Wind wings

[German guy]

I read somewhere that 'wind wings' were only on open cars but a fellow A owner at a recent tour event has them on a Fordor and they looked good. I asked about the open car only question and he insisted that they were a common option on closed cars as well. TRUE/FALSE?

 

[wrndln]

I don't believe they were a Ford option on any closed car.

 

[Synchro909]

Maybe not a Ford option but there are a "Snyders option".

 

[ronn]

your friend was pulling the wool over your eyes.............

 

[Marshall V. Daut]

Your friend has been reading too many Floyd Clymer "Fractured Fairy Tales" books about Model A's.
Marshall

 

[Bick in New Zealand]

Ford definitely did offer wind wings for closed cars. Ford called them draft deflectors. Many other companies also offered them as an accessory at the time.

 

[Marshall V. Daut]

Possibly, but now we're talking dealer-installed or aftermarket windwings for closed cars, not factory-installed, which is the yardstick for measuring what was and what wasn't included on Model A's when they rolled off the assembly lines.
Marshall