Early 1900 autos had tops very similar to traditional carriages, and buggies and I am often asked to custom steam bend top bows for them. The Wyman Museum in Elk Springs, CO has a StevensDuyrea car that needs new bent top bows. These are 1.5" thick and wide, and are 66" wide, and require 12' white ash in length. This is a difficult bend and I will show some of the difficulties in making these types of bends using kiln dried ash.