Hardtop modifications
Team Owner
Joined: Oct 2004
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From: Springfield MO
St. Jude Donor '07
Originally Posted by Easy Mike
The tops are too valuable for that. I saw one on eBay with a sunroof glued into it. It almost certainly did not sell.
Here's an illustration of those tops - I'm pretty sure the years listed are wrong: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/78-79...QQcmdZViewItem
Last edited by I'm Batman; Sep 27, 2006 at 03:40 PM.
Team Owner
Joined: Jul 1999
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From: Huntersville NC
I only use mine at the track, and since it is white (my car is blue) I put some racing stripes on it, some stickers, and my permanent race number. 
Hey, that pic reminds me - time to put up the Halloween decorations!!
Hey, that pic reminds me - time to put up the Halloween decorations!!
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Pro
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From: Pinellas Park FL
Originally Posted by I'm Batman
*whaps head on table* I wasn't thinking of the vert hartops.
Drifting
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,562
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From: Spring Texas
My 68 had a sun roof in the hard top when I bought it. It was tinted plexi held in by a piece of weather strip for a pickup rear window. A real amateur job. It leaked badly. I molded a filler piece in fiberglass with the correct contour, by laying the glass on another hardtop (protected of course). Installed my patch and fiberglassed the seams. It was difficult replacing the interior because no reproductions were available at the time, and the interiors tend to deteriorate any way. Came out pretty nice, but if I had to do it again, I probably would have just tossed it. Too much work.
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Connecticut
Originally Posted by I'm Batman
*whaps head on table* I wasn't thinking of the vert hartops.
You just gave me the idea of what I want to do with a set of T-Tops I picked up for $50
Im thinking dark plexiglass (dont know how the plexi willl hold up to weather/road Conditions) and some sort of interior...Maybe a vynil/leather covered foam.
Safety Car
Joined: Oct 1999
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From: NorCal
Originally Posted by conway62
No chance with a convertible. Is there a way to retrofit T-tops in a convertible hard top?
Just had a thought. Find a wrecked T-top car and cut out the roof section to include the metal framework that mounts the tops. You would have to adapt the two conflicting front pieces, but that way you would have the back two thirds done and ready to go with just some glasswork to graft them together.
Hans
Last edited by Wrencher; Oct 2, 2006 at 12:17 PM.