13-04-2021, 05:40 PM
I made a simple rectangular fold down screen from brass "U" channel, angle iron internal corner brackets, and countersunk screws, tapped into the angle iron.
Easy enough, has lasted 40 years. The difficult bit is nice looking fold-down brackets. Fortunately, these came with the car.
I could probably replicate them using hand tools, but in steel or aluminium, rather than the original chunky brass, and they wouldn't look as well made as the originals.
I didn't bother to curve the base of the screen to suit the scuttle.
Originally I has a filler piece of shaped timber between screen and scuttle, later, I didn't bother with it.
Depending on the airflow over your car, and how worried you are about getting a little wet, either a rubber strip or nothing at all will do the job.
Easy enough, has lasted 40 years. The difficult bit is nice looking fold-down brackets. Fortunately, these came with the car.
I could probably replicate them using hand tools, but in steel or aluminium, rather than the original chunky brass, and they wouldn't look as well made as the originals.
I didn't bother to curve the base of the screen to suit the scuttle.
Originally I has a filler piece of shaped timber between screen and scuttle, later, I didn't bother with it.
Depending on the airflow over your car, and how worried you are about getting a little wet, either a rubber strip or nothing at all will do the job.