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Rex Pyles
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Koupet Top

Post by Rex Pyles » Thu Sep 12, 2024 7:19 pm

Looking for other owners of a Koupet Top, Thanks.
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Re: Koupet Top

Post by Rich P. Bingham » Thu Sep 12, 2024 7:34 pm

Rex, I’m fascinated by your pickup with that top ! I wish you’d post more pictures of it in detail. I hope you get some responses from other owners. What a fun accessory conversion !
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Re: Koupet Top

Post by Rex Pyles » Thu Sep 12, 2024 7:50 pm

Here we go!
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Re: Koupet Top

Post by Rex Pyles » Thu Sep 12, 2024 7:50 pm

Rear of car.
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Re: Koupet Top

Post by Rex Pyles » Thu Sep 12, 2024 7:51 pm

Tag for the top
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1925 Touring
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Re: Koupet Top

Post by 1925 Touring » Thu Sep 12, 2024 8:05 pm

That's pretty neat!
Just a 20 year old who listens to 40 year old music, works on 75 year old airplanes and drives 100 year old cars.
The past is only simple because hindsight is 20/20.
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Re: Koupet Top

Post by Rex Pyles » Thu Sep 12, 2024 8:12 pm

Front of the old girl
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Re: Koupet Top

Post by Rich P. Bingham » Thu Sep 12, 2024 8:31 pm

Thank you much, Rex ! It’s a treat to see. Do you have plans to get it running, I hope ?
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Re: Koupet Top

Post by Allan » Thu Sep 12, 2024 8:51 pm

That car is much too nice to restore. Just get it safe and roadworthy and allow it to tell its history. I love it!

Allan from down under.
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Re: Koupet Top

Post by Rex Pyles » Thu Sep 12, 2024 8:59 pm

Cleaned up the pistons and lapped the valves, so I'll have it running soon I hope. I won't restore the car, it looks great the way it is I think. I wire brushed it and put a coat of rust ended on it. Just going to be a neighborhood driver.
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Re: Koupet Top

Post by Wayne Sheldon » Fri Sep 13, 2024 1:05 am

Not many of those around!
I love it. Keep it real.
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Re: Koupet Top

Post by Luxford » Fri Sep 13, 2024 3:03 am

In case you don't have one here is a ad from 1920 for the Koupet Top
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Re: Koupet Top

Post by Rich P. Bingham » Fri Sep 13, 2024 9:52 am

Just because I like to compare values, according to the inflation calculator, that top for a roadster would cost $1062.44 today !
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Re: Koupet Top

Post by Rex Pyles » Fri Sep 13, 2024 11:06 am

I paid less than that for the whole package! 8-)
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Re: Koupet Top

Post by speedytinc » Fri Sep 13, 2024 11:14 am

What a great piece.
I would put that on the road with its beautiful patina in a hot minute.
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Re: Koupet Top

Post by Norman Kling » Fri Sep 13, 2024 11:44 am

I think it will be good for a driver if you only use it in dry weather and keep it garaged when not driving.
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Re: Koupet Top

Post by Rex Pyles » Fri Sep 13, 2024 12:44 pm

When they pulled it from the barn
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Re: Koupet Top

Post by JohnM » Fri Sep 13, 2024 7:09 pm

Tom R posted this picture in another thread. It belongs here. Always learning something on this forum.
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Re: Koupet Top

Post by Tmooreheadf » Fri Sep 13, 2024 7:51 pm

Rex, when I saw you and the pictures of that vehicle and top, I was very envious! Get it running and driving so I can drual when I see you on tour! Good find buddy!
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Re: Koupet Top

Post by Aussie16 » Fri Sep 13, 2024 9:18 pm

This picture was posted at the fb pagehttps://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1022210009 ... 3824075548
covering the recent old car festival.
It was described as being a "Californian" top. I think the term Californian is now a more generic name for a type of type that turns a touring into more like a sedan with a soiid top, possibly with many different manufacturers of the same concept.
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Re: Koupet Top

Post by Tadpole » Thu Sep 19, 2024 1:18 pm

https://www.ebay.com/itm/116296126582?_ ... BZA&edge=1

Anyone else make little framed displays for cars? This would be neat to go along with it.
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Re: Koupet Top

Post by Rex Pyles » Thu Sep 19, 2024 2:18 pm

I just bought one poster size that I plan on displaying.
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Re: Koupet Top

Post by Rex Pyles » Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:13 pm

The poster has arrived!
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Re: Koupet Top

Post by John kuehn » Thu Sep 19, 2024 9:26 pm

Your picture of the car being pulled from the barn says it all! Now that is a genuine barn find! Not a T that was restored 20-30 years ago but one that genuinely has never been touched when it was put in the barn. Thanks for sharing your wonderful ORIGINAL BARN FIND T !
And it’s remarkable that the top and windshield are still in great condition.
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