I seriously doubt you can straighten your front bumper by jumping up and down on it. The bumper on my Nov 28 special coupe is only slightly bowed inward about 1/2", and I can't straighten it by jumping on it. The bumper plating looks decent on your car. I would take it to a machine shop and see what they have to say. I suspect a 20 or 30 ton press would be needed to straighten it since the bumper is made of spring steel and needs to be "over" bent to come out straight. You might consider removing the end bolts and trying to straighten the bumper bars one bar at a time. You are correct that the top material goes down to the beltrail. The top on a special coupe is fairly complex. There is a wood frame work including the rear and side wind frames. Then 5 pieces of sheetmetal are nailed and screwed to the wood framework. Next a heavy padding is glued to the metal and then the top material is installed. Not an easy job I found out. I have seen a couple of original special coupes that have not had the tops replaced. The top material Ford original used was different from the material you can buy today. However, the current top material looks decent. BTW, 28 special coupes began production in July 28 and 29 special coupes ended production in July 29. Standard coupes were made before July 28 and after June 29. Your coupe is much better than the rust bucket I started with.
Rusty Nelson
