Re: Brooklands Screens

[laf48@aol.com]

New, stamped Aero Screen, 2 screen assy's , complete with mounting brackets
(4) & wing bolts or nuts, & studs.


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[49MGTC@usaviator.net]

Good morning all;

I have been looking at Brooklands Screens. I find that there are several
different styles. Couple of questions. Does anyone have practical experience
with the straight top and the curved top? If so which works better. I tend
to prefer the looks of the curved top, but want to know which actually works
better. The next question is again a matter of practicality. Do they work
better when mounted closer to the driver or further away? Aside from the
obvious holes is there any disadvantage to mounting the directly to the
cowl? Does anyone have any pictures of a car with them mounted behind the
windshield or is the windshield normally removed?

Thanks

Bud Silvers
TC 8192 - Low n slo in the Black Forest of Colorado......

[Terry Sanders]

Bud, attached is a picture of my TA with the cowl type of BS. I've always used curved tops. Skip Kelsey favored flat tops. I think it is just a matter of personal preference and had little or no effect on performance. I've found that with out the BS and using only the main WS, the air eddys around and hits you right in the ear. With the BS, the air tends to flow right over and past you. I always drive with the main WS folded down. Have driven the old TA to Calgary and Durango GoF's this way.....wearing a leather avaitors style helmet helps too and keeps my ball hat from blowing off.
If you use the BS with the peg mounts there will be a gap under it which will permit some air to flow directly at you. In either case, you don't remove the windscreen, just fold it down or not as you desire.
Terry in Oakland

49MGTC@usaviator.net wrote:
Good morning all;

I have been looking at Brooklands Screens. I find that there are several
different styles. Couple of questions. Does anyone have practical experience
with the straight top and the curved top? If so which works better. I tend
to prefer the looks of the curved top, but want to know which actually works
better. The next question is again a matter of practicality. Do they work
better when mounted closer to the driver or further away? Aside from the
obvious holes is there any disadvantage to mounting the directly to the
cowl? Does anyone have any pictures of a car with them mounted behind the
windshield or is the windshield normally removed?

Thanks

Bud Silvers
TC 8192 - Low n slo in the Black Forest of Colorado......






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[Badger]

BROOKLANDS SCREEN MOUNTING

On the off chance that anyone is interested, I mounted mine directly onto the windscreen frame like an SS-100 Jaguar and I was very pleased with the result. Here's how I did it... The Brooklands screens come with mounting brackets which terminate at the base with a "foot" having two small holes for attaching to the cowl. I cut these feet off and mounted the remaining post into a lathe via a small vice bolted to a face plate. Once more or less centered, I cut 1/4 - 20 threads into the four brass posts. I then disassembled the TC windscreen frame and drilled and tapped four holes into the rear face of the bottom rail in the proper places and with the proper spacing to receive the Brooklands screens. I then simply threaded the four posts into their holes, put the frame back together, and replaced it onto the car. I think I had to put four small notches into the bottom of the glass which did not show once assembled. The result was that I had a pair of Brooklands screens neatly and permanently mounted to the TC windshield frame itself and looking like a factory installation rather than an afterthought. Of course, I also had a number of self-appointed and very self-righteous "originality" police telling me that I had "ruined" my windscreen frame by drilling holes in it. I believe I informed them as politely as I could that it was my own property and I had every right to do any effin' damn thing I wanted to do with it and I told them they could................ Well, you get the idea.

I sold that car several years ago and I have no pictures to show the installation but I fully intend to repeat the process on my current TC after I get my new house/workshop/garage built.......... Someday.

Badger


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[Gordon Bubb]

I have the round top screens fitted, and they are suprisingly effective.
Mine are behind the main screen and have their posts held onto the scuttle
by self tappers - shock, horror, but that is how the car came to me.

Points to note, you have to put up the aero screens before the main screen
so its a bit of a palaver geting the bonnet open. Also, if mounting your
areo screens from scratch, check to see where the areo screen goes relative
to the wiper motor. My screen goes between the wiper motor and main screen,
which needs a little juggling when putting up the main screen. You might
well need to put some padding on the screen face of the wiper motor as the
aero screen tends to bounce on it, giving an annoying rattle.

Photos can be taken this w/e if required.

Gordon
TC0878

[49MGTC@usaviator.net]

Hello all;

There are two types of Brooklands Screens. The most common type mounts with
small post to the cowling of the car. The second type uses a casting that
forms to and fits the cowling. There are a pair of these on ebay right now.
See ebay # 250111446101. My question is does anyone have this type of
Brooklands screens on their car and have the TC windshield? With they more
common type of screens I had to work for some time to get the screens to
clear the windshield and particularly the wiper motor. I would like to
switch to the type that is currently on Ebay but am unwilling to completely
remove my windshield to use them.

Does anyone have any experience with the cowling type Brooklands screens and
a stock TC windshield?

Please let me know if you do.

Thanks

Bud Silvers
TC 8192 - Low n slo in the Black Forest of Colorado.....

[Terry Sanders]

Bud, I have these on my TA....same clearance issues as TC....removal of windscreen not needed....contact me off list.
Terry

49MGTC@usaviator.net wrote:
Hello all;

There are two types of Brooklands Screens. The most common type mounts with
small post to the cowling of the car. The second type uses a casting that
forms to and fits the cowling. There are a pair of these on ebay right now.
See ebay # 250111446101. My question is does anyone have this type of
Brooklands screens on their car and have the TC windshield? With they more
common type of screens I had to work for some time to get the screens to
clear the windshield and particularly the wiper motor. I would like to
switch to the type that is currently on Ebay but am unwilling to completely
remove my windshield to use them.

Does anyone have any experience with the cowling type Brooklands screens and
a stock TC windshield?

Please let me know if you do.

Thanks

Bud Silvers
TC 8192 - Low n slo in the Black Forest of Colorado.....






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