My Pet Peeve - Landau Iron Rant

[CHuDWah]

There currently are six Sport Coupes on eBay. Five have the landau irons incorrectly installed. Looking at others on Google, that seems to be the rule rather than the exception. WTF??!! There are several factory pix showing the correct installation. It ain't rocket surgery!

[Mike V. Florida]

Makes me wonder what else is wrong.

[WHN]

Landau Irons wrong way, easy fix.

Wrong top shape, materials, and incorrect rear window.

All of the above make me wonder why time and money is being spent. Doesn’t have to be a show car, but put it together correctly.

[Dick So. Cal.]

Even at National Conventions you see them.
Also you Cabby special interest guys, check out page 13 of the latest Cabrioletter.

Interesting

Dick

[CHuDWah]

Originally Posted by WHN

Landau Irons wrong way, easy fix.

Wrong top shape, materials, and incorrect rear window.

All of the above make me wonder why time and money is being spent. Doesn’t have to be a show car, but put it together correctly.

Exactly. Yeah, it's an easy fix but why not do it correctly the first time?

[Brad in Germany]

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Yup, Free Style landau irons.....on such a great looking Cabriolet too :


....and then they fold down kinda funny droopy looking, messing with the compact folded roof look:


Twist them, then rotate them 180 degrees and voila.

....else it is a beautiful 68B.

Brad in Maryland

[w.michael]

THANK YOU for saying it. I love my sport coupe. (Everyone knows the sport coupe is the most beautiful of all Model A's.) But seeing the landau irons on the wrong side is like fingernails on a chalkboard, if you can remember chalk boards. I've attended five national meets, and at each, I've seen very nice, very well-restored sport coupes with the irons on the wrong side. How can you not notice? But it's a delicate thing to tell an owner something is wrong with his or her car.

W. Michael

[Mike V. Florida]

Originally Posted by w.michael

But it's a delicate thing to tell an owner something is wrong with his or her car.

Then your one of those that nit pic peoples cars. (insert smiley face here)

[mhsprecher]

Hard to believe this is even "a thing," but there is proof. Holy cow.

[Jwilli]

Originally Posted by Brad in Germany

Yup, Free Style landau irons.....on such a great looking Cabriolet too :


....and then they fold down kinda funny droopy looking, messing with the compact folded roof look:


Twist them, then rotate them 180 degrees and voila.

....else it is a beautiful 68B.

Brad in Maryland

This is my 68B. I just got the car in Oct 2017. It had been in a widows basement over 7 years. I thought the top folded funny. I have several books and the restorations guidelines. Please tell me how to correct the wrong and we will both be happy.

[Jwilli]

Changed the irons. Top closes easier. Thanks for the rant. If you see anything I can do to improve the car please post.

[w.michael]

You've got them on the correct sides now. The curves are correct. If you now switch them end for end, the knob at the center will come out on top of the iron, not the bottom. At least that's right for the sport coupe. I'm not so sure about the folding irons on the cabby. Will they still fold correctly if you have the knob on top?

W. Michael

[Jwilli]

Thanks for the info. Will check tomorrow.

[Brad in Germany]

....center hinge knob on the top part of the landau bar:

[Jwilli]

I think I have it correct now. If you see anything else that I improve please let me know.

[TerryO]

Jwilli,

Looking good


Brad in Germany,

That looks like my car
TerryO

[old Tom]

I have a 1929 sport coupe. I don't think my top folds down. Are some different than others?

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

[B]Is everyone TOTALLY BORED??---Go do something USEFUL, like SHAVING or scratchin' your BUTT!!!---What a bunch of OLD GROUCHES!!!
Bill W.

[Jwilli]

Bill I love your humor. Keep it coming.

[CHuDWah]

Originally Posted by BILL WILLIAMSON

[B]Is everyone TOTALLY BORED??---Go do something USEFUL, like SHAVING or scratchin' your BUTT!!!---What a bunch of OLD GROUCHES!!!
Bill W.

Mebbe - like I said, it's a pet peeve. If it's intentional, not my preference but also not my car so fair 'nuff. If it's ignorance (meaning lack of information, not insult), not so much. Either way, correct is correct and not is not!