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Orstin
United Kingdom
637 Posts |
 Posted - 10/07/2013 : 07:09:18
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Do any M type owners (current or previous) have a view on the worth of having a hood? I have to make decision about this soon but have the impression that an M with a hood up can be a real trial, with poor visibility and real difficulties getting in and out of the car. Seems I might be better off with a pair of goggles and a good Pig's Bladder hat if it rains..
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g waiting
United Kingdom
727 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2013 : 08:32:44
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Hi Hugh,
What on earth is a pig's bladder hat?
Garry
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Colin McLachlan
United Kingdom
990 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2013 : 09:30:50
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Garry - I'm not sure I really want to know.
Colin
PA 0613
MG3242
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Nick Dean
United Kingdom
444 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2013 : 21:18:52
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I would not bother with hood and sidescreens, cockpit far too small, and stowing items in boot takes up space. If it rains keep your head lower and keep going as fast as is safe to. I would recommend a tonneaeu cover for security. good luck. Nick.
M 2345 JY8840.
N A Dean |
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tonym
United Kingdom
653 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2013 : 22:46:37
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Had my M for 46 years - never had a hood for the thing.
Take your waterproofs in the commodious boot - or stay at home if the forecast is that bad.
A dear old friend of mine - Dr Jack Armstrong, a former president of MGCC [sadly long deceased - the Dr that is , not the MGCC!. was a GP in the 1930's.
He had an M as his only car at the time. He said that when the hood was up the only way he could see anything was to drive with his head outside the car. This was somewhat counter productive as he was constantly being showered with muck from vehicles going the other way.
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John Haine
United Kingdom
208 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2013 : 07:50:13
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| I have a hood and have used it a few times over the 50 years of owning the car, the last time in driving rain on the return from MG Silverstone a few years’ ago. I actually arrived home drier than when I started, helped by the hot air from the engine. The visibility is certainly reduced but not exceptionally so, as I have mirrors on both sides of the windscreen. Also I look through the windscreen when driving. If you are tall and drive looking over the screen then a hood will be of no use. The only way to get in with the hood up is head first. I don’t seem to need sidescreens as the V windscreen deflects the rain sideways. John |
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Blue M
United Kingdom
1472 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2013 : 09:03:37
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| I have to agree with everything John has said. With a hood,it's possible to drive hundreds of miles in the pouring rain at fifty miles an hour. That speed without a hood is literally painful even for a few minutes. |
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sam christie
United Kingdom
3099 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2013 : 12:53:33
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This passenger is probably very pleased to have a hood to sit under but what he would do with his elbow if he had a side screen?
Of course if you are really tough you can be like this good looking chap and not put the hood up at all even when it is pouring. His girlfriend looks really impressed.
 
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bahnisch
Australia
674 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2013 : 01:33:52
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| My very original little M-type only has sockets for the side screens on the passengers side. Thankfully it doesn't rain much here in South Australia! |
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Matthew Magilton
Australia
179 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2013 : 02:45:34
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Did they even have a drivers side side-screen? Having to give hand signals with one in place would have been rather amusing no?
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Colin Butchers
United Kingdom
1487 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2013 : 09:59:22
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I owned an M Type from 1957 to 1960 (LJ 3785, where are you please?) and I must say that with the hood up, it was lovely and snug inside, even without side-screens. I used to get a crick in my neck through bending my head down to see under the side of the hood, but the forward visibility was quite good - assisted by a neat little Bosch windscreen wiper motor purchased from Archie Hazell's car breakers in Brighton for 12 1/2 pence (2/6d in real money), which work much more successfully than Mr Lucas's masterpieces. I even made a pair of side-screens out of persex, with a little sliding section on the driver's side, but the technology involved in affixing the perspex to the metal mounting pegs eventually defeated me. I then found that for most of the time, it was best to leave the hood in the boot and to wear sunglasses when it rained. Happy days.
Colin B. |
Edited by - Colin Butchers on 12/07/2013 10:00:28 |
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sam christie
United Kingdom
3099 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2013 : 12:05:30
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I imagine the little triangular flap was used for hand signals, though I think the Highway Code made no reference to signals from the passenger.
Though not mentioned in the Code, as I recall, when the driver was travelling with a passenger a left turn signal from the passenger was generally accepted. The Code said nothing about signals from the passenger when travelling without a driver.
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bahnisch
Australia
674 Posts |
Posted - 13/07/2013 : 01:27:36
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| Matthew, I don't think that the car had a drivers side screen from new. I have not used my hood much but it is there if I need it! |
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Orstin
United Kingdom
637 Posts |
Posted - 13/07/2013 : 08:45:26
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Thanks to all who have contributed, here and in one or two e-mails I have received as well. I think the final comment from Barry has rather helped me make my mind up. It's probably worth having, accepting that it will see very little use, but nice to know it's there if you really need it.
But of course, whilst always carrying a Pig's Bladder Hat...
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Colin Butchers
United Kingdom
1487 Posts |
Posted - 13/07/2013 : 11:30:18
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Just make sure you rinse it out properly each time you use it. That is the hat, not the hood.
Colin B.
PS Sorry that my previous posting has come out so strangely. It seems to spread across ten more columns than the screen can cope with. |
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sam christie
United Kingdom
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