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19/12/2024 7:14 pm
This is the first I ever heard of a glass top on a forties Buick. Neat picture Galen.
19/12/2024 7:20 pm
Wow! There has to be a great story behind that pic!
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
19/12/2024 8:36 pm
...there were MANY custom shops in CA that fabricated Carson tops and the like back in the day. Some even did simple, painted hard tops for convertibles.... but I don't recall ever seeing anything like this. Looks professionally done, I'd sure love to know the back-story. 🤔 🤔
20/12/2024 3:10 am
+1 to the above. I love car mysterys. Wonderful old pic.
20/12/2024 7:00 am
My first time seeing this as well. But found another car with one - two views:
20/12/2024 7:47 am
I think so much of this technology was developed for bomber aircraft during the war (nose cones and machine-gun turrets) that manufacturers were keen to exploit wartime know-how in domestic products. The Wurlitzer 1100 dome being one such example.
20/12/2024 8:36 am
....very cool of course, and a precursor to today's Pan-o-ramic roofs and Vista tops (does anyone have a metal top anymore, they're all glass now, right? ) but I certainly understand why these did NOT catch on. Well, at least I don't think they caught on. Obviously, Galen knew some folks who bought one. So.... 🤔 🤔
Good research there Tony & Charles!
20/12/2024 2:57 pm
Not a good feature on a hot sunny day.
John Bono
North Jersey
20/12/2024 3:06 pm
Not a good feature on a hot sunny day.
...unless you enjoy feeling the two halves of your butt melt together. Want to expedite that? Add a black interior! 🤔 🤔 😏
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20/12/2024 7:47 pm
awesome comments and reflections... thanks for sharing!
20/12/2024 9:36 pm
@chris You are more than welcome, really interesting string. We learn something new everyday. 