Projects Model A drip rails

With all the talk about model A's lately I thought i'd start up a little poll. what do guys think about shaving the drip rails on a model A coupe? I think it just makes the whole roof look well....NAKED!

 

Why would you want to remove them? HRP

 

Unshaved and shaved.

 

On my fordor some areas rusted thru or missing,so I will repair
them.Looks better.

 

Model A's have to have a visor and drip rails, no other alternatives.

 

To me, it doesn't make a huge difference, but I prefer to keep them. My coupe lost them at sometime during its life before I got the car. I wish it still had them.


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I agree x 4, I just don't understand this Model A with a '32 windshield, I must be old,, and these 'american graffiti" Model A's?

 

The drip rails aren't just for rain dripping diversion- they are the transition from door to roof. If you just take them off, without providing a different transition it looks odd, unfinished, and lacking.
Pull off a cool alternative transition and it will look good.

 

I think Model A's look horrible without drip rails. Model A's have so much character and features that make them look so nice.

With that said, I also think people 'should build their car the way they want'. So, if that is what someone likes....well...it's their car.

Me personally I would never remove the drip rails, fill the roof with steel, remove/smooth the cowl fuel cap, make the doors fit flush within the door jam <- That one is really messed up. It messes with the proportions and makes the car look cheap/fake.

Removing those attributes detracts from the beauty and character of a Model A.

 

Exactly!

I might go along with filling the roof (because I guess they leak ) and removing the fuel cap from the cowl but remove the drip rails??? NEVER!

 

I briefly thought about making my Vicky doors overlap like other model A s. took about 3.5 seconds

 

I join the 100 percenters so far and say keep'em also... I like the definition they lend to the side of a body...the shaved looks a lil Kojack to me with the rounded cab.

Really to ask without the overall vision or look you're going for its pure subjection.

 

Not just no, but hell no. They look *** ugly without them.

 

In most cases it screws up the lines on any car.
To me it makes 30's cars look fibergl***-like, I've seen exceptions when done but not a big payoff for the work. I even prefer unfilled tops and hidden hinges for the same reason and I'm definitely not a restorer or adverse to cutting them up.

 

They look better WITH the drip rails.

 

First time the car sits in a heavy rain, you will know why the drip rails are there. With the top of the door lapped to the outside, rain will come in.

 

Leave 'em. Shave your eyebrows off, then go look in the mirror. Same effect.

 

Model A's should have drip rails and visors, period...

 

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! That made me laugh.