Re: IML: Question of the Day

["jsadowski" <jsadowski@xxxxxxx>]

If you leave the vinyl top off, you'll wind up with a Crown. Also, keep in 
mind that it took 37 years for the roof to get the way it is with "normal" 
care. Now that it will get more pampering, it should never have another 
problem.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Corey" <jcorey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Question of the Day


> Good for you, Frederick!  Smooth lines do indeed look great without 
> vinyl!  I once had (gasp) a 76 Eldorado, with no vinyl top (very  rare). 
> It was gorgeous (hard to believe GM/Caddy ever did so well).   Do it!  JC
>
> On Apr 27, 2006, at 12:10 PM, Frederick Joslin wrote:
>
> > I am repairing the roof om my 1969 LeBaron 2 door and have posted 
> > several times about progress. Most recently I have been grinding  rust 
> > out of the windshield frame using a die grinder with carbide  burrs. 
> > Again, most of the rust that I have discovered was not  remotely obvious 
> > with the roof on. The windshield frame rust was  not even obvious with 
> > the roof removed and I was not aware of it  until I pulled the windshield 
> > out. I am very glad that I decided to  remove the windshield, even though 
> > it broke and I need to find a  replacement. I am having a very hard time 
> > reconciling putting  another vinyl roof on having seen the damage that 
> > the last one  caused. I also think that I like the looks of the car more 
> > without  the vinyl roof. It looks smoother, sleeker, faster. These may 
> > not  necessarily be Imperial attributes, but I like them.
> >
> > I still have much work to do before I think about finishing this,  but it 
> > may end up being a bare top LeBaron.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: jsadowski
> > To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: IML: Question of the Day
> > Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 23:05:50 -0700
> >
> >
> > Hopefully, the roofs don't rust completely off
> > all of them before that day comes. That is a
> > major pain on these years.
> > John
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher
> > Middlebrook"
> > To:
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 8:15 PM
> > Subject: Re: IML: Question of the Day
> >
> >
> > > I love the looks of the 69,70,71 Imperials,
> > > but I would go with a 69 for the same reasons
> > > as John's and also for the rarity of that
> > > model year. I think 69's will be the next
> > > sleepers in the collector circles as they
> > > come of age.Chris Middlebrook1962 Custom
> > > Southampton
> > >
> > >
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