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#1251 of 1262 Re: Speaking of Crestliners... [Mr_Shiftright] by isellhondas

May 09, 2011 (9:11 am)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (May 09, 2011 9:07 am)
Yeah, they were odd. did you watch that short video? I was trying to decide if that interior fabric was original. It appeared to have a black vinyl headliner and I don't think it came like that but I can't say for sure.

#1252 of 1262 Re: Speaking of Crestliners... [isellhondas] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

May 09, 2011 (9:19 am)

Replying to: isellhondas (May 09, 2011 9:11 am)
I have no idea. I'm not very keen (or interested) in what's exactly correct on mass-produced cars. If it's close to right, that's good enough for me. Of course, I'll research things like this for people who deem it important but if it were my car, I could care less if the glove compartment hinge was really from a '51 instead of a '50.

#1253 of 1262 Re: Speaking of Crestliners... [Mr_Shiftright] by isellhondas

May 09, 2011 (9:35 am)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (May 09, 2011 9:19 am)
Oh, I'm not that fussy either and in the case of an oddball like that Crestliner, it would be near impossible to find reproduction interior fabric anyway unlike a '55 Bel Air.
 
I was just wondering if you happened to know.

#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.

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