30-31 VS 32 top irons

[JMKnight]

Are there significant differences in 30-31 and 32 roadster top irons?

John Marc
Bountiful UT

[DavidG]

If you mean are they interchangeable, the answer is no, not without extensive modification one to the other.

[charles in east texas]

All I know is this:
I had a 31 Roadster ( since given to my daughter ) that had top irons that were different from all other 31 Roadsters that I have seen. My friend and I at many Texas Tours would look at all the 31 Roadsters to see if any matched my car, but have never found a match. We always thought that mine must have been 32's. If not then what. Charles

[Karl Wescott]

1930-31 Roadster had two very different irons. The "Standard" used a tubular steel style which was a design (NOT FIT) carryover from 1926-1929. The "Deluxe" (which was a factory 1-1/2" chop windshield) used a flat iron design similar to the 1932.

As Dave noted, it would require major modifications to change a 1930-31 to 1932.

Charles, if your Model A was a true original 1931 "standard", that is one of the rarest, as almost all 1931 roadsters were deluxe, most "standards" were 1930.

[charles in east texas]

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Originally Posted by Karl Wescott

1930-31 Roadster had two very different irons. The "Standard" used a tubular steel style which was a design (NOT FIT) carryover from 1926-1929. The "Deluxe" (which was a factory 1-1/2" chop windshield) used a flat iron design similar to the 1932.

As Dave noted, it would require major modifications to change a 1930-31 to 1932.

Charles, if your Model A was a true original 1931 "standard", that is one of the rarest, as almost all 1931 roadsters were deluxe, most "standards" were 1930.

Mine was a Delux. Charles