Brooklands aero screens

[Peter Pleitner]

Hi Whitworth Heads,

Has anyone succeeded in installing pre-war style aero screens on a TC cowl?
I purchased a pair over a year ago and am not pleased with the way they fit.

By pre-war style, I am referring to standard aero screens, yet their base is
one piece of cast aluminum skirt, molded I had hoped to conform to the
contour of the two instrument fairings on our scuttle. Sadly, minimizing
the gap between the scuttle and aero screen base results in a very high
location up on the fairing such that the top of the passenger side aero
screen interferes with the windscreen wiper motor. Locating the screen base
further down and forward on the scuttle fairing where they would be mounted
with the usual small "T" brackets results in a gap under the center of the
screen base exceeding half an inch.

Not so cheery, Peter

[Skip Kelsey]

Peter:

They will always interfear with the wiper motor. But not with the
windscreen down. Also, the scuttle shape on T cars was not always the same.
Use a thin piece of rubber/cloth gasket material, and make a shim to fit
between the contoured portion of the wind screen and the scuttle.
When the w/s is in the up position, you just angle the glass back slightly,
and all is well.

Skip Kelsey.......................

At 10:43 AM 3/13/00 -0500, Peter Pleitner wrote:

>Hi Whitworth Heads,
>
>Has anyone succeeded in installing pre-war style aero screens on a TC cowl?
>I purchased a pair over a year ago and am not pleased with the way they fit.
>
>By pre-war style, I am referring to standard aero screens, yet their base is
>one piece of cast aluminum skirt, molded I had hoped to conform to the
>contour of the two instrument fairings on our scuttle. Sadly, minimizing
>the gap between the scuttle and aero screen base results in a very high
>location up on the fairing such that the top of the passenger side aero
>screen interferes with the windscreen wiper motor. Locating the screen base
>further down and forward on the scuttle fairing where they would be mounted
>with the usual small "T" brackets results in a gap under the center of the
>screen base exceeding half an inch.
>
>Not so cheery, Peter
>
>
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[George Arber]

Steve is quite correct in advising that with care the Brookland screens can be mounted satisfactorily onto the scuttle humps.

However before you finally drill the mounting holes I suggest that in addition to their positioning relative to the vertical windscreen, a sight line should be made when standing in front of the car with the windscreen folded flat. This is to make sure that bottom rail of both of the aero screens are in line with the windscreen frame. They will look awful if they are cockeyed ! I seem to recall that I placed a builders spirit level on the radiator cap and used it as a sighting aid - with the car on level ground.

You will probably have to remove the dash if you are using machine screws so as to be able to fit and tighten the nuts.
At least that is my pennies worth !

George TC EXU 7548 from an unseasonably warm January in Derbyshire England.