Re: IML: LeBaron Vinyl Tops

["Mark Jefferson" <imperialist67@xxxxxxxxx>]

Changing from vinyl to "slick-top" does change the look of the car. If the car is black w/black top (like mint) the change is probably less so. Dudley's '68 LeBaron (REAL nice car by the way)for example, is black w/out vinyl top and it still has that formal pseudo-limo look. However, if it has a contrasting color vinyl top, and you switch to body color metal it WILL look different. 

Have seen few LeBaron "slick-tops," but I seem to remember seeing one in light blue, it looked less formal (to me) than w/the vinyl top, more like a Crown or sedan. Maybe with a dark silver or midnight blue it will still have a formal appearance, but it seems to change on lighter colors. 

More formal, or less formal, it's a matter of taste..... 




----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob McCall" <Rob_Mopar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: IML: LeBaron  Vinyl Tops
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 18:20:20 -0400

> 
> With all the LeBaron vinyl top talk, I have to ask, has anyone pulled the
> vinyl top off a '67 or '68 LeBaron?  Does it use a fiberglass filler panel
> like the '69-up cars (and '70-71 SE Challengers), or is there steel around
> the glass?
> 
> I've been considering deleting the vinyl top from mine.  It's not in bad
> shape, but it's buckling around the C-pillars.  And if I'm going to paint
> the car this year, I'd prefer peeling the top off and cleaning up the metal
> under there before it gets paint.  I'd prefer to paint the top when I'm
> done, but if it isn't metal around the rear window, it will stay vinyl.
> 
> Rob McCall
> '67 LeBaron (not getting as much attention as it needs right now)
> 
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