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DavidG · 08-10-2018, 06:42 PM

Are your top irons from Australia?

The Australian bodies have the same length from the firewall to the back of the rear doors as they share the same 112" wheelbase. (Which means that the wider B pillar is compensated for by narrower doors.) What is critical is the distance between where the top irons are attached to the top of the quarter panels and the top of the windshield post. Whether that measurement is the same requires a side-by-side comparison of the two types of bodies, but I strongly suspect that they are the same in that regard. In other words, perhaps the source of your problem lies elsewhere.

08-10-2018, 06:42 PM	#2
DavidG Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: southeastern Michigan Posts: 10,142	Re: 1933 phaeton top irons Are your top irons from Australia? The Australian bodies have the same length from the firewall to the back of the rear doors as they share the same 112" wheelbase. (Which means that the wider B pillar is compensated for by narrower doors.) What is critical is the distance between where the top irons are attached to the top of the quarter panels and the top of the windshield post. Whether that measurement is the same requires a side-by-side comparison of the two types of bodies, but I strongly suspect that they are the same in that regard. In other words, perhaps the source of your problem lies elsewhere. Last edited by DavidG; 08-10-2018 at 07:04 PM.