You could possibly try what the Mopar guys thought up
for the M-bodies and have the sunroof with a
part-vynal roof which only goes over the rear end of
the rooft- that way the sunroof isn't in the way of
the vynal, etc.
--- C F <mopowered@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Dodn't have a new Whitney catalog handy but, as
> you
> > say, they used to carry tops.
>
> I don't think JC Whitney offers them anymore.
> Fart-noise exhaust pipes for Hondas had to be
> listed, so something had to give.
>
> > Crown is a major
> > 'builder' of vinyl tops.
>
> My '73 Imperial has a sunroof. The heat-welded seems
> end up about two inches from the edge of the sunroof
> panel.
>
> First of all, the number of vertical & horizontal
> seems/edges coming together in one area don't look
> very good. Secondly, my sunroof panel rubs the
> double-thick seam area ever so slightly when
> retracting (although I'm sure I could fix this with
> an adjustment).
>
> Although I usually hate doing things in a
> non-original way, moving the seams outboard a few
> inches (off the sliding panel) would make a better
> appearing and functioning top.
>
> What do you think of having the top made to these
> specs? Seems very do-able (pun-intended) as even
> with an additonal four inches in width, the seams
> will still fall in a flat area and should be no
> wider than a standard width vinyl.
>
> Anyone else with a sunroof car have this thought?
> --
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