Darn Vinyl Tops!

by Mcarlo77 Fri Feb 15, 2013 10:01 pm

Imagine the surprise when this guy pulled back the vinyl top and saw what laid beneath! Midwest car? Nope...took this photo of a '74 Cutlass at DVAP in Phoenix last month. It had CO plates on it. Look closely and you can see the shoulder belt retractor and the sunvisor mtg bracket...LMAO!

by dynchel Fri Feb 15, 2013 10:05 pm

Yikes. Time to think convertible g3.

by pila Sat Feb 16, 2013 1:17 am

I replaced the vinyl top on my '74 Malibu once, back in the 90s, and had some rust there, but not much. When I restored it about 7 years ago the vinyl top went west. If I can help it, I'll never own another car with a vinyl top.

by ant7377 Sat Feb 16, 2013 9:21 am

I have a friend with a 69 Torino. Decent car but it wasnt maintained perfectly all the time and it has a vinyl top. Its fine there is no rust under it and the vinyl is still good. I think GM dropped the ball in this area when the cars were built-cheap vinyl,no drain holes any where and thin metal in the roof.