Duchess in need of wind wings

[Stephen Chuck]

Hi all,
When I bought my duchess, the wind wings were missing.  Now I am trying to locate some.  I have the 4 mounting screws on each side of the windscreen but the screws are horizontal to the ground instead of vertical.  This makes finding hinges/hardware rather difficult.  Any ideas on where I can get the hardware?

Thanks in advance
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[Richard Wobby]

Marinas or Moss moters or mg magic I would try marina first. If you need pictures I’ll post some.

[Stephen Chuck]

I’ve heard of Moss, but what is Marinas?  And yes, please post pictures of the Duchess wind wings.

Thanks!

[Paul Mossberg]

Pretty sure he means a boat supply store. 🙂

Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica Roadster

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[Richard Wobby]

I have found boat supply houses to be a great resource for hard to find hinges. attachments really almost anything. And I have seen wind wings at them. The motorcycle shops have some that mount differently than ours check those as well. If you side or post a picture of your needs I’ll check the shop there might be something I can lift for a brown bottle so you can attach the normal ones.

[Paul Mossberg]

I own a Duchess, but my wings’ attachments do not match your written
description.

I’d like to see a picture too.

Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica Roadster

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[Larry Murphy]

 Last night while surfing I found a you tube vidieo of a Duchess with about a two second shot of the horizontal wind wing mounts you described. They must be very rare but at least we know they did exist.

 I have also seen non-adjustable wind wing mounts made of alluminum flat stock  1/8 x 1/2 inch cut into 3 1/2 inch lengths and bent to the desired angle. The alluminum strips as well as the plexaglass  or lexan are available at home improvement stors. This would allow you to use the existing holes in the windshield frame, but could interfere with the side curtains depending on how they fit to the frame. By the way, this type of alluminum will polish out almost to a chrome like finish.

 Another of my ”cheap” alternatives.

[edward ericson]

On ebay right now there are a whole pile of newly-listed windwing hinges, all of which look different to me. ebay, search “MG TD” and set the order to “newly listed” & they’re on the front page. Look to be from the same seller, “ocamg.” 

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