Top Enquiry 1929 Ford Model A Sport Coupe

[shedman]

My car has the remains of what I believe to be the original top which I intend to replace. It may have been altered as in the Top are three turn buckle studs which I assume hold the rear window canvas section when open, but the rear window canvas on my car is a permanent fixture.

I have seen pictures of sports coupes where the rear window section is obviously moveable. Maybe zips open and close? My car is equipped with a rumble seat and now I am thinking that perhaps at one time it had a normal trunk and it would then not need the opening top.

Can anyone enlighten me?

[Marco Tahtaras]

It sounds like you have straps up inside with common sense fasteners. That means the top has been replaced at least twice. All Sport Coupes had a rumble seat and an opening rear curtain. They used Cinch fasteners which are a bit different than common sense fasteners shown below.

If your car was converted from a trunk to a rumble seat then it was originally a Business Coupe. Also, Sport Coupes had Whipcord (canvas like) fabric tops until about June 1928. Thereafter all Sport Coupes had artificial leather tops. The latter didn't fare well over decades and most were replaced by the 1950's.

[shedman]

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Thanks, Marco. I am duly enlightened. The remains of the top is of the whipcord (canvas like) material in tan colour that you mention. I can see from your photo how the common sense fasteners work but don't know anything about cinch fasteners. The landeau arms and fittings on my car I know indicate sport coupe, so I will go with a sport coupe kit. The guy who had the top recovered in the past obviously preferred the closed rear. I tried to upload photos of the remains of the top but couldn't.

Thanks, anyway, for your information. Great help.

Shedman