Technical Which way did they originally go?

We had a discussion today about which way the 1932 Ford windshield slides are orientated, do they point up or down?

And were they arranged different on the sedans verses the 3 windows? HRP

 

I say down....

 

I see them both ways, but a lot of the ones I see in hot rod or custom shots are up. I would go with the owner's manual rendering.

 

Either way, they all go out, right?

 

I would think so, I wouldn't even had posted the question but yesterday I went to get some parts and when I got back to Dave's he had installed the slides and they were pointing up like in his 32 pickup and he insist that's the way they are oriented, I always had them pointing down. HRP

 

Sorry HRP, I'm just being a wise-ass, as usual! Art

 

No harm, no foul. HRP

 

Down. But it's a chop top.

 

Put one up and one down and see how it works !
Why were the model A ones straight ? Whilst ‘32s are curved ?

 

Mine use to point up.
Lately it takes alittle more coaxing.
Can you tell I’ve retired?
Too much time (and other things) on my hands.

 

I found some reproduction '32 slides in a box of other parts (mostly Model A stuff) and I'll use them on my Tudor.

Don't know WHICH way I'll turn them now!!!

 

Based on Model A's I'd say UP, I think you have better leverage, or an easier time opening the windshield. But what do you guys with air conditioning care.

Bob

 

Is it because the 31 A piller is straight up and the 32 A pillar leans back some?

 

I know the 32-34 Ford trucks orient them up but the slides are the same as a model A. HRP

 

What is this "air conditioning" you speak of?!?!

 

Don't be silly Brett, every bone knows about 250 air, two windows down and 50 MPH! HRP

 

I'd have to say down Danny. I'd be willing to bet that if we were able to walk into a Ford dealership in 1932 that's what we would see.

 

The original 32 ford brochures show them pointing down, but if the top is chopped they sometimes have to point up to avoid hitting the top of the dashboard.

Mick

 

If we only had a time machine Larry! HRP

 

Is this one of those questions that they are teaching our children in school????

 

I'm sure they don't have a hot rod magazine stuck inside a English text book like we did when we were in school. HRP

 

This is good to know. I was about to have another fit about something else wrong with her 32 pick-up.

 

They also use the Model A windshield frame. HRP

 

The Factory New 1932 Video /movie shows Down
But I believe I have seen dealer pic up
Maybe a change in mouth of 1932

 

Really ? Learn something new every day.

 

Mine are down on my 32's.

 

Down on both my 4 doors. HRP

 

Does the S slot in the '32 arm have something to do with clearing the cowl vent? What would happen if you put straight Model A arms in there? Bob

 

Model a windshield clears a 32 cowl vent with straight ones


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