Does anyone run a set if these aluminum smoothie windshield posts on their T roadster? Or have pictures of a car with them? I'm trying to figure out a windshield for my current project and have a set of these, but with no mounting holes drilled in them yet I don't have a good way of mocking them up.
If you look up your parts on the speedway online catalog they have tech and installation pages that will probably give the info your looking for.
I understand how to mount them. I'm looking for photos of them on a car, and general opinions of them. Mostly I'm unsure how I'll like them compared to stock style stanchions with separate windshield frame.
They look like some Buttera/Mr Gasket knock offs from the 90s BUT with a little tweaking they could be made to look nice. I took some stock posts and mounted the glass the same way. Bottom rubber is a T piece as well. The glue has not been cleaned up here.
That looks really nice! I think my biggest qualm with them is just as you stated: they look a little modern/cheap... so far I've only seen one car that they look pretty darn good on, but I can't really figure out what they did to them to make them work so well. Maybe part of it us just the style of car you usually see them on...
Ok, I guess that depends on how traditional you want your car to be , they say 90's in my opinion, for mock up purposes, no drilling,try a two side adhesive tape .
I think by sofenting the edges and the tops you could do a lot to make em look less fabricated. But, if you notice, where I boxed mine they are still a sharp edge. You could graft on a pivot and top pin carved out of aluminum to look more stock like mine.
I am pretty sure Pete Chapouris used them (or very similar) on the dark green T roadster he built many years ago. Good enough for Pete…
my car had aluminum post when I got it was able to buy a stock type post & frame cut the post off & just ran the bottom windshield had it cut to match the curve of the cowl.. pictures are bad quality just photos of old photos predigital to me it looked so much better than the aluminum post with no frame
I have a pair Id sell ya. They came on a roadster I bought a few months back but as I wont be running a windshield I wont need them. Let me know if your want them.
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