<VV> Steel tops, was: convertibles
airvair
airvair at richnet.net
Wed May 30 09:24:54 EDT 2007
Absolutely correct. In fact it was GM that was first to be able to stamp
a solid steel top. They then marketed it as the first "turret top"
available. I retired from GM with 30 years in diemaking, but no, I
didn't work on that one. It came out, I think, around '33. Something for
which Fisher Body was very proud.
-Mark
> Jim Houston wrote:
>
> And I understand that the cloth in the center section of sedans was
> because the auto industry lacked the technology to produce a complete
> steel roof (wrinkles, cracks, ??).. any truth to this..
>
> Jim Houston
> Palm Coast, FL
>
> airvair wrote:
>
> > Even sedans often had a center section of soft
> > material (just look at a Model A, for example). Often this material
> > was
> > water-resistant cloth, and when it deteriorated, it came apart like
> > so
> > many rags.
> >
> > -Mark
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