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All,
Does anyone know where to source the patterns and the hardware to duplicate the side curtains for my '29 Phaeton?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Happy New Year to all!

The side curtain hard ware consists of a simple vertical round bar with a square end that fits into the square hole in top of the door, Illustratiion 22 attached shows a typical side curtain rod. It not difficult to make by welding a short section of square bar to a round rod then bending it so that the rod is vertical when the square end in in the hole in the door.

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Thank you David,
The rod does look pretty simple to fabricate, now if I can only find the patterns .................

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I can't help with patterns, my Packard was a different model and it's sold however when I restored it the upholsterer made the side curtains to fit the car using photos of a similar model. I chose not to have the fold lines in the clear sections.

May be worth contacting this supplier to see if "other items" included side curtain patterns:

aro2000.com/

aro2000.com/packard%201929-55.htm

Experience - Established in 1919, ARO patterns have been proven during "in house" & "field" installations for over 80 years by professional restorers & installation centers. ARO Mfg. had long been a consultant to the automotive industry prior to becoming the "OE" manufacturer for GM, FORD, CHRYSLER & others starting in 1958. ARO has manufactured convertible tops, convertible rear glass back-lites, full vues, pads, well liners & other items from patterns provided by the auto manufacturers through 1995. OE patterns are on file with the factory part #'s & specifications.

Interesting process on what one Buick owner used to fabricate new side curtains:

forums.aaca.org/topic/407107-1922-buick-touring-side-curtains/

I have some orig curtains i THINK are late 20s.
Rodster -Ph ?????? There original gray Burbank material. Cant remember where they came from or who or why. Ill dig them out and c if it rattles my brain.

Thanks all,
I reached out to ARO to no avail. He can duplicate but does not have the patterns. If nothing comes up , I may have to resort to Mr., Kikta's method.
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If the side curtains shown in the attachment provided by DavidM are correct for the car, they could be used as templates.

Photo copy each and use an overhead or digital projector to scale them up to 1:1.

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