37 convertible top color Recently there was a thread about the greenish tint on the outside of the 36 convertible top. Does anyone know if this applies to the 37 as well. Thanks
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Lebaron Bonney calls it T-14 (their number). The stuff they currently market is much darker than the authentic. |
Re: 37 convertible top color Thanks Kube,any other suppliers?
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Re: 37 convertible top color Mike,
With respect, there were two suppliers of the drab top material used on Ford deluxe open cars of 1930s and the degree of 'greenness' differed substantially between the two materials, but neither is more 'authentic' than the other. Lots of side curtains, top boots and even a few original tops have survived over the years that confirm the existence of two different materials. |
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Still, I must ask... "have you seen what LB is currently offering"? Dave, it's GREEN. Not a shade, but GREEN. The stuff Cartouche is passing as "correct" is tan and not a good quality of material either. Dave, you have my complete respect... might you take a look at the LB offering and advise? |
Re: 37 convertible top color I have had the pleasure to tour Haartz cloth manufacturing in Acton, MA. Eric Haartz is a great guy and has old cars. I'm surprised the shade went away but Lebarron can only buy what is being manufactured. I believe Haartz is the manufacturer and for whatever reason they chose this shade. They are strictly wholesale and provide material for many new car manufacturers. That is the mainstay of their business. We are small potatoes. You can no longer get a lot of parts that were once reproduced so those parts are almost as valuable as original. I wonder if we will even be able to restore these cars 10 years from now.
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This is a lot darker (green) than the stuff I got from them about twelve years ago. Thanks Mister! |
Re: 37 convertible top color I got mine from Le Barron Bonnie, its tan... no hint of green, never lost points at EFV-8 shows
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Re: 37 convertible top color Not exactly a compliment to those who failed to know the difference.
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Oh well, at least now you realize your top is incorrect and can take the necessary steps to correct it. |
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Mike,
Sorry for the delay, but better late than never. Based on your comment regarding the scan, I would tend to agree that it is darker than the original 'darker' version of the fabric shown in the photo below. The other two photos are glimpses of examples of the 'lighter' version of the original material in the form of what are likely two different runs of LeBaron Bonney's T-14 material. What does the underside of your sample look like? |
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That "lighter" version appears to be what I restored my last 40 with. In my eyes, only a "tinge" of green. |
Re: 37 convertible top color Right, but green nonetheless and most certainly distinguishable from tan.
The dark version is understandably a bit of a leap for a car in either blue or maroon, but it works with greens, browns, tans, and black. The light version works pretty well with all colors. Over the years there have been five or six different lots of the T-14 material that LeBaron Bonney had made for them. I could easily be wrong, but this latest seems to be the first in the dark version of the original fabric. I think that as with upholstery fabrics, LeBaron Bonney gave/gives it customers a choice starting with what they had available that was closest to the original followed by other choices such as saddle brown leather instead of copra drab leather in '32-early '34 deluxe phaetons and roadsters and tan or even black for deluxe tops instead of the T-14. The buyer made his own choice which from what I have seen, was more often one of the alternatives rather than the closest to original. |
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