british-cars-request@alliant.com (02/01/90)
att!speedy!gerry says: > > A friend of mine who has a early Midget with the erect-a-set top, drives > all year round with no top and uses a tonneau instead, even during the > coldest weather. I would not recommend it, because at anything above > 10-20 mph, the cold wind whips around the back of your head and neck. I don't recommend this practice either. My father-in-law, a former SOL'er from the early '60s to the early 70's (Sprite, Alpine, Tiger), told me when I bought my car that driving with the top down in cold weather can contribute to a condition known as Bell's palsy. Apparently this is a condition in which the facial muscles become partially paralyzed, similar to Sylvester Stallone. Now about my father-in-law. He was one of the lucky ones in that he bought all his cars brand new. However, unlike some of us, he owned only one British car at a time. In fact he sold his Tiger to a former co-worker who still lives in town and drives it to work when the weather is good (he's a professor at the local university). Needless to say, I'm prepared to go into some serious hock to get my hands on that piece of family history. (I tried posting this a couple of months ago, the last time this subject came up, but I never received it back from Alliant, so I assumed it didn't make it to the list. If it did, and this is a repeat, my apologies.) -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.J. Higgins uunet!ingr!higgins (UUCP) Intergraph Corp. M/S CR041 higgins@ingr.com (Internet) One Madison Industrial Park Huntsville, AL 35894-0001 "Well-weathered leather, hot metal (205) 730-6191 and oil, the scent of country air" -Rush