Dual cowl Model-A Ford phaetons? Yes, I've seen a few pictures of custon made ones. The one (actually two people have listed their
standard phaetons as dual cowl) on eBay had only an accessory windshield for the rear seat with no cowl. The cowl on a Model-A is
essentially the gas tank forward of the windshield. A dual cowl phaeton
has a secondary cowl over the back seat floor area with a windshield
attached to it. In order for the back seat riders to inter or exit. The cowl has to be lifted up as it is attached via a hinge to the top of the front seat metal backing. The rear doors are also blocked by the dual cowl when the cowl is in the lowered position. Most dual cowl phaetons were
built by the high end cars (Duseneburg, Packard, Lincoln, Cadillac, etc.) of
the the late 20's and early 30's. There is a FordBarner who has a period
pic of a custom "A" dual cowl phaeton as his avatar. And, I believe a large Ford "A" dealership in California had a '29 phaeton customized with the addition of a back seat cowl/windshield for a large new car show in 1929. Offhand I'm not so sure the Edsel phaeton was a true dual cowl. More
of a "sport" phaeton with a thin metal cover behind the front seat back.
I don't have a pic of it handy so this is just a guess.
Bob-A
