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Synchro909 · 08-14-2020, 07:39 PM

Phaetons are by far the most common Model A in this country. Just as well it is a dry continent. On the occasions where I have been forced to drive in rain, mine leaks like a sieve, especially at the lower corners of the windscreen. At anything over about 40 mph, we get a mist of water come in over the top of it. I have modified the side curtains so that now, I hardly get a drop at 50 mph. None of us bother with the wiper. Rainex does a much better job. The top is draughty enough that fogging is not an issue but in my Tudor, we have a very different thing. No leaks but lots of fog.
Apart from a hot water heater, a RHD car can't be heated. The exhaust heaters we see on LHD cars can't be used because they prevent the ignition advance from working.
For most of the year, I drive with no side curtain.

08-14-2020, 07:39 PM	#5
Synchro909 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,496	Re: Rain Phaetons are by far the most common Model A in this country. Just as well it is a dry continent. On the occasions where I have been forced to drive in rain, mine leaks like a sieve, especially at the lower corners of the windscreen. At anything over about 40 mph, we get a mist of water come in over the top of it. I have modified the side curtains so that now, I hardly get a drop at 50 mph. None of us bother with the wiper. Rainex does a much better job. The top is draughty enough that fogging is not an issue but in my Tudor, we have a very different thing. No leaks but lots of fog. Apart from a hot water heater, a RHD car can't be heated. The exhaust heaters we see on LHD cars can't be used because they prevent the ignition advance from working. For most of the year, I drive with no side curtain. __________________ I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood.