2 more 30 roadster questions.

[pooch]

Hope I ain't bein' a nuisance but where possible, I like to make things look original, and I am past mockup stage and putting it together .

1. Is there a "set" place that a running board step plate goes?

Or is it just where the foot feels good stepping in and out?

Probably how close to splash apron is more important than fore /aft measurement.

Were they ford accessory or only aftermarket?

If there is a proper place, I will have to adjust anyway as I am using a 28 body and 30 fenders/running boards and the door hinge is about 1 1/2 inches further forward, so when I say "look original". I mean as much as I can with what I am building.

2. What is the small hole on the inside of a deluxe windscreen post between the top wind wing hole and the top clamp?

I thought it may have been to feed the wiper wire up inside the post, but hole is on both posts.

[Tom Wesenberg]

#2 The wingnut that locks the top frame in place fits into that hole.

On second thought, since you said Delux I'd think it was for the wiper and each post would have one for right or left hand drive.

[pooch]

Tom, yup deluxe, this is the hole in question, one on each side.

[MVal]

On mine the upper windwing bracket is attached at that hole.

[Tom Wesenberg]

I think that hole is for the side curtain fastener. I'd bet if you go to Marco's site it will show it.

[HoarseWhisperer]

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Originally Posted by pooch

2. What is the small hole on the inside of a deluxe windscreen post between the top wind wing hole and the top clamp?

I thought it may have been to feed the wiper wire up inside the post, but hole is on both posts.

The hole for the side curtain fastener would be on the outside (front) of the upper stanchion on the deluxe.

The vacuum wiper tube is clamped to existing windwing clamp bolt holes.

My upper stanchion does not have the hole that is depicted in your photo.

[pooch]

Will look at them a bit more tomorrow with all your clues and info..

The hole is small, about the same size as the curtain screw in, maybe 5/32 or so, but it is above the larger hole that the wind wing bolts thru.

It IS on the inside (back) of each post and they look original.

Today i used the hole to run my wiper wire up thru ....

[Aerocraft]

Since there are no factory punched holes for the step plate, placement is where you want it. I believe I have a better solution since I personally don't like to drill extra holes anywhere.

Getting into my Model A, I never step on the running board. I step directly into the car. Most of the time I am solo so the passenger side board doesn't get stepped on either.

A good friend, who has shorter legs, saw my entrance method and now enters his car the same way. Try it, it works............ Gar Williams

[Bob-A]

As far as I know the Ford factory never made any running board step plates. Strictly an aftermarket item, then and now. I have seen original era step plates with Ford and the dealer names and some times with the city/state names too. You don't see many original era pics
of Model-A's with running board step plates. However rare, they do exist and I love checking out the car in the picture when I find one. Just about all of them I see on greedBay. Nine and of ten times the Model-A's in the pic have other "nonauthorized" accessaries. The other day on the ..'Bay I saw an era original picture of a '28 roadster (no door handles) with step plates and sidemounts with some kind of bright trim around the lip of the side mount wheel well! I've never seen one like that before. Ooops...
sorry if I stole your thread. I get's ta' ramble'n sometimes.......

Bob-A

[William Kelchner]

Re the hole - mine is the same a MVal - upper windwing bracket mounted at that location..

[pooch]

The wind wing hole is 3/8ths diameter and below the small hole in question.

[HoarseWhisperer]

Pooch,

I just saw some photos on the Canadian Model A Ford Foundation website depicting what appears to be chrome upper and lower stanchions for the Sport Roadster that was introduced in Aug 1929 and exported to Australia.

The stanchions appear to have the small holes you show, but to not have the larger holes for the wind-wing clamps. Perhaps, the 1930 model had both?

Is your vehicle a Sport Roadster and are you a member of CMAFF?

http://www.cmaff.com/index.html

[Charlie Stephens]

I don't like the look of step plates but if I decided to use them I would leave them off until I developed a shoe print pattern on the boards and then put them there.

Charlie Stephens

[pooch]

Originally Posted by HoarseWhisperer

Pooch,

I just saw some photos on the Canadian Model A Ford Foundation website depicting what appears to be chrome upper and lower stanchions for the Sport Roadster that was introduced in Aug 1929 and exported to Australia.

The stanchions appear to have the small holes you show, but to not have the larger holes for the wind-wing clamps. Perhaps, the 1930 model had both?

Is your vehicle a Sport Roadster and are you a member of CMAFF?

http://www.cmaff.com/index.html

HW, the roadster is a 28 body and I fabbed lower staunchions to suit the 28 cowl and got these 30 uppers from a swap as I liked the look of a fold down screen and being a bit lower.

I think it ended up 1 1/2 inches lower than stock, not 2 inches as on a 1930.

That was all I could get, as the lower cone is a close to the top screw as possible.

Will post pics soon if anyone is interested .

Not member of CMAFF.

The inside of staunchion has both 3/8th holes for wind wings, then this small hole above, then the hole for the top clamp.

Total of 4 holes on each one.

They appear to be original, not threaded like the holes on the outside to screw the side curtain studs into.

[RHD]

I would have thought the hole depicted by the yellow arrow (showing the 30/31 stanchions) would have been to run a wire through to an electric wiper. Both my 30 stanchions pictured, show an upper hole for LHD and RHD. My lower posts show a hole only on the right hand side, being a RHD car for the wire to enter from the cowl.

[HoarseWhisperer]

I would love to post the stanchion photos from CMAFF, but want to abide by their "no copy policy".

It's a paid membership ($25 annual), but has Canadian, Australian and New Zealand info.

So, am I to understand that 30-31 Roadsters there had electric wipers as opposed to vacuum?

[RHD]

I know here in New Zealand, we had a mixture of electric and vacuum wipers on many cars. The assembly line appeared not to conform as strictly as to the USA manufactured cars. It was probably a parts supply issue, as most parts were imported. We did have some local content. All parts were shipped and there could easily have been delays in shipping. I would think they used whatever thay had on hand to keep the production line running.