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Old 05-10-2022, 09:30 PM   #1
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Default windshield height roadster vs. deluxe

Where/how do you measure the windshield height of a 31 roadster to help determine if it’s a deluxe or not?
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Old 05-10-2022, 11:04 PM   #2
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3 snaps on the stanchion is a DeLuxe. 4 snaps is a standard
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Old 05-11-2022, 04:57 AM   #3
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Speedway has the measurements, be sure not to pick a chopped one.
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Old 05-11-2022, 09:55 AM   #4
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According to Snyder's web site a standard windshield is 15 1/4" tall at the ends
and a DeLuxe is 13 1/2"
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Old 05-11-2022, 05:46 PM   #5
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Couple of pictures of a Deluxe windshield.The top and bows are much different between a standard and deluxe, top bows on a standard are black painted steel similar to 28 29 while the 30 31 deluxe are chrome and tan ,as mentioned deluxe are lower ,material on deluxe is a tan canvas , standard had a black grain.
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Old 05-11-2022, 05:59 PM   #6
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Hello again, I was trying to look at the picture in your avatar ,hard to tell but car in picture might be a standard, looks like it has the black bows with a “y” connecting the last bow with the center one . Interior is also black on a standard when original.
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Old 05-11-2022, 06:08 PM   #7
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No cowl lights either, the 31 standard is a rarer car that the Deluxe .
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Old 05-17-2022, 09:11 PM   #8
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Thank you everyone, it’s a standard!
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Old 05-18-2022, 07:33 PM   #9
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Nice to see a Standard, seems every one restores them as Deluxe,possibly including mine.
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Old 05-18-2022, 11:05 PM   #10
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Do standards have painted windshield frames, and deluxes have stainless frames?
And what about the stanchions? Are all stanchions stainless, or are standards painted? I know there are many generations of reproductions out there now that were produced in both stainless and painted steel, but what was original?

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Old 05-19-2022, 06:29 AM   #11
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Hello, if I remember correctly the standard has a painted frame but the stancions are stainless on both.Also both had windwings but of different size ,longer on standard to accommodate the higher windshield. I am not home so I can’t check the judging book. If I am wrong hopefully someone will correct me.
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Old 05-19-2022, 06:38 AM   #12
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Only speaking for Canadian built standards, which I think were more common than US built ones. Mine has a painted windshield frame, stainless stanchions, maroon paint (available on Canadian built standards) and of course Robertson screws in most locations. No wind wings on mine but the holes are there to accommodate them.
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