35 -36 Rear Window Shade

Trelpdx

Trelpdx

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Guys,

I have a late model 35 5W coupe. Does the rear window shade have guide strings on either side? The old shade I have has a small loop in each end of the wooded stick on the snap end of the shade. An upholstery guy tells me the loops are for guide strings. Is that true and where would the guide strings attach to the car top & bottom?

Second question: On the late model 35's there is no wood over the back window to attach the snap stud to. How does that work?

Any pictures would be great.

Thanks much,

Peder
 
The shade from Labaron Bonney has a typical snap and the attachment is screwed into the metal brace at the center of the rear window. No strings on the end of the 35/36 rear shade. The shade pin shown is for a 36 window shade. The screw in portion is availabel from Restoration Specialties and Supply.
 
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I don't recall ever seeing "guide strings" on window in Fords, GM and DPCD vehicles... That might have been something that the high priced vehicles used.
I have a attached two pix of the original rear win shade in my '36 5 win.. Keep in mind, my car is a very late, September '36 car, and the shade and upholstery are original to the car.
I have often wondered just what the purpose of the rear window shades was? I can understand window shades in a limo, luxury sedan, etc., but an everyday type of car? I guess the purpose could have been to conceal the "girl friend" from peering eyes, when the dude is out cheating on his wife... Then again they might have been used to minimize talk about the lack of beauty, i.e. one bag vs. two bag ugly, of the female passenger...
My mind is drifting again... Better stop while I am ahead...
 

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I received a PM about my comments regarding the use of string guide, and/or guide eyes on the original rear window shade..
I went out to the garage and took a very close look at the shade in my car.. As can plainly be seen in the attached pix, there is a small eye screw, threaded into the wooden portion of the blind in my car...
I can not see any connection point for a guide string on the shade mount, or in the area above the top of the rear window... Hmmmmmm ?
Rethinking the guide string theory, and reviewing the attached pix, it could be that a string was attached to the eye with the other end attached to the blind roller.. This method would allow the string to deploy and retract with the blind. However, for the life of me I fail to see the purpose..
It could be that the string was not a "guide string", it was a "frilly enhancement", that deployed with the shade...
Brains working overtime again....
 

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My early production 35 tudor touring sedan has guide strings on both sides that are attached to upholestery panel screws. I figure the strings are to keep the shade from flapping if blind is pulled with the windows open. I think the upholestery was changed arond the back window in the later production cars . Remember, I am referring to a tudor not a coupe.
 
Keith,

My early (March) Tudor Deluxe Touring, also had guide strings on the original shade, and the LeBaron kit had them too, so we used them. Don't know how correct it is, but I like the look with the guide strings.

Bob
 
I would doubt very much the theory that the rear window shades were for night time driving, i.e. to minimize the glare from headlights following a car..
In all probability they were more of a privacy item..
However, there is a slight chance that the shade could have been intended to stop headlight glare from on coming cars... The flat windshields that were common until '37 caused a lot of glare inside of a car when this glare bounced off of the rear window, onto the windshield and back at the driver/occupants..
I have a friend that has a very nice '30, "A" sedan delivery.. He has told me that he hates to drive the "A" at night.. The windshield glare from oncoming headlights is blinding due to the flat windshield and rear window reflection back to the windshield.
He has dark tinting on the rear window, to minimize the glare...
 
Does anyone out there have guide strings on a 35-36 coupe? And if so, can you post a picture showing how the strings attach on both ends?

Thanks much,

Peder
 
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