1932 Ford Roadster roof

If you are referring to “Landau Arms”…..No….the roadster had no external bars of any kind. only the sport coupe in the 32 model year had Landau Bars
 
Thank you for the info. My Dad bought a '32 Ford Roadster new which he told a few stories about. . I don't know when he got rid of it. I was born in 1930 and one of my earliest memory of Dad's cars was a cloth top with the Landau bars. I was just wondering if it was the '32 but I guess not.
 
F-150 guy said:
Thank you for the info. My Dad bought a '32 Ford Roadster new which he told a few stories about. . I don't know when he got rid of it. I was born in 1930 and one of my earliest memory of Dad's cars was a cloth top with the Landau bars. I was just wondering if it was the '32 but I guess not.
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It might well could have been a 32, just not a "Roadster"......A Sport Coupe as pictured.....It was the last year for the "Sport Coupe" in this format with the landau arms and was a carry over style from the Model A (which it also could have been).
 

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The Cabriolet had folding external top irons but they were in 1929/30/31 Model As. The 1932 only had internal irons but did have roll up windows and fixed windshield characteristics.
 
Robert,

While true in North America, the '32 sport coupe was not the last of that body type. That distinction belongs to the short-lived Australian '33 sport coupe shown below. It was replaced by a unique-to-Australia 5-window coupe during the course of the '33 model year down under. The second photos is of an Australian '34 3-window coupe. Note how the quarter windows are narrower than their North American counterparts as well as the gap between the running board and the rocker panel, which is absent on the rest-of-the-world's '33-'34 five window coupes.
 

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David
The quick "definitive" assumption answers are always the ones that bite in the end.......Especially since I have pictures of the above mentioned Aussie 33 Sport Coupe Trevor shared with me years ago. Being a "33" lover and it being SO different than anything here in the USA, how could I not include it?
 
rockfla said:
It might well could have been a 32, just not a "Roadster"......A Sport Coupe as pictured.....It was the last year for the "Sport Coupe" in this format with the landau arms and was a carry over style from the Model A (which it also could have been).
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DavidG said:
Robert,

While true in North America, the '32 sport coupe was not the last of that body type. That distinction belongs to the short-lived Australian '33 sport coupe shown below. It was replaced by a unique-to-Australia 5-window coupe during the course of the '33 model year down under. The second photos is of an Australian '34 3-window coupe. Note how the quarter windows are narrower than their North American counterparts as well as the gap between the running board and the rocker panel, which is absent on the rest-of-the-world's '33-'34 five window coupes.
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Damn, these are good-looking cars!!!

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Just for clarification the 32-sport coupe had a swing out windshield, it was the cabriolet that was fixed.
 
RB said:
Just for clarification the 32-sport coupe had a swing out windshield, it was the cabriolet that was fixed.
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Another one of those things that makes one scratch their head. I wish my Cab windshield swung out - especially on hot days!
 
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