Customs Carson Tops and other kinds as well

I will find out, It was on 76th and Powell Blvd Cliff was his name.

 

Old frame that needs a upholstery job

 

Wow!

 

Found this in HOP UP. Pretty darn cool.

 

Carson or Gaylord...don't know which...

 

Hey if you want to sell the roadster bows I'm interested

 

Not ready yet.................................

 

It`s been awhile since I have posted on this thread. But this might make up for it. This was in a car calendar. So is this the signature top for a Model A that Amos Carson started doing that evolved in the the famous Carson top. Thoughts and opinions.

 

Looks like the last time I added a bit to this thread was X-Mas day last year. Maybe the same for this year as well. From the March issue of 1950 Hot Rod.

 

This thing is COOL. Inspired by the So Cal Plating Special. I have seen it a few times since it had been built. Featured in June 95 in American Rodder. There are some recent pic`s from the 2022 L A Roadsters show that he added the So Cal Plating lettering to the trunk area.

 

I've had some adventures is custom tops over the years. I guess these fall into the "other tops too" category.

Back in the '80s I picked up this '51 to build a custom. Cut the roof off, built a wood buck and made a fiberglass roof. Sold the car and new owner had it upholstered.


Got this '41 Plymouth in a trade...a 2 door sedan with the roof cut off. Again, built a wood buck and made a fiberglass roof.

 

Here`s a business card from their original location.

 

If any of you Lido fans has a complete or parts your selling? I would be interested

 

Thanks. Stan for nice compliments on my 37 Ford. Inspired by the Socal plating truck. The top looks like a Carson but is actually a fixed top.

 

Thanks for the reply and added pic`s. Was hopping you`d chime in. I`m sure, many people have never seen your 37. When done right, the fixed tops look like they can be removed.

 

Stan. I am not sure if the Socal deliver y truck top was removeable. I have never seen a picture of the truck without the top.

 

I agree. This thread is about the Carson tops and other kinds as well. I think most of the Carson style tops were never removed as well. Carson is a generic term that has been overused and misunderstood for years. Along with many other words in the dictionary. Here is the Rick Schnell`s Merc built in about 1980. Another fixed roof car that everybody calls a Carson top. I have always liked this car since I first saw it in 1982. It is still around in the same configuration as back then.

 

I did find one of the pic`s I took of it.

 

I've always liked that car. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

February 1950 Speed Age

 

I know it's older post.....How about the custom top on this, AND was it ever RESTORED?

 

I believe that was Joe Moreno's Buick and I also believe it tragically burned to the ground.

Mick