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Old Mar 27, 2020 | 10:52 AM
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has anybody considered adding fairings behind the roll bars?
like race cars as the jaguar d type...
https://www.jaguarheritage.com/car/1954-jaguar-d-type/


just daydreaming.


 

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Old Mar 27, 2020 | 11:01 AM
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It might interfere with the top unless easily removable.
 
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Old Mar 27, 2020 | 12:06 PM
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if not too large, they may fit.
as my son owns a roadster, i tried to figure out a shape that just follows the roll bars, and ends just before the line where the cover touches the surface.
the profile very much like that on the jag. it would work. it would not interfere with the retracting.
they could be attached at the front to the roll bars with straps like those that hold the windscreen, and under the whole surface with velcro.
or, if willing to have them permanently, have some sort of screwed to the surface. especially if driving at mach speed.
but cant persuade my son to try them, as he wants to keep it stock.
 

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Old Mar 28, 2020 | 10:07 AM
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I always liked that look.


 

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Old Mar 28, 2020 | 10:13 AM
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i think it is just right for the kind of car. as if it came with it from the factory. even the roll bars contribute to the shape.
art deco indeed.
 

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Old Mar 28, 2020 | 02:23 PM
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another: https://books.google.ca/books?id=hi4...rivers&f=false
 
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Old Mar 28, 2020 | 02:25 PM
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and another... https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/364439794820575590/
 
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and another ...


 
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Old Mar 28, 2020 | 04:26 PM
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thats the idea. just taller. as tall as the roll bars...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...ncept_rear.JPG
and not so long that interferes with the folding of the top.
 
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