Learning as I progress looking to replace missing landau irons on my '60 Crown.
Superior used two different landaus starting in '59, looks like through (at least) '62. After coming up with 3 sets of landaus in the last year, each incorrect for my coach, I began looking more closely and can not fill in all the blanks.
This is the style I keep coming across (which incidentally appear the same as '57-'58 and may be identical):
Each of the sets I've found have come off '59 or '60 non-Crown models and I expect the same was used until '62. (In '63 the design changed.) Initially I thought Superior was using up existing '57-'58 stock but have seen too many post-'58 coaches for this to be accurate. Here is the best representation showing each, both correct, from a borrowed photo (Brady's Crown on right):
So, why wouldn't Superior have used the same landau when new styling was introduced in '59? Did the increased space between C and D pillars on Crowns necessitate a longer (and center to center) landau iron measurement? I've not thought to measure them previously until more puzzle pieces revealed themselves.
Superior used two different landaus starting in '59, looks like through (at least) '62. After coming up with 3 sets of landaus in the last year, each incorrect for my coach, I began looking more closely and can not fill in all the blanks.
This is the style I keep coming across (which incidentally appear the same as '57-'58 and may be identical):
Each of the sets I've found have come off '59 or '60 non-Crown models and I expect the same was used until '62. (In '63 the design changed.) Initially I thought Superior was using up existing '57-'58 stock but have seen too many post-'58 coaches for this to be accurate. Here is the best representation showing each, both correct, from a borrowed photo (Brady's Crown on right):
So, why wouldn't Superior have used the same landau when new styling was introduced in '59? Did the increased space between C and D pillars on Crowns necessitate a longer (and center to center) landau iron measurement? I've not thought to measure them previously until more puzzle pieces revealed themselves.