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old31 · 04-06-2016, 03:48 PM

What company do you recommend to get new side curtains from?

Also, if anyone has some used ones that they want to unload I would be interested.

Tom Wesenberg · 04-06-2016, 06:19 PM

I needed some for my 28 Phaeton, and it took me about 5 years before a nice set of NORS ones showed up on ebay. Classtique will make you a set, as the chance of finding nice used ones would be rare.
Some people have made their own and used larger clear for better vision.

SSsssteamer · 04-06-2016, 06:54 PM

LaBaron Bonney makes the side curtains correctly. Their's cost a little more but they are well worth it. We bought a set of side curtains for our 30 Standard Phaeton from Mac's and it was a big disappointment. Mac's had the wrong side curtain fasteners and they also had too many errors in their directions. Try to buy your side curtains from the same people that made your top. That way, the top material should also match the new side curtains.

quickchange · 04-06-2016, 07:41 PM

I bought a set at Hershey, carried then to NZ for a customer, he changed his mind , I now am carrying them back again , mutter mutter, as sold them to a guy over there , so sorry can,t sell them twice , nice set too. 2 weeks till lift off , 14hrs direct into Houston, The southern pickers will be at Hershey , plus plus Antique Nats CA , etc

old31 · 04-07-2016, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

I needed some for my 28 Phaeton, and it took me about 5 years before a nice set of NORS ones showed up on ebay. Classtique will make you a set, as the chance of finding nice used ones would be rare.
Some people have made their own and used larger clear for better vision.

Interesting, I never thought of making my own.

Does anyone have a pattern or photo with dimensions for a Deluxe Roadster?

I will also call Classtique.

Tom Wesenberg · 04-07-2016, 10:51 AM

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You'd have to tape a large piece of paper to the side, mark all the snap pockets and fastener locations, then sketch out where the clear should be located. You might need a heavy duty sewing machine for the heavy fabric.

Tom from Drippin' · 04-07-2016, 11:17 AM

I made my own. A friend let me make patterns from his car. I purchased clear plastic for convertible rear windows, Had it edged by local upholstery shop. ALOT BETTER visibility when installed.

old31 · 04-07-2016, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom from Drippin'

I made my own. A friend let me make patterns from his car. I purchased clear plastic for convertible rear windows, Had it edged by local upholstery shop. ALOT BETTER visibility when installed.

That is just plain AWSOME!

glenn in camino · 04-07-2016, 07:21 PM

First, order the paper patterns from LeBarron Bonny. Fit them to the car and mark the locations of all the fasteners. Then send them back so they can make the curtains. I think they also have the fasteners.
I did a set for a club member last year. They came out great.

old31 · 04-08-2016, 12:24 PM

Glenn, are they selling the paper patterns?

If so, I could buy the patterns and try to make them myself. Well, with my wife's sewing machine and he sewing talents. No, she does not know this yet.

old31 · 04-08-2016, 02:37 PM

I answered my own question.

I called Lebaron. The price of the pattern is $675.00. You pay for the job up front. They send you the pattern, you have 1 year to mark the pattern and send it back. They then build the side curtains to the specs of your pattern.

I offered to bring the car to them so that they could do it themselves. They only will do it by mailing out the side curtain pattern to the customer.

04-06-2016, 03:48 PM	#1
old31 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 2,103	Side curtains for 31 deluxe roadster What company do you recommend to get new side curtains from? Also, if anyone has some used ones that they want to unload I would be interested.

04-06-2016, 06:19 PM	#2
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: Side curtains for 31 deluxe roadster I needed some for my 28 Phaeton, and it took me about 5 years before a nice set of NORS ones showed up on ebay. Classtique will make you a set, as the chance of finding nice used ones would be rare. Some people have made their own and used larger clear for better vision.

04-06-2016, 06:54 PM	#3
SSsssteamer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Sedro-Woolley, WA Posts: 1,023	Re: Side curtains for 31 deluxe roadster LaBaron Bonney makes the side curtains correctly. Their's cost a little more but they are well worth it. We bought a set of side curtains for our 30 Standard Phaeton from Mac's and it was a big disappointment. Mac's had the wrong side curtain fasteners and they also had too many errors in their directions. Try to buy your side curtains from the same people that made your top. That way, the top material should also match the new side curtains.

04-06-2016, 07:41 PM	#4
quickchange Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Nelson. New Zealand Posts: 2,009	Re: Side curtains for 31 deluxe roadster I bought a set at Hershey, carried then to NZ for a customer, he changed his mind , I now am carrying them back again , mutter mutter, as sold them to a guy over there , so sorry can,t sell them twice , nice set too. 2 weeks till lift off , 14hrs direct into Houston, The southern pickers will be at Hershey , plus plus Antique Nats CA , etc

04-07-2016, 10:51 AM	#6
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: Side curtains for 31 deluxe roadster Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) You'd have to tape a large piece of paper to the side, mark all the snap pockets and fastener locations, then sketch out where the clear should be located. You might need a heavy duty sewing machine for the heavy fabric.

04-07-2016, 07:21 PM	#9
glenn in camino Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Camino, CA. Posts: 3,086	Re: Side curtains for 31 deluxe roadster First, order the paper patterns from LeBarron Bonny. Fit them to the car and mark the locations of all the fasteners. Then send them back so they can make the curtains. I think they also have the fasteners. I did a set for a club member last year. They came out great.

04-08-2016, 12:24 PM	#10
old31 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 2,103	Re: Side curtains for 31 deluxe roadster Glenn, are they selling the paper patterns? If so, I could buy the patterns and try to make them myself. Well, with my wife's sewing machine and he sewing talents. No, she does not know this yet.

04-08-2016, 02:37 PM	#11
old31 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 2,103	Re: Side curtains for 31 deluxe roadster I answered my own question. I called Lebaron. The price of the pattern is $675.00. You pay for the job up front. They send you the pattern, you have 1 year to mark the pattern and send it back. They then build the side curtains to the specs of your pattern. I offered to bring the car to them so that they could do it themselves. They only will do it by mailing out the side curtain pattern to the customer.