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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: okeechobee florida
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Custom convertible tops.
Im the new owner of a 72 c20 pickup. I love the truck but I seem to be having a problem. Its been converted to a convertible and although i like it, it seems impossible to find a top fpr it. Ive looked all over the web but i cant seem to find anywhere to even have one made. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know because i live in south florida and the weather here is very unpredictable. Thanks.
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Restoration Virgin!
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Huntersville, NC
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Re: Custom convertible tops.
ttt
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Burleson, Texas
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Re: Custom convertible tops.
Pics?
Is there a top mechanism that needs new covering??? or do you need an entire mechanism fabricated?
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: CASA GRANDE AZ
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Re: Custom convertible tops.
If there's a top already you can go to a interior shop and have them make one up for you if there's not a frame there you'll hav to make one
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Moyie Springs ID.
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Re: Custom convertible tops.
pics!
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Lebo, Kansas (middle of nowhere
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Re: Custom convertible tops.
If all else fails make one yourself. I have a friend that made the aluminum top for his street rod roadster. He did it all with angle iron and conduit for the frame. Then he worked aluminum over it and the top looks really well done. His plan is to cover it with a material that looks like a convertable cloth. This guy did this with mostly hand tools and a conduit bender.
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: on the road
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Re: Custom convertible tops.
![]() i've been wanting to cut the roof off a cab for a while ![]()
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: St. Paul MN.
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Re: Custom convertible tops.
I will ask nicely, can all of us see some pics pleeeeeeeeeeeeease
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Arlington Texas
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Re: Custom convertible tops.
I remember back in the early nineties that was real popular for the mini truck scene. Might do a search along thoses lines and find what you are looking for.
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Location: Huntingdon,Pa.
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Re: Custom convertible tops.
You can get a convertible top custom made and installed right at Carlisle Car Shows. They can do a Corvette in 4 hours.
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Dallas
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: daytonabeach
Posts: 22,956
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Re: Custom convertible tops.
try going to a boat awning business they make custom collapsable tops for boats every day
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Re: Custom convertible tops.
Got any pics? is this possibly a ratical top from the early 90s?
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