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Old Jan 28, 2014 | 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by exposingtime
Does your friend George make house calls? Playing with the idea of having my top done.

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Hey Gary, I sent you a PM

Originally Posted by paul 74
Your friend did an excellent job!
Paul 74, Yes George did me a solid buy doing such a great job.

Originally Posted by rogman16
Looks great!!! What did you guys do to remove the surface rust on the frame???

$1,100, Ouch!!!

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Hey Rogman, I hope your new living area is Great, did you get the car delivered yet.

Yes, I know. I could have gotton away with the old top for a couple more years but I thought it was time. The front header bow was a mess, so that is why I went with a new repro. the rest of the frame looked pretty good, he cleaned it up and touched up with paint.

Originally Posted by Easy Mike
Nice work.
Easy Mike, It is a great job done by a Great CF member, George AKA 69small block on the CF

Originally Posted by lvmyvt76
I thought you would show more pictures, like during the new top install to the frame. Going from bare frame to new top on complete doesn't show us much of the install.
Sorry lvmyvt76, I am currently deployed to Camp Leatherneck Afghanistan, and George and I planned out a new top install while I was deployed. George was a one man band doing all of the work and taking pictures, plus he had a FLU bug and was sick while doing this, he did alot of running around trying to get a new Front Header Bow, that was not expected and costly. We could have cleaned and painted the front header bow, but I didn't want to waste his time and went with a new one. Again Sorry for not having enough pictures, if I was home I would had video and pictures.

Originally Posted by wyocat
Very nice work and it looks GREAT!... It is on my list as well.
wyocat, It does look Great! The funny thing is I try not to get caught in the rain and only put the top up for rain and if I am walking away form the car and it is not in my view.

Originally Posted by oldsarge
Looks great, like the white top on the blue, nice job !!!
oldsarge, Can't wait to get home and enjoy, people were trying to talk me out of getting the white top, I like the color combo, plus I have a color (LeMans Blue) hartop for the car if I want a diffrent color combo.

Originally Posted by paul 74
Where do you get new parts such as the front bow?
paul 74, Luckly the NCRS show was going on at Kiss FL and George went over to find one, I could have gotton one from Wilcox or any of the other parts supplier that support our forum, but time was not on my side and had to pay the show price. I have seen prices for this piece from 300$ to 600$ (on line), I paid 500$. The other parts that we planned on were from AL Knoch


Thanks to all for looking and I hope you enjoyed the pictures. Take Care everyone.

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Originally Posted by paul 74
The pic is not good. Is that the metal (steel) part?
Yes.. Paul, this is the header bow.
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Hey Randy, the top looks great. I know you will enjoy it when you need it. Keep safe, see you in a few months.
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Hey Randy, the top looks great. I know you will enjoy it when you need it. Keep safe, see you in a few months.
Hey Bill, Yes the top looks Great, thanks to George, CF member. I may need for you to go over and take the car for a spin once in a while. If you have time. Did you go over to the NCRS event? See you by the end of June. Take Care. I may give you a call just to say Hi.
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Hey Bill, Yes the top looks Great, thanks to George, CF member. I may need for you to go over and take the car for a spin once in a while. If you have time. Did you go over to the NCRS event? See you by the end of June. Take Care. I may give you a call just to say Hi.
Yes, spent most of the day there Fri. and Sat. Stopped by the show Sunday for a look at the cars, but did not enter my car.
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Looks very nice, you have a great looking color combination.
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Looks very nice, you have a great looking color combination.

Thanks Brandon, one of Favorite color combo, Triple Black is great too. Is your car a Burnt Orange?
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Old Jan 29, 2014 | 08:49 PM
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the black top on my 68 is 40something. got a great deal on the forum on a white top over lemans blue. the change over is under debate but I like it\endof discussion. good post I think it'll help with my install. Terry
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Looks great! I've got that project on the horizon as well and it's a little intimidating...
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Originally Posted by terrys6t8roadster
the black top on my 68 is 40something. got a great deal on the forum on a white top over lemans blue. the change over is under debate but I like it\endof discussion. good post I think it'll help with my install. Terry
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Looks great! I've got that project on the horizon as well and it's a little intimidating...
terrys6t8roadster, Give 69small block (CF Member) a PM to see what tools you may need.

Postal123, I'm luckly to have a friend that could do this.
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