<VV> Steel tops, was: convertibles

[Brian]

I have a 1934 publication in which photos and press releases state that the 1934 Studebaker was the first to offer a complete steel top.  Photos show a Stude being pushed off a hill, rolling over and over and finally coming to rest on its wheels with no damage to the top.

-- airvair <airvair at richnet.net> wrote:
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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