Wind blocker

If you contact Henry he might remember which screen he has used in the past. just saying.

Thanks I will contact Henry. I have also been told that Stan Galat my have some advice.

please send me the gas tank information you had mentioned.

@ken whellams posted:

Thanks I will contact Henry. I have also been told that Stan Galat my have some advice.

Sorry about that Ken - your PM came the day after I got my second total knee replacement and it kind of got lost in the PT/recovery shuffle.

I'm not sure what brand I've got. In about 2007, I saw a picture of a car Henry was building with a wind deflector and asked Henry to get me one. I should have asked for more information - what I got was more of an idea than a part, and it cost about 4x what I thought it would. I made it work, but it wasn't my finest hour from a fabrication standpoint.

I attached mine to the scissor-frame for the soft top (when the frame is folded, obviously). The problem is that when the top is up, the mounts bonk me on the melon if I'm not careful (and I almost never am). There are better ways to mount it, without any doubt.

The setup works well enough when everything is down, but is pretty kludgy when the top is up. The nice part is that I almost never drive with the top up, so it generally works great. I can store it in either the frunk or the "back seat" area when the car is buttoned up because I'm off doing something else.

As I said, I really don't like driving the car "top up". I know where are people who like to travel with the top up to keep the sun off and the wind noise down, but when I put the wind deflector in and roll the side glass up, I can have a normal conversation with my wife and not feel like I've been buried alive. I find almost no reason to put the top up unless it's raining.

I'm not sure how one of theses would work with a car with side-curtains, but for an IM speedster, it works great.

Thanks for this Stan. I hope the recovery from your knee surgery goes smoothly and you can get back to some semblance of normal.

The wind buffer that I purchased came from Holland and although it is very well constructed, it is going to take a lot of engineering and bracket fabrication to install it to my satisfaction. I guess that is just the way it is with these cars. Henry has been a great resource since taking delivery of my car, and a damn good thing because there has been no end of problems. When I was 16 years old I bought a 500cc Triumph motorcycle and proceeded to take it completely apart. Some days I feel like I am 16 years old again but this time with four wheels rather than two.

I live in Calgary so having to raise the top for a sudden change of weather is pretty common when driving near the mountains. I will have to figure out some sort of bracket system that doesn’t interfere with that procedure on my roadster.

If I get it figured out I will send you some photos.

I just installed one on a VS. I had to cut part of the brackets off and bolted it to the inner sidewalls  of the car. I'll post some pics later today.

I don't know how closely the VS is to the IM in that area behind the seats, you'll have to judge for yourself, but what I did works for me.

I often thought of looking at a foldable unit from VW or Porsche to see if the unit would fit but if you have to remove to get the top up it just adds to the agony.

I have seen a few cars with them Davis car on Henry's site

@aircooled  Too bad you don't have your speedster Bruce you could fabricate something for the group.

The folding top assembly is not the same on a roadster as it is on a speedster, so the bracket shown is not compatible.

Ken, I went ahead and deleted all my posts and pictures from your thread relative to the windscreen. I said at the outset that my car wasn't an IM and obviously not a cab. Just thought the pictures might help you or someone else.

Good luck.

I think the exercise of doing a wind screen comes up now and then so I like to see what you did Bob... it is within the topic in any case, anyway my 2 ¢ a

Ray:

I'll start another thread.

Ray............Here's a couple photos of the one I fabricated out of 3/16" Lexan and installed on the back side of my roll-bar.  That......made all the difference in the world in driving comfort in my car !.............Bruce

That was an awesome job Bruce!!

Wow, Bruce!!!

He can make up pretty much anything it seems !!

@ken whellams posted:

Thanks for this Stan. I hope the recovery from your knee surgery goes smoothly and you can get back to some semblance of normal.

The wind buffer that I purchased came from Holland and although it is very well constructed, it is going to take a lot of engineering and bracket fabrication to install it to my satisfaction. I guess that is just the way it is with these cars. Henry has been a great resource since taking delivery of my car, and a damn good thing because there has been no end of problems. When I was 16 years old I bought a 500cc Triumph motorcycle and proceeded to take it completely apart. Some days I feel like I am 16 years old again but this time with four wheels rather than two.

I live in Calgary so having to raise the top for a sudden change of weather is pretty common when driving near the mountains. I will have to figure out some sort of bracket system that doesn’t interfere with that procedure on my roadster.

If I get it figured out I will send you some photos.

No car built is without need or sorting out in what we call a shakedown cruise unfortunately some cars need more sorting in the first season which is not always pleasant and that is why these cars are not for the faint of heart most times.  

@IaM-Ray posted:

No car built is without need or sorting out in what we call a shakedown cruise unfortunately some cars need more sorting in the first season which is not always pleasant and that is why these cars are not for the faint of heart most times.  

Exactly...individuals that build cars that take months  - years with gaps in the build process. It doesn't matter how many times you go back to check it over, when completed issues will pop up, that's the nature of the hand-built process.... these cars are 1950's & 60's technology with a lawn mower engine x 4. I tell ppl that you will have issues arise now and then and that is normal and to be expected. Then there is the "got to have it now purchasers" with limited mechanical skills. They will take their car to "their Mechanic" which have little or no air-cooled knowledge whatsoever. Hence at this juncture, the frustration mounts to the point where the low miles speedster goes on the block.