Re: IML: Vinyl roof warning.

["jsadowski" <jsadowski@xxxxxxx>]

I agree that the 67-68's look good with or without the vinyl top. I don't 
think the fuselage cars do though. Actually, didn't all the LeBaron fuselage 
cars come with a vinyl top?
John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Benjamin" <dickb@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 9:48 AM
Subject: RE: IML: Vinyl roof warning.


> This problem is why I don't like vinyl tops.  It isn't that I don't care 
> for
> the appearance, (which is true, I admit) but that it can hide rust until 
> the
> damage is severe.  If you look at the story of my 67 refurb project, which
> is posted on the club site, you'll see that the car was originally a vinyl
> top car, and even though it was a Southern California car with very low
> mileage, it also had some serious rust under the vinyl. The car had sat
> under a eucalyptus tree from 1978 to when I rescued it and took it to my
> barn in 1992, with the leaves and debris rotting all over the car.
>
>
>
> I removed the vinyl from the top and all the glass, then cut out ALL the
> rusted metal and welded in new metal (actually, I'm not that good a body
> man, I had a friend do it for me), and you can see the result - it is now 
> a
> "slick top" car, and I think it looks better that way.
>
>
>
> While that is debatable, I guess, I do know for sure that the rust is gone
> for good!
>
>
>
> Dick




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