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Old 10-19-2014, 11:17 AM   #1
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hello everyone, i want to replace a badly rusted cowl on my 31 coupe.can anyone tell me how to tell a coupe cowl from a sedan/pickup?
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Old 10-19-2014, 11:22 AM   #2
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They are the same as far as I know. Is the sub rail area really rusty or just the outer cowl panels? Replacing the cowl panels rather that the whole cowl may be the way to go. Bob
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hi thanks for the replies.I was told that the coupe cowl is shorter than the sedan/pickup .I was wondering if anybody had any kind of measurements.
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Old 10-19-2014, 01:11 PM   #4
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Roadster62,the drivers side is rotted (panel and subrail section).and the firewall has been butchered badly.i bought a complete cowl from a member of this forum and before I got to do anything with it some low life scrap collector scum stole it right out of my yard while I was home!
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Old 10-19-2014, 05:32 PM   #5
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on the car
the coupe measures 43 in from the bottom of the cowl to the top seam
the tudor measures 44 in from the bottom of the cowl to the top seam
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Old 10-19-2014, 06:12 PM   #6
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Thanks mot, I've always thought all the straight windsheild cowls were the same. Bob
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Old 10-19-2014, 08:38 PM   #7
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Roadster62,the drivers side is rotted (panel and subrail section).and the firewall has been butchered badly.i bought a complete cowl from a member of this forum and before I got to do anything with it some low life scrap collector scum stole it right out of my yard while I was home!
Did you report it right away? Around here the people bringing in scrap need a good ID and get there picture taken, and the cops work with the scrap yards to catch the low lifes. A lot of bronze plaques were stolen from graves in the past few years in the Twin Cities area.
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Old 10-19-2014, 11:45 PM   #8
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The main difference is in the top hinge. On the coupe it's 3" down from the top of the door. On the tudor/ pickup it's 4" down. you can't put a coupe door on a tudor cowl. As far as the Fordor, I think the hinge is 3" down like the coupe but the door is shorter. This is because there's no flange on the bottom of the fordor door and no bead. the bead is part of the floor. Check that out next time you see a fordor door open.
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Old 10-20-2014, 02:54 PM   #9
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thanks for the help everyone. as far as the police are concerned they didn't care and the local scrap yards wouldn't let me look around. New York sucks!
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Old 10-20-2014, 03:00 PM   #10
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Also, there is a tab that sticks up on the top of the A pillar on the tudor/truck cowl that the coupe cowl does not have. The coupe cowl is specific to the coupe.
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Actually, the coupe cowl is not specific to the coupe. It is shared with the straight window Fordor sedans, as I earlier indicated.
Sorry, you are correct.
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