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Old Jun 14, 2024 | 07:21 PM
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I always try to put OE or nos parts on the cars i do for many reasons, so ive been saving this soft top for my 69 for a while now but thinking of selling it, as i decided to sell the car. it says original equipment vinyl and is postmarked 1981. still folded in the boxes and the rear window is still clear. vinyl doesn't seem brittle and the white cotton? stuff is still white no signs of yellowing; I never unfolded it. i see what repo tops go for what do you think someone would pay for this one?
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Check the lower left portion of the rear window. If it doesn’t have the VINYLITE logo, it is not a correct top and has minimal value.
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left lower corner, did you mean ultralite?


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No, I meant VINYLITE. What you have is an aftermarket non-original top with limited value.
It is not NOS, it is NORS.
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interesting so Vinylite must have made the top and plastic originally for the c3s. Do you know what crown/imperial originally made the tops for? or was that just an aftermarket brand, I'm too young to of been around back then.
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interesting so Vinylite must have made the top and plastic originally for the c3s. Do you know what crown/imperial originally made the tops for? or was that just an aftermarket brand, I'm too young to of been around back then.
Sorry I am late getting back to you. Crown/imperial made aftermarket tops. I bought one for my 64 Impala SS convertible when the top was slit and they tried to steal the car back in 1970.
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Being in a box that long it will have permanent creases
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