30-31 cowl top piece ..firetruck? roadster? what is it?

[lowsquire]

hey all,
Im putting a duvall type windscreen on my 31 RPU, and want to get a cowl top piece like this one....they wrap right over to the dash and meet up neatly with the curve up the side of the fuel tank...what the hell were they off? Ive seen two or three pictures of rods with them, are they a 'firetruck' cowl as mentioned in this artcle? I think Ive found one...want to know if they are rare or valuable, to better judge my offer on it.

[lowsquire]

nuther shot...
nice rod...inspired me to do mine.

[Mai Ki-Ki]

Quick Ben Stop doing donuts in Dan's A He's left work and coming over soon! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

I still like the screen Adam F Brought over....!

Cheers

Maiki http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[34 GAZ]

G,day, Lookie what i got here in Holland. It,s a 30/31 truck
cowl that still has the 1 inch wide rusty edge where some
body builder fitted his wooden framework.This cowl has no
provision for door hinges or windscreen. I suppose it
could also be from a woodie so that makes it rare i guess.

[34 GAZ]

And one more.

[34 GAZ]

Last one.Some drongo cut out the firewall with an axe http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
but i managed to straighten it out with a sledge hammer http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[AV8Paul]

The last time I saw a cowl top like that it was on a fire truck. Pretty rare I would think.

[Mai Ki-Ki]

BTTT

[alchemy]

I've got one. My bro's got one. I've seen others. They're not that rare.

And yes they probably came off of fire trucks, utility trucks, depot hacks, and anything else that just needed a chassis and a place to put a gas tank.

I'm gonna do the same thing with mine, use it on a roadster with a duval type windsheild.


alchemy

[overspray]

Alchemy is right. Also used on schoolbusses and custom bodied trucks. overspray

[Harrison]

That is a really cool piece. Don't know that I've ever noticed one before.

Couldn't you make that fairly easily using a regular cowl?

JH

[alchemy]

The only special piece is the top band. Could probably make one pretty easy. All else is just roadster.

alchemy

[lowsquire]

thanks every one, I thought about making one, but its got some pretty complex curves goin on. The guy with it has it on a really fukked 30 cowl, and wont seperate it...was wondering if its worth buying the whole thing.Ill work on him.

[34Fordtk]

Depends on how much you want it and how much he wants for it.

[Unkl Ian]

They are probably a little harder to find down under.

[lowsquire]

Like everything else ,unkl.
but the hunt is half the fun!
the guys got maybe six A cowls for sale... and this is the worst of the lot,so i dont think its goin anywhere soon.

[Psychobilly Boi]

hey ben,

like mikee said, enough with the donughts! and enough with the "product"!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

good luck with the cowl. let me know if you need a cowl getting ute partner. im up for a road trip!

danny

[Elrod]

Commercial Cowls had no posts

[pasadenahotrod]

This is a cowl from a cowl and chassis sale. Aftermarket body builders bought these from Ford in those days and all the way through the years til now to build schoolbuses, mailtrucks, ice cream trucks, armored cars, laundry trucks, delivery trucks, and any other sort of commercial vehicle you can imagine based on a truck chassis.
The cowl and chassis did include ALL the front sheet metal and so on but no seats or other body aft of the cowl section.

[Elrod]

....Aftermarket body builders bought these from Ford in those days and all the way through the years til now to build schoolbuses, .....


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