400-A with a non-folding top?
 

Met an old acquaintance yesterday, whose Father owns his Grandfather's car, which, from description, is a 400-A.----BUT, he swears that the canvas top DOESN'T FOLD DOWN!! Anyone ever hear of such??
He will send me pics of it in a car show & I will post them when I get them.-----Bill W.

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Victoria with a fabric top. Just a guess.

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Is it possible someone may have had a "Carson Top" installed ? Carson Tops were quite popular in the late 30's and 40's; they were padded and not a convertible top.

Ron

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He said it is NOT a Victoria, canvas is "floppy" like a sport coupe. I suspect that sometime in the past, someone put the "SCREWS" to it, so it WOULDN'T fold down??--Bill W.

Ron, Good thought about the Carson Top!!

Re: 400-A with a non-folding top?
 

Sounds like something i would do.:D.. So the top don't come down..:eek:. Maybe the top iron are rusted so they can't fold down.???:rolleyes:

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Maybe a 60's restoration by someone with no clue that they had an A400 and what the top looked like.

I know a 68C done in the 60's by someone with no clue. They made it up as they went along. Amazing what you can do with plywood and 2x4's when making up a sill. At least they had the top working.

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C'mon Bill, you know PICTURES are needed.
Paul in CT

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Re: 400-A with a non-folding top?
 

Huh?

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Yes SIR! Paul, go light on me, jist spent 2 hours @ the bank, tryin' to git Gregg's "fortune" transferred into Buster T.'s:cool: account!!
My friend hasn't sent the pics yet, I'm very curious too:confused:-----Bill W.

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I Totally Agree !!!!!!!!:D

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might this be it?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hot-Rod-phot...p2047675.l2557

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Is that a plastic model?

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I don't understand this quote can someone explain this to me?

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It's not easy to do with one person.

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that makes sense
Thanks for expaining
todd

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With the top down the 400A is downright UGLY according to some.:eek:

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I have to apologize for this but Convertibles are like women they are much more enjoyable with their tops down,

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I have seen some A400 ,B400 & C400 clones that have a bolt on Roof covered in fabric to give the appearance of the Real Deal , getting the Top functional is the hard part. 1st pic = real A400.... 2nd pic =clone 33 C400 with bolt-on roof... 3rd pic = clone 33 with Bolt-on Roof .... 4th pic = my 33 Vicky C400 Top down ( under boot )

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Picture #3 and #4 i like.... you did a lot of work on your car...Is that like 2 roll bars on top of your car >>?