the 29 has me stumped again

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larry harding

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this car was restored several years ago by an uncle of the currant owner, beautiful original style interior, paint nice , but a bit faded now. now the problem... the windshield has none of the hardware to hold it open or properly close it. even the rivet on w s bracket is missing. not a problem, mike has all
the pieces in stock . the w s garnishes and the studs the swing arms slide on
are missing. i don't know exactly where the stud is supposed to be, probably straight behind the w s bracket ? i talked to eric at mikes, he said the post is all metal, but i see wood in the post and the front garnish(?) is nailed to the wood in the post. ive been told the stud is welded to the verticle post, not to the wood, maybe the original stud screwed into the wood. i was asked if this has a murray or briggs body, i have no idea, i just want to get his w s working properly. any ideas?
 
As previous questioned, the Fordor bodies, and a few other lower volume body types, were manufactured by sub contractors like Briggs and Murray. They used a lot of wood plus the early bodies of 28/29 had their own cowl. The used the standard model A fuel tank but it was covered with a steel top panel and had some wood supporting members. Windshields were different for them but how much different, I'm not sure. Our Fordor owners could give you a better run down that than I. The early Fordors had cowl vents on the side but they were eventually deleted.
 
i would really appreciate some info and maybe pictures on one of these, if the studs just screwed into the wood in the up right piece it seems it would not be very strong. of course i wind up trying to help on an odd ball no one knows much about.
 
The 60A and 60B were wood. You need to find an owner that can help. I found these garnish moldings but I don't know if they are correct or not. You need some that are. Flea-Pay has stuff like this all the time. The stud likely has several screws that retain it to the wood. One more thing to look for. It might be attached on the rear side of the vertical pillar there.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2273250077...4zz+HaJnAe32jyrqUgQWF5fIo=|tkp:Bk9SR8ym_7yOaA

PS: I watched a You Tube video labeled 1929 Ford Model A Fordor 60A and it looked like it has a two screw mounting of the lock knob studs on the pillar garnish moldings. I saw garnish moldings for a 1928 Briggs on flea-pay that have a relieved spot on both moldings for a stud mounting with two screws. These studs could be specific for this set up on 60A and possibly 60B as well but may be for another application.
 
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Early 1929 fordoor leatherback Briggs body here. Just took a couple pics, maybe this will help?
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These garnish moldings look very similar as the ones in the last post. The lock knob fittings would be the next thing to find after proper garnish moldings. A person might be able to fabricate them if they had workable dimensions. See next item for similarity.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/3263152480...JzXnnynh1HaKoxrE+9kJMir70=|tkp:Bk9SR4rsxvOOaA

This fitting seems close.
https://www.snydersantiqueauto.com/product.htm?pid=1034018&cat=41817

These swing arms may be correct also,
https://www.snydersantiqueauto.com/product.htm?pid=978170&cat=41796
 
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