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southfork · 02-02-2016, 10:47 PM

The threads on 28/29 phaeton top irons over the last couple of days have me wondering about how easy/hard it might be to find used irons or portions of irons for a phaeton. If I am going to have the option of ever running a top on my 1928 phaeton (like Artiki apparently does), I'll first have to find out what portions of my top irons are missing. Tom's thread should enable me to do that (Thanks, Tom), but then I'll have to hunt down what I'm missing.

The irons/bows that I have are ones I found hanging from the rafters of an old barn about 25 years ago. I Think that I paid the farmer $20 for them (I am pretty sure that they are an incomplete set of 4-door Model A phaeton irons/bows, but I have never been sure if they are for 28/29, or if they are 30/31. Are the irons interchangeable at all between early and late? If not, how can someone know what irons he has? Is there a Key dimension difference somewhere?

02-02-2016, 10:47 PM	#1
southfork Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Idaho Posts: 416	Any Phaeton Top Irons Interchange 28-31? The threads on 28/29 phaeton top irons over the last couple of days have me wondering about how easy/hard it might be to find used irons or portions of irons for a phaeton. If I am going to have the option of ever running a top on my 1928 phaeton (like Artiki apparently does), I'll first have to find out what portions of my top irons are missing. Tom's thread should enable me to do that (Thanks, Tom), but then I'll have to hunt down what I'm missing. The irons/bows that I have are ones I found hanging from the rafters of an old barn about 25 years ago. I Think that I paid the farmer $20 for them (I am pretty sure that they are an incomplete set of 4-door Model A phaeton irons/bows, but I have never been sure if they are for 28/29, or if they are 30/31. Are the irons interchangeable at all between early and late? If not, how can someone know what irons he has? Is there a Key dimension difference somewhere?