This is kind of embarrassing, please stay with me while I hide my red face...
I got a set of top bows to replace the broken 2 on the 15 Touring years back, when someone decided it was prudent to lean on them and break them during a parade I had taken her on. Figured I'd do the whole set at the time...
Time passes. Unfortunately, so did the wheels of some modern iron after the bows hit the floor in the process of moving shop space from old house to new. while they ended up nice for kindling and toothpicks, not so nice for re-hanging my top.
I have long long ago lost the name and addy of the gent who did the bows for me (I'm not sure he even is around any more, he was up in years back when...), so... um... er...
Who would you recommend to have build up a set of top bows for my car? Anyone stand out as spectacular?
(Just wait until I ask about getting wheels re-wooded in about a year... heh heh heh)
Sue,
Jack Daron is the man to talk to.
Thank you, Royce... Sent the message. ;)
I'll bet if you offer to install his windmill he'll help you with your top bows.
If he wasn't so darned far away... Kinda love climbing up old rickety structures, haven't been semi-airborne in a few years now.
I got mine from the Amish for $20 each, they make buggies every day.
Susanne, Give John a call.
John Boorinakis
545 Dairy Road
Auburn, CA 95603
Phone 530-885-4956
Fax 530-887-0863.
Top Bows and Top Sockets for Model T Fords, 1909-1927, and others.
Mel Draper in Jeromesville, Ohio 419-368-3226 is an excellent supplier of the Amish made top bows. They are about $20-$25 each and he will have made any size bow you want. It took 3 days to have a set made for my roadster from scratch! They are very well made steam bent bows.
It is good to hear from Sue again,been much to long since she was here. I don't make the bent bows. Jack Putnam's guy would be the best bet.
John is your guy and close too. He makes really nice metal sockets and top bows. I sure was happy with mine.
Thanks all... I'll give Mel and John both a call later on. (The once-new and now-toothpicked bows came from Amish COuntry, and they were awfully pretty for the money!)
interestingly enough, or more accurately, Strangely enough, I was looking through a pile of various rusty stuff on the new property and found (amazing enough) a metal front bow for a T (newfangled parts - bah!!!) along with other bits of sundry and trivial rusty bits of other vehicles... I guess that means there's the rest of a car sitting under all that pine needle duff.