I've been debating this for over a year. Do I sell the hard top for the convertible or not. I only use the top during winter, for storage. If i sell it how much do I ask for it? The top is in good shape with a Black vinyl and black interior. (I'll post picture later in the week) What to do...
1970 Convertible, top is not original to car I obtained it 20 years ago.

 

Sell it , it's just in the way. I'll even do You a favor and take it off Your hands cheap !!

 

I thought about getting one but as a nice day only car I don't think I'd ever use it.

 

If you keep it on all winter does that mean the conv top gets stored folded down? Isnt it likely that the canvas or vinyl takes permanent creases from being folded for many months?

I vote to not keep the hard top, sold mine to get it out of the way!

 

I have thought of selling mine but shipping costs (and risk of damage) are outrageous.

 

I sold mine through the forum here maybe a dozen years ago, moved to Florida, so it sat on the garage ceiling for some years, the fellow who bought it was sadly laughing that the paint on it was better than his CAR.....I had redone the head liner up north yet...make that 20 years ago by now....He worked for a trucking company, talk about inside connections.....ya think??, and so I built a nice heavy plywood and 2x4 box to ship it in, packed up grenade proof, got there fine.....did it for cost of materials, only took an afternoon.....guy shows up with a forklift on his tail feathers.....20 minits later...GONE!!!!


same way the kitchen cabinet doors got delivered, met the guy in a parking lot, he had the forklift, and so the pallet was in my van in about 20 minits......

 

I think a vinyl hardtop looks awesome on a Vette. Bought one recently and still have to replace the weatherstripping.
I'd say keep it and put it on more often..

 

Mine will go with the car when I sell it.

 

Don't sell it.

I love the look of hardtops.

 

Keep it, adds a look to the car few have seen.

 

Not that I am planning to get a convertible, but if I did, I would want it with a hardtop.

Without, I would want a price that would allow for separate purchase of one.

And I also think the soft top cars look nice with them installed.

Tom

 

The factory optioned hardtop did not work out well on my 68 Convertible. The 68 Vert has a lot of body flex. The hard top flopping around on the body destroyed the two mounting brackets on the windshield. These are the brackets on the extreme upper left and right of the windshield stainless steel moulding. To restore these two brackets, I had to remove (destroy) the windshield. The flexing body also caused the window edges to hit the hard top and chip the windows. At this juncture, I would never use the hardtop again. I never sold it...it was stolen.

I would not be inclined to put a hardtop on my car. Note: My hardtop only had two mounting holes on the convertible deck lid...Later Verts had three. Also, later Verts had conical tongues and inserts on the doors to control body flexing. Maybe these mods made a hardtop installation more civilized.

Chips in the window edges...chipped in the early 1970's. Last year, 2014, I replaced the windows with new factory windows. I bought them from Pilkerington, Pilkerington bought out Libby Owens Ford, so my factory duplicate windows came with the LOF logos. Never heard of Pilkerington...turns out they own just about all the patents for automobile windows and also owned several brands of glass manufactureres. Pilkerington was recently bought out by a Japanese company. For my 68, they sold me 69 windows and an adapter bracket to install the 69 windows in a 68. The windows were factory duplicates and came with all logos and also a date code I specified.
The windows cost about $600 and I paid $400 for installation. Work perfectly. With new nylon bushings and grease in the window mechanisms...the windows are so much easier to roll up and down.