Posted 2020-08-27 12:16 AM (#602620) Subject: convertible top bows question
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Are there other years of convertible top bows that will interchange with 1957-59 Desoto convertible top bows? Are 1960-62 or 1963-64 or 1965-66 Chrysler Newport top bows interchangeable?
Posted 2020-08-27 11:12 AM (#602631 - in reply to #602620) Subject: Re: convertible top bows question
Location: Under the X in Texas
'57-59 DeSoto and Chrysler convertible top assemblies all interchange. Imperial is unique. '57-59 Dodge and Plymouth interchange. SOME of the Dodge Plym pieces are the same but the length of the full assembly differs between Dg/Plym and DeS/Chrys.
Posted 2020-09-02 10:05 AM (#602825 - in reply to #602620) Subject: RE: convertible top bows question
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No direct replacement but you could make 60-62 bows work. The sheet metal brackets at the ends that bolt the bow to the top frame are different. If you changed out the end brackets I believe you could make them work as the widths are about the same. Rear bow with the tack strip is almost identical but the center bows with the felt are thinner in width on the 60-62. Front header bows are totally different.