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October 5, 2004: Colorado will indeed allow me to register my car as a Collector Car - in 2029.
Since I'm not quite that patient I've decided to make a windshield. I've spent some time measuring photos of Caterhams and it looks as if they lay the glass back about 64 degrees. They're also 12" tall in the center (thank you Nathan at RMSC for that information). Armed with this I'll be playing around with some cardboard and masking tape to build a mockup. This is where Ron Champion's book is fairly useful as it has some good construction tips. The shape of that ridge around the scuttle is going to affect the angle in mine, though. I'm still consdering what to do with wipers - "the book" suggests using some from an old Mini. Since I'll be driving one of those next week when I'm visiting Ottawa, I'll have a good look. That would be a good choice for a permanent installation.

Heikki pointed me to this build which uses a large radiator on a CMC frame. Some good views of the bracketry but this particular one uses a remote cap.

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