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or not. any idea what the weather(s) are going to be like? coasty cool for some, mountainy fresh some others, but i suspect deserty dry/scalding on the eastern side of them there mountains.
i'm trying to decide if i need to bring a roof or not.
this time i'll bring WARM CLOTHES for stupid-ass monterey.
it never rains in oregon, right?
you want a roof. But you want one that you can fold up and stash easily.
Having been born in Eugene and raised on the Oregon coast, then having spent the rest of my time, so far, living in either the Willamette Valley or Seattle as a geologist with field experience throughout the Pacific Northwest, my advice is:
No idea. The weather's a total crapshoot. Prepare for anything.
Glad I could be of help.
Coast could be cool, could rain, but might be very pleasant too. Central Oregon is more likely to be hot and dry.
You won't hit snow.
No idea. The weather's a total crapshoot. Prepare for anything.
Glad I could be of help.
hmm THANKS. i demand a refund for every cent paid!
you want a roof. But you want one that you can fold up and stash easily.
Like this?
squirrel wrote:you want a roof. But you want one that you can fold up and stash easily.
Like this?
Perfect.
Like this?
NICE! i've always loved those things.
My teammate and I are in the midst of devising a bikini top for our Midget.
We have the frame for the convertible top, but it takes up too much space in a car that never had enough to begin with.
Debating on leaving the top at home to contend with the spirit of Lemons. 
If it rains or gets cold, gotta figure out how to deal with creativitiy.
My teammate and I are in the midst of devising a bikini top for our Midget.
We have the frame for the convertible top, but it takes up too much space in a car that never had enough to begin with.
I hear corrugated aluminum works really well for a convertible roof.
badbadbenbernanke wrote:My teammate and I are in the midst of devising a bikini top for our Midget.
We have the frame for the convertible top, but it takes up too much space in a car that never had enough to begin with.I hear corrugated aluminum works really well for a convertible roof.
We were thinking more along the lines of blue tarp.
i made a roof out of that polycarbonate multiwall stuff, Polygal. it's light and stiff with the tubes longitudinally, but at the leading edge over the windshield when even a small amount of air got under it, it flapped and thrummed so much it made me fkn crazy. blue tarp wouldn't do that i think because it was shred into fuzz in only an hour or two. i now have a chunk of the old steel roof external skin on a pair of hinges. it don't flap.
blue tarp might be OK if you keep even the tiniest bit of air from lifting it. duck tape etc.
Maybe a piece of tubing (conduit etc) across the front, with the roof material wrapped and sewn around it? then it needs to be held taut, and tied at the rear corners.
but I could be full of it.
David suggested we might want a working defroster for the Corvair because it's cold and damp where we're going. So today I put it all back together....now for a test drive, to see if it actually works. Pretty flaky crap, but it might help.
a big inverter and hair blowdryer? that stereo of yours is going to generate excess electrical power that you will need to dissipate. right?
hmm, i think i will bring a small window squeegie for the inside. i may regret not having electric windshield wipers.
I'd be more worried about wipers than a defroster. My heater core and vent box aren't hooked up right now, and my blower fan is super seized. I just get full face cowl vent pressure out of the dash vents.
Our wipers are good on the Corvair. And rain-x helps some on it. Been through a couple heavy rains, it's ok.
After being caught in what local meteorologists called a "rain event", my teammate and I have decided to sacrifice the storage capacity. The rear of our soft top was rotted away but the top seems to be serviceable enough.
After being caught in what local meteorologists called a "rain event", my teammate and I have decided to sacrifice the storage capacity. The rear of our soft top was rotted away but the top seems to be serviceable enough.
Broken pictures are broken.
Our wipers are good on the Corvair. And rain-x helps some on it. Been through a couple heavy rains, it's ok.
Yes, Rain-X. I didn't think about that for the rally prep, I'll put that on the list...
windshield wipers, designed by Doctor Seuss
https://photos.app.goo.gl/1VrxFQVHoLMdk9Ik2
scrounged up a vacuum booster pump.
allegedly "electric" wipers will be introduced, "some day", but i don't believe it.
i will get RainX too. does anyone know if eel slime works?
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