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Posted: November 12 2007 03:02 AM
 
jim grace (aka dixie) [ View ] [ HIBOYJIM@AOL.COM ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ]
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Can anyone tell me if you pick up alot of wind noise off the windshield visor on a model a. friend just traded for a 30 5 window an says he's getting alot of noise there ,it does not have any holes cut in it would this help. how about it some of u model A guys
 
 
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Posted by 1carguy  -  11/12/2007 04:53 AM
A good way to find sources of wind noise is to use wide masking tape. Simply tape off areas you suspect, road test, tape off some more, road test. Keep doing this and usually you can pin point the source and then seal it off to eliminate the noise.
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Posted by orphans2  -  11/12/2007 05:46 AM
Hey Dixie, Is Dave missing the truck already??? I hear the 30 may not be around real long. Maybe he should have gotten the gold one from Ed before he traded it for the roadster. I tell you, when it comes to cars, it's like a revolving door down there. I feel strange having the same two cars all these years. ;-)
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Posted by da34guy  -  11/12/2007 11:53 AM
Turn up the stereo!!
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Posted by BigAlBre  -  11/12/2007 12:41 PM
I pulled my 36 into the shop last night after driving it all weekend and I couldn't believe all the noises I could hear..... what's up with that? Is that normal?
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Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  11/12/2007 02:17 PM
lizardskin and windlace ............
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Posted by dixie  -  11/12/2007 02:31 PM
Hey guys your missing the point the noise is coming from the small visor over the windshield,is this normal in an A model,are does it need holes cut in it? Bob you know how it is down here {trade trade trade }variety is the spice of life.
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Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  11/12/2007 02:36 PM
first you have to find the noise. is it an air leak around the windshield or at the corners of the door ? does it have a sealed windshield or crank out ?
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Posted by dixie  -  11/12/2007 03:16 PM
It has a crank out, has new hardware on it not sure if it works are is sealed. Though it may b traping air under the visor.
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Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  11/12/2007 03:29 PM
my bet is the windshield for noise.
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Posted by JoeP  -  11/12/2007 04:19 PM
Agree with Shine, never had and noise problem with the visor on the model A.
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Posted by coors578  -  11/12/2007 04:28 PM
My coupe gets a lot of wind noise also.

My windsheild seals well. I think it is just the nature of

the beast. As 1carguy said I tried the masking tape thing

up under the visor & it made no differance, they just seem to

be noisy period.
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Posted by 29robert  -  11/12/2007 06:11 PM
I don't get any wind noise from my visor at all. Oh yeh, I forgot, it's not running yet! Seriously, I think Model A's are always goin to produce a lot of wind noise the way the doors overlap the body, the way the windshield tilts out and with that big scoop, I mean visor, above the wind shield. It traps a lot of wind with nowhere to go. These things weren't originally designed to go very fast. You gota know this goin into any Model A project. Just talk with any Model A owner. That's assuming they can still hear you. I think Don has the right idea, turn up the sterio.
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Posted by dixie  -  11/12/2007 08:52 PM
OK up goes the stereo
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Posted by MUDMANDENNY  -  11/12/2007 11:13 PM
people,----- how fast were these cars designed to go originally? could the fact that we`re driving them 3 times faster have anything to do with increased wind noise? just a thought.
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Posted by 31tudor  -  11/12/2007 11:17 PM
Gee dixie, I thought you were old enough that you couldn't hear anything anyway! Just kidding buddy!
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Posted by Franke33  -  11/13/2007 12:52 AM
I get a lot of wind noise in my roadster-- I think that it is just the wind flying over the top of the windshield
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Posted by dixie  -  11/13/2007 04:00 AM
Heck Eric i can't hear its my buddys car he's the one complaining,thats the good part of being hard of hearing.
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Posted by da34guy  -  11/13/2007 01:57 PM
Huh? What did ya say?
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Posted by 30 A pickup  -  11/13/2007 01:44 PM
I had a 31 A 5 window. Wind noise was terrible!!! Now with the 30 truck, I had 27 louvers punched in it, upside down & backwards. I will get a picture soon. Not sure about the noise now, as it is still sitting in the shop.
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Posted by orphans2  -  11/13/2007 02:19 PM
Dixie, sun visors in general generate a lot of windnoise. I know the one on my 57 does. I hear that the 30 is not the hit of the household, so wind noise or not, it might be a moot point, because even if the wind noise goes away doesn't mean the car is here to stay!
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Posted by dixie  -  11/13/2007 06:43 PM
Orphan you are so right, he's going to turkey rod more than likely want come home with it. O well its his to do with as he see's fit. But i think its a nice car, got everything fixed on it today ,had to replace all the throttle assembly had some kind of mickey mouse job on it. I took it out for a ride an it drives great, can't figure out what the problem is.


O yea everybody the wind noise is just coming from around windshield an visor so guess he'll have to live with it.
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Posted by JoeP  -  11/13/2007 08:19 PM
If your friend plans on keeping the car flush mount the windshield. No wind noise and no leaks, if the car has AC he will most likely not open the windshield anyway, bugs are a B---- with the window open.
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