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The "landau" described a carriage that featured a manually folding fabric roof that was supported by elliptical springs. The top was designed with separate folding front and rear sections that raised or lowered independently or locked together in the middle to cover the carriage. To differentiate the
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The Town Landau two-door version was reintroduced as a mid-1977 model as the most luxurious
Thunderbird that included many standard comfort and trim features. It did not have any simulated landau bars, only the "Town Landau" name in script etched on the opera windows. This top model continued to be
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Thunderbird was redesigned for 1967 and included a four-door sedan body design with rear-hinged (suicide) doors. All four-door models included a vinyl roof and landau bars giving them the official name of "Landau Sedan". The C-pillar was visually extended into the rear door window area and
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Since the mid-1940s, hearses in the United States commonly feature chrome bow-shaped landau bars on the simulated leather-covered rear roof sides. The landau bars have become a symbol of a funeral car to the point that hearse manufacturers continue to add them to "limousines as a matter of
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The "Town Landau" model was a model of the 1966 Thunderbird line. It featured a wide rear C-pillar with no rear quarter windows with a painted roof or available with a vinyl-covered roof that came in black, white, parchment, or sage gold and included color-coordinated S-bars.
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The early horse-drawn hearses were horse-drawn carriages that had fully functional landau bars to open and close the fabric roof. As automobile-based hearses became popular, they "borrowed the landau bar flourish as an homage and an attempt to add a touch of Old-World class."
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covered to match the vinyl top, with the landau bars helping camouflage the cut line. The simulated landau design with overwrought trim on the four-door model has been described as "a one-car funeral procession".
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The automotive equivalent to the horse-drawn landau carriage was not popular, since a forward view was generally insisted upon by passengers. Instead, the more popular body style for automobiles was the
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four-door hardtop with a simulated "landau-type" roof design. Some models were called "landaus" by their manufacturers, and many were fitted with landau bars on the rear quarters (faux cabriolet).
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Thunderbird emblem on the C-pillars. This model was popular and contributed to increased sales.
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Cadillac hearse
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349:"You've Never Seen Anything Like It! (advertisement)"
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665:"Landau Bars On Hearses Are So Very Stupid"
376:"Why Some Cars Have Fake Convertible Roofs"
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432:"Why Do We Call It a 'Landau Top'?"
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298:"Remember the Landau Roof?"
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