1934 roadster pickup

No - they are completely different.Do you have the windshield posts? If not you will need to locate a pair.32-34 rdstr pu's used a windshield frame similar to a 31 Model A roadster.
 
Here is a pic of an original one. Perhaps you can gleen some info from it.
 

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People have adapted the '32 car posts to the roadster pickup cowls (see attached image), although, I can't tell you what exactly needs to be modified to make them fit.

The '32/34 RPU windshield frame is a '30/31 Deluxe, but the posts and divider panel between the posts and under the windshield are unique to the RPU.
 

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The 1932-34 open cab pickups used the same windshield frame as the 1930-31 standard roadster!. The posts were unique.

Note that the red 1932 is NOT A FORD ROADSTER PICKUP BODY. It is a street rod version using a roadster cowl/doors/windshield. Nicer looking in most opinions but not an original.

There were also open cab cowls for fire engines and other uses that did not have windshields or doors.
 
Karl Wescott said:
Note that the red 1932 is NOT A FORD ROADSTER PICKUP BODY. It is a street rod version using a roadster cowl/doors/windshield. Nicer looking in most opinions but not an original.
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It is a Ford Open Cab body...with Roadster windshield stanchions adapted. Look closer at the beltline...it gets wider on the cowl and doors and it then has the distinctive swoop on the back of the cab behind the door. Also the doors are not flush fit as a roadster would be.

Neal
 
Are you sure it is a roadster pickup cowl and not the ' cab and chassis cowl '
that was sent to the colonies? they look similar but don't have any place to bolt on the posts. Pictures would be good.
 
Lawson Cox said:
There was no roadster pickup, at least in 34. It was called an open cab pickup.
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Semantics; roadster pickup = open cab pickup. While Ford may have officially called it the latter, the former is commonly used. Either way, it gets the message across about what body style is in question.
 
Karl Wescott said:
The 1932-34 open cab pickups used the same windshield frame as the 1930-31 standard roadster!. The posts were unique.

Note that the red 1932 is NOT A FORD ROADSTER PICKUP BODY. It is a street rod version using a roadster cowl/doors/windshield. Nicer looking in most opinions but not an original.

There were also open cab cowls for fire engines and other uses that did not have windshields or doors.
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If you are talking about the red highboy a few post above that IS a real open cab pickup body . Those doors are only on a roadster pickup and the back of the cab is different . Looks just like my roadster pickup but it does have a car windshield and i have installed car windshields on two real roadster pickups .Install a stock height pass. car windshied and it will be shorter in height than a pickup windshield.

Bruce
 
32dude said:
If you are talking about the red highboy a few post above that IS a real open cab pickup body . Those doors are only on a roadster pickup and the back of the cab is different . Looks just like my roadster pickup but it does have a car windshield and i have installed car windshields on two real roadster pickups .Install a stock height pass. car windshied and it will be shorter in height than a pickup windshield.

Bruce
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Did you use 32 or 34 winshield?

Do you have any pictures?

Peter
 
I have OE open cab parts, so I can't say what tweaking is required to put a passenger car windshield on the open cab cowl. All the ones I've seen that use the passenger car parts, however, use the '32 roadster windshield and posts. It doesn't look like there should be too much modification required, however, since the cowl shapes are similar; likely just some grinding on the bottoms of the posts (assuming stock parts) would be necessary.

No idea on how much modification the So-Cal one-piece windshield would need, though, since it spans the entire top of the cowl between the posts. You'd probably have to buy it and test fit to find out, provided that So-Cal has an acceptable returns policy should it require more modification than you're comfortable/capable with/of doing.
 
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