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#1254 of 1262 Re: Speaking of Crestliners... [isellhondas] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

May 09, 2011 (11:22 am)

Replying to: isellhondas (May 09, 2011 9:35 am)
No, I don't have any good books on that particular car. I could probably find out but it would require some time to do that. I have to say I've never seen anything like that on a similar type of car, so it does look a bit dubious.
 
Nice thing about cars *that* obscure--nobody else knows either!

#1255 of 1262 Re: Speaking of Crestliners... [Mr_Shiftright] by berri

May 09, 2011 (2:09 pm)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (May 09, 2011 11:22 am)
Didn't Kaiser do that same vinyl roof thing in lieu of hardtops (or convertibles in their case) around the same time as the Crestliner?

#1256 of 1262 Re: Speaking of Crestliners... [berri] by fintail

May 09, 2011 (2:17 pm)

Replying to: berri (May 09, 2011 2:09 pm)
I was thinking of that car too, the Kaiser Virginian
 
There was also a Model A with a fake convertible top.

#1257 of 1262 Re: Speaking of Crestliners... [berri] by isellhondas

May 09, 2011 (2:36 pm)

Replying to: berri (May 09, 2011 2:09 pm)
Yeah, I do remember the Kaisers had something similar that almost looked like bamboo or straw.

#1258 of 1262 Re: Speaking of Crestliners... [fintail] by isellhondas

May 09, 2011 (2:43 pm)

Replying to: fintail (May 09, 2011 2:17 pm)
You know, Ford made a lot of versions of the Model A and the one I'm thinking of was a "Victoria". Very rare and actually very nice looking.
 
I know that at least some of those did come with a padded top.
 
And I think they also made a coupe that was susposted to look like a convertable with side irons and all.
 
Now I'm going to have to go look!

#1259 of 1262 Re: Speaking of Crestliners... [isellhondas] by fintail

May 09, 2011 (3:00 pm)

Replying to: isellhondas (May 09, 2011 2:43 pm)
The Victoria was a pretty car for the price and time. The car with fake landau bars was simply the "sport coupe" IIRC. When I was a kid an old friend of the family had one...looks like a convertible, but it isn't.

#1260 of 1262 Re: Speaking of Crestliners... [fintail] by isellhondas

May 09, 2011 (3:15 pm)

Replying to: fintail (May 09, 2011 3:00 pm)
Back in about 1970, I knew a guy with a '63 Impala SS. A nice car but nothing that special at the time. A guy wanted to trade him straight across for a NICE Model A Victoria but the guy refused.

#1261 of 1262 Re: Speaking of Crestliners... [fintail] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

May 09, 2011 (3:43 pm)

Replying to: fintail (May 09, 2011 3:00 pm)
Well the A, like many early 30s cars, did not have a roof stamped from one piece. It was sectioned and then a rubber/vinyl or whatever the hell it was, covering went over the open center portion of the roof, which was re-inforced with wood.
 
Only after the Budd Company (makers of railroad cars) taught the auto industry how to do large stampings, did cars get "turret roofs"...maybe what...1936 or so?

#1262 of 1262 Re: Speaking of Crestliners... [Mr_Shiftright] by isellhondas

May 09, 2011 (5:55 pm)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (May 09, 2011 3:43 pm)
Yep, they called them "turret tops". I didn't know they got them from the railroads though.

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