1915 touring bow measurements

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1915 touring bow measurements

Post by Michael Peternell » Tue May 04, 2021 6:54 pm

I'm getting ready to install a new top on my car. I found an old post giving measurements from top of the sockets to the top of the bows.
Can't find it back for the life of me! I want to make sure the old bows aren't pushed too deep into the sockets. Any help would be appreciated!
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Re: 1915 touring bow measurements

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Re: 1915 touring bow measurements

Post by Susanne » Wed May 05, 2021 11:09 am

Thank you, Dan!!! Needed this to start the rewooding of my top, been (for some reason) worried it be darned near impossible...


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Re: 1915 touring bow measurements

Post by Dan Haynes » Wed May 05, 2021 11:23 am

Hi, Susanne -

Maybe one of these is clearer. That one is pretty fuzzy but I didn't see it until I attached it.
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Re: 1915 touring bow measurements

Post by R.V.Anderson » Mon May 10, 2021 1:44 pm

OP: You don't specify touring car or roadster, but according to Ford, the "drive" (depth of the bow end into the sockets) on the 1914 touring is 7" front and rear, and 5" on the two center sockets. 1915 should be the same, with the possible exception of the front bow which may not be as deep, given the short socket. HTH.

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Re: 1915 touring bow measurements

Post by Michael Peternell » Mon May 10, 2021 4:24 pm

Touring. Says so in the title. This drawing helps but does not show how far the front and back bows are left out of the sockets.
I wish I could find that post back that had the measurements. Thanks for your consideration!
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Re: 1915 touring bow measurements

Post by R.V.Anderson » Mon May 10, 2021 8:20 pm

Yup; didn't catch that :oops:

This may help some. Front: The distance from the center of the pivot/attachment pin to the center of the murphy fastener, the end of which is only about 1/64" from the edge of the metal socket, is 26-11/16". Second: The distance from the center of the eye at the end of the socket, where it pivots on the body iron, to the point at which the curvature of the wood bow begins, is 30-3/4". Third: The distance between the same points is 32-1/4". Fourth: if you were draw an imaginary line parallel to the ground through the pivot holes of the third and fourth bow assemblies, the measurement from that line to the top edge of the wedge shaped strip on top of that bow, at a point 19" from the centerline of the top, would be 29-1/2".


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Re: 1915 touring bow measurements

Post by R.V.Anderson » Mon May 10, 2021 8:22 pm

One correction: the front bow assembly length is 23-11/16" on the '15, not 26-11/16".

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Re: 1915 touring bow measurements

Post by Michael Peternell » Mon May 10, 2021 9:16 pm

R.V.Anderson wrote:
Mon May 10, 2021 8:20 pm
Yup; didn't catch that :oops:

This may help some. Front: The distance from the center of the pivot/attachment pin to the center of the murphy fastener, the end of which is only about 1/64" from the edge of the metal socket, is 26-11/16". Second: The distance from the center of the eye at the end of the socket, where it pivots on the body iron, to the point at which the curvature of the wood bow begins, is 30-3/4". Third: The distance between the same points is 32-1/4". Fourth: if you were draw an imaginary line parallel to the ground through the pivot holes of the third and fourth bow assemblies, the measurement from that line to the top edge of the wedge shaped strip on top of that bow, at a point 19" from the centerline of the top, would be 29-1/2".
Thanks RV!
And I didn't mean to sound short with you! It just types that way. :lol:

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