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1915 touring bow measurements
Posted: Tue May 04, 2021 6:54 pm
by Michael Peternell
I'm getting ready to install a new top on my car. I found an old post giving measurements from top of the sockets to the top of the bows.
Can't find it back for the life of me! I want to make sure the old bows aren't pushed too deep into the sockets. Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks!
Re: 1915 touring bow measurements
Posted: Tue May 04, 2021 9:09 pm
by Dan Haynes
Re: 1915 touring bow measurements
Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 11:09 am
by Susanne
Thank you, Dan!!! Needed this to start the rewooding of my top, been (for some reason) worried it be darned near impossible...
Re: 1915 touring bow measurements
Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 11:23 am
by Dan Haynes
Hi, Susanne -
Maybe one of these is clearer. That one is pretty fuzzy but I didn't see it until I attached it.
Re: 1915 touring bow measurements
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 1:44 pm
by R.V.Anderson
OP: You don't specify touring car or roadster, but according to Ford, the "drive" (depth of the bow end into the sockets) on the 1914 touring is 7" front and rear, and 5" on the two center sockets. 1915 should be the same, with the possible exception of the front bow which may not be as deep, given the short socket. HTH.
Re: 1915 touring bow measurements
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 4:24 pm
by Michael Peternell
Touring. Says so in the title. This drawing helps but does not show how far the front and back bows are left out of the sockets.
I wish I could find that post back that had the measurements. Thanks for your consideration!
Mike
Re: 1915 touring bow measurements
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 8:20 pm
by R.V.Anderson
Yup; didn't catch that
This may help some. Front: The distance from the center of the pivot/attachment pin to the center of the murphy fastener, the end of which is only about 1/64" from the edge of the metal socket, is 26-11/16". Second: The distance from the center of the eye at the end of the socket, where it pivots on the body iron, to the point at which the curvature of the wood bow begins, is 30-3/4". Third: The distance between the same points is 32-1/4". Fourth: if you were draw an imaginary line parallel to the ground through the pivot holes of the third and fourth bow assemblies, the measurement from that line to the top edge of the wedge shaped strip on top of that bow, at a point 19" from the centerline of the top, would be 29-1/2".
Re: 1915 touring bow measurements
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 8:22 pm
by R.V.Anderson
One correction: the front bow assembly length is 23-11/16" on the '15, not 26-11/16".
Re: 1915 touring bow measurements
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 9:16 pm
by Michael Peternell
R.V.Anderson wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 8:20 pm
Yup; didn't catch that
This may help some. Front: The distance from the center of the pivot/attachment pin to the center of the murphy fastener, the end of which is only about 1/64" from the edge of the metal socket, is 26-11/16". Second: The distance from the center of the eye at the end of the socket, where it pivots on the body iron, to the point at which the curvature of the wood bow begins, is 30-3/4". Third: The distance between the same points is 32-1/4". Fourth: if you were draw an imaginary line parallel to the ground through the pivot holes of the third and fourth bow assemblies, the measurement from that line to the top edge of the wedge shaped strip on top of that bow, at a point 19" from the centerline of the top, would be 29-1/2".
Thanks RV!
And I didn't mean to sound short with you! It just types that way.
