Top wood bow anti squeak material

If I recall correctly, what I've removed from Murray and/or Briggs bodies was a thin paper backed cork approximately 1/16" thick.

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When I replaced the top on our 60A, I found that they had used a fairly heavy duck or canvas material strips that were stapled to the roof bows with the chicken wire stapled over top.
 
I just removed the original top from my early 31 Tudor.I couldn't figure out what the strips were,they were paper backed.A trimmer friend thought it was cork,but I didn't think so.My reaoning was that paper backed cork was a pretty elaborate item to be using when there was tons of scrap material being dropped on the floor every day.It actually looks like asphalt impregnated cork on mine.I used strips of long grain top material that was scrap from another job.With the heavy grain it averages a little more than 1/16 thick.
 
Thank You everyone, I really appreciate your input. The last model A I restored was in 1973, it was a town sedan and I couldn't remember what was used. The Victoria I have now has all new wood in the car but nothing on top of the bows yet.
 
My car had a few remaining bits of dark gray cork-paper-like material tacked to the bows. But the stuff was pretty brittle, and I don't think it would have done much to reduce rattling. On my new bows, I used a rubber-coated fabric from Jo-Anns (sort of like old-fashioned raincoat material) and glued it to the bows.

Doug
 
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