Top Boot, 1920 Runabout.
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:16 pm
I am looking to get a top boot for my Runabout and I am trying to see if I am thinking correctly. There will be a couple of consecutive posts, to allow for more photos. The top on the car is good-ish, no tears, splits or stitching coming undone and is tight when put up, I would just like/appreciate the finished look of the Top Boot. Here is the car in question;
First, the flaps with fasteners on the sides of the Top Boot;
These flaps and fasteners were obsolete/eliminated by/before the 1920 model year, if I am reading through a bunch of old Forum posts correctly. The photo below are from the old Forum of an original 1917 Top Boot (posted by Erik Johnson), and there are no flaps or fasteners to be seen. Here is a link to the thread that the photo is from, http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/59 ... 1455820509
So am I correct in thinking that a "correct" Top Boot for 1920 would not have any flaps and fasteners?
First, the flaps with fasteners on the sides of the Top Boot;
These flaps and fasteners were obsolete/eliminated by/before the 1920 model year, if I am reading through a bunch of old Forum posts correctly. The photo below are from the old Forum of an original 1917 Top Boot (posted by Erik Johnson), and there are no flaps or fasteners to be seen. Here is a link to the thread that the photo is from, http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/59 ... 1455820509
So am I correct in thinking that a "correct" Top Boot for 1920 would not have any flaps and fasteners?