03-08-2011, 04:53 AM | #21 |
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I agree with Steve, the 29 business coupe is the best looking A made.
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03-08-2011, 06:37 AM | #22 |
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Look at the back ground. What are those guys doing?!!!
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03-08-2011, 08:34 AM | #23 |
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This oval I own won a Henry Ford Award (I had nothing to do with it buying it some years later). It is a stunning car (Bonnie gray and Chelsea blue) and I fully agree with Pluck as it's my favorite body style as well. If anyone is doing one of these and would like detailed photos of the top I would gladly supply them. Achieving a good fit with the top is imperative to the overall appearance of the car.
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Yes, it would be interesting to me to just when the "oval window's" first appeared. If one knew the parts and part numbers of the assembly (A-54132: Quarter window glass "Channel"; A-54124: Quarter light "Glass"; A-37645-A: Quarter light glass "Insulation"; A-54120: Quarter light "Frame assembly--outside"; and A-54125: Quarter light "Frame inside"), one could kind of figure out, hopefully, when this assembly was "adopted" into service. Of the above parts, A-54120, A-54124, A-54125, are all associated with Enginering Information (EI) #10700 Drawings for October 26, 1928. However it was not till March 27, 1929 that A-54132 (an essitional part of the assembly???) was represented in EI #12452. So without further research, it may be that the "oval window" appeared sometime after this date maybe? (even though you have a February 1929 dated gas tank)! Is there anything in the Standards relating to this? Could not find. There is an unrestored early 1928 Business Coupe here in Walla Walla which I have dated to about April/May 1928, about the time of it's introduction. Pluck Last edited by Steve Plucker; 03-08-2011 at 10:04 AM. |
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My car was produced 5 - 6 - 29 , Rose Beige / Seal Brown
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I want to say the guy in the red shirt misplaced his hearing aid...
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Is it my imagination or is the belt line under the top at an angle lilke a roadster?
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ie, Guys in the Background ,I think the Air Compressor is inside the Building and runnin while they are trying to talk.Very nice car ,I 'd love to drive it ,roof problem would'nt bother me .
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Great to hear the different opinions on the car. I think we're going to have to take a closer look at the project. I'll keep you all posted and let you know if we end up taking it on.
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Tom, Steve
Both have teacups. Both have "Two-light" HL's Both are two tooth The restored one has stamped brackets. I can't recall on the unrestored car.
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There were just over 37,000 built in 1928 and the same in 1929.
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Yrs ago, got a lead on a OLD car and when we went to see it, he tried to chase us with a 12 Gauge shot gun. We had $35.00 dollars and he changed his mind. It was an opera coupe with 19000 original miles and NO rust. Just setting in a garage waiting for us. I was 16, and now 72 and its along story. Buy it, very rare. Thats the only opera coupe I have ever seen in real life. Iceman
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Are these the same windows? I have had them along time, but not the car.
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