothersome at 85.
There is more turbulence when following cars at speed.
The backwind pushing the screen from behind is strong! I had to really tighten up the pivot points to keep the screen from pushing forward.
The cockpit is quieter at speed.
Next project is to modify the mounting hardware.
TP,easier just to get a GI haircut :}
I took a drive today with no wind screen and my hair stayed out of my face the whole time.
It's been like that for about 20 years now.
Terry:
Did you have any sensors in place that would measure air velocity vectors in three dimensions fore and aft of the air blocker? It is especially important to those of us (like you, apparently) who are cursed with ample amounts of natural (not that "Hair Club for Men stuff), follicular endowments and who might, naturally, wish to protect their naturally imbued locks.
Gordon, I thought about mounting several go pro cameras to record the airflow effect on my Fabio-like locks.
Alas, I have more hair than money and was unable to finance such an experiment.
Bob, don't be going all Delilah on me now.
Terry Nuckels posted:I took a drive today to try out the windscreen. I made the following observations:
The screen works best when it is at least the same height as the windshield.
My hair stayed out of my face up to 65 mph. It got bothersome at 85.
There is more turbulence when following cars at speed.
The backwind pushing the screen from behind is strong! I had to really tighten up the pivot points to keep the screen from pushing forward.
The cockpit is quieter at speed.
Next project is to modify the mounting hardware.
All of that is spot on.
The windscreen has to be equal to the windshield height-- actually higher is better, but it looks too dorky even for a Midwestern hick-town boy.
The trick is in the mounts. The hardware needs to be about 2x stronger than you think it's going to be.
I have no worries about my hair, but Jeanie does. All you Jack LaLane he-men poo-pooing the windscreen must like driving by yourselves. I've yet to meet a woman who looks for a conveyance where her hair is guaranteed to get messed up and she won't be able to make conversation. It's one of the reasons I stopped riding motorcycles.
Yup, Stan's right.
Oh come on, Stan. Lots of women like riding in the Speedster just the way it is:
But this may explain why Vintage Speedsters sells over half their cars outside the US:
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Riding with MusbGinny on a sunset cruise through Arches National Park, Utah...
Cruising through the Colorado Rockies...
Touring the wine country of California Central Coast...
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OK I'm Confused here ...........
Terry Nuckles................ You are messing me all up with your wind screen-a-ma- thingy
You state on Page 1, Chapter 1 of your mega monster best selling 1 page, 1 chapter book "AIR FLOW, HAIR FLOW," "The Study of Air and Hair-Flow density & Hippies Whom Drive Convertibles" (circa 1966),
AND I QUOTE!!! .................
"IF YOUR HAIR IS GETTING IN YOUR FACE, BUY A DAMN HAT"
Tebs
Further discussion can take place in SLO... over a Guinness if you please?
I favor the GI haircut myself, hate hats.. Terrys not agreeing im sure
Ahh, Tebs...
If you had read the footnotes in my book you'd know that I suffer from "Conehead Syndrome". Hats slip right off my head.
Thank God I have hair to hide my forcep-pinched dome!