Club Triumph

Hello again chaps...hope all is well! What a weekend weather wise ay! So of course like many other classic soft top owners i was out tearing around rye and east sussex, top down loving the sun! Basically my good ladie wife isn't much of a classic car fan but happily joins me on country drives...she said she'd be so much happier if the wind didnt woosh so much around inside the car and mess up her hair! To make every journey as enjoyable for her so she slowly comes round to my tr i looked at wind deflectors...mesh and plastic. Question one....do they really work!? Question two...there very expensive (for a chap who keeps his baby on the road on a serious shoe string) but has anyonbe got a used one or have any drawings or specs to make my own? How hard can it be! Many thanks for your time! Chow fo now!

As a guy who has had a wind deflector on every convertible I've ever owned, except for my TR6 (BMW, Audi, MGF and MX5) I ca tell you yes they absolutely do work and make a huge difference. You eliminate the buffeting without taking away any of the thrill of top down driving.

Of course, for what they are which is nothing more than some bent tubing and black mesh cloth, they are silly money.

I made one for my MGF (sometimes I can't say MG without shuddering here) and while not great it worked. For my **F I bent some copper piping and glued black weed felt to it - when stretched you can still see through this). This was then mounted with straps between the two seat headrests. This was possible on the F because you don't have anything behind the seats so I never needed to move them, less practical on a TR6 though.

The upshot is making one is easy...mounting it is less so, but I'm sure its been done by someone.

Ah so its a worth while purchase...luckily i am a plumber so bending bits of 15 shouldnt be much of a problem! Like you say its the mounting part! So your looking at joining the tr crew again? Now ive owned one i couldnt be apart from her...Im 26 and want to be ripping around in her when im in my 60s!

I'm sure there is a chap in the TR Register that knocks these up  and would probably be good value.
Pop in and ask a question.

Or you could  spend £2000+ and fit a surrey top ;D

Roger

Buy her a head scarf!

scrapman i tried that one...she looked at me right in the eye (super posh ladie voice) "Gary, you may be the the one that doesnt mind looking like a twat in an old car but i...i have a certain degree of respect to uphold!" i think she should burn for her foul words!  ;D perhaps ill ask on the tr register to see if that chap pops up....wish me luck!

Well if she is going to be like that. get her blind drunk and give her a No.1

No worries about messing up her hair then.

:-)

I used one on my 6 from an MG TF, my duaghter sold her car and I nabbed the windbreaker, bit of velcro and some ali brackets and it worked a treat. Cost me a couple of cheeky vimtos (whistle)

Finally got one...from a chap in sandgate on the tr register forum! very nice bloke, 20 quid...looks almost new!!

show us a pic of it fitted....I'm curious

I will...just got to wait for some tinkering time from the wife...bugger me anyone reading this thread would think I'm a little under the thumb!lol

it doesnt allow me to upload a bloody picture...it says its too large and ive already chopped it down!!!!! but took it out for a blast yesterday...shocked by how it really works!!!!!!!!!!! a must buy for anyone!!

reminds me of how I used to have to roll the rear windows down in my old vectra whenever I had the sunroof open..completely changed the airflow to something manageable and got rid of a strange, vibration/resonance that I used to get.

Amazing that a simple piece of cloth can make such a difference. Any cabrio I have owned I have always fitted one since I first tried one....glad you like the difference