"31 A" Roadster Top

[Irelands child]

I joined a while back but just got too involved with my car project to do anything more than look occasionally for some good, interesting reading.

Now - I heed some help !!!!

I just received my top irons, bows, header and other bits and pieces to put the top on the car. LeBarron Bonney may sell great parts but there sure is a lack of acceptable instructions on how to put this thing together. It is actually fairly dumb proof but some picture of the finished assembly would have been nice. They do give some raw dimensions for bolting/screwing the bows to the irons, but the header - anybody's guess - the irons cut outs are way oversized. Does anyone have pictures of this assembly, WITHOUT the canvas or, just as good, a website I can use? Top covering will be custom.

A note, this is NOT a restoration, but a Brookville body on a TCI frame, Wilwood 4 wheel discs, a crate GT40 5.0, TCI torque converter/trans, 9"rr, etc, etc, etc

[Bob Parmenter]

I believe LB gets the irons from Girtz Industries, most companies do. The one's I got for my '36 had instructions. Here's a link to Girtz; http://www.girtz.com/carparts/ ,in the upper right corner is their tech contact. See if they'll send you a set.

[Irelands child]

Thanks Bob - I'll give 'em a call.
Wish I had known about these folks 2-3 years ago - might have saved me a whole lot of grief - but that is water under the bridge.

Dave