Custom convertible tops. - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

markhair72 · 03-09-2011, 10:12 PM

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.

gcburdic · 03-10-2011, 11:16 AM

ttt

allengator · 03-10-2011, 11:24 AM

Pics?
Is there a top mechanism that needs new covering???
or do you need an entire mechanism fabricated?

OARNGESI · 03-10-2011, 05:22 PM

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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1low · 03-10-2011, 05:24 PM

pics!

piecesparts · 03-10-2011, 06:51 PM

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.

Hubscrub · 03-10-2011, 10:03 PM

i've been wanting to cut the roof off a cab for a while

hayhauler71 · 03-10-2011, 10:13 PM

I will ask nicely, can all of us see some pics pleeeeeeeeeeeeease

kevmic28 · 03-10-2011, 10:57 PM

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.

*barnharts4* · 03-11-2011, 12:08 AM

You can get a convertible top custom made and installed right at Carlisle Car Shows. They can do a Corvette in 4 hours.

69 Okie Truck · 03-11-2011, 02:58 AM

http://www.aeroupholstery.com/convertible.htm

http://www.interiorsbyshannon.com/other_shops.htm

cdowns · 03-11-2011, 09:48 AM

try going to a boat awning business they make custom collapsable tops for boats every day

**FRENCHBLUE72** · 03-11-2011, 12:55 PM

Got any pics? is this possibly a ratical top from the early 90s?

03-09-2011, 10:12 PM	#1
markhair72 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: okeechobee florida Posts: 1	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.

03-10-2011, 11:16 AM	#2
gcburdic Restoration Virgin! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Huntersville, NC Posts: 8,298	Re: Custom convertible tops. ttt __________________ Geoff with a G 1968 Chevy C10 SWB The Mistress 1972 Custom Deluxe C20 Suburban A Suburban Named Isabella 1966 Ford Mustang Mama's High School Graduation Present

03-10-2011, 11:24 AM	#3
allengator Registered User Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Burleson, Texas Posts: 596	Re: Custom convertible tops. Pics? Is there a top mechanism that needs new covering??? or do you need an entire mechanism fabricated? __________________ Allengator Outta the Blue (my band - available for hire in the DFW area!) 1980 Chevy SWB Pickup (build thread) 1951 Chevy Sedan Delivery 2004 Chevy Tahoe Z71 2011 Harley Davidson Street Glide 2018 Silverado Z71 Crew Cab

03-10-2011, 05:22 PM	#4
OARNGESI Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: CASA GRANDE AZ Posts: 4,276	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 Posted via Mobile Device __________________ 70 SWB STEPSIDE 70 BLAZER 09 challenger

03-10-2011, 05:24 PM	#5
1low Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Moyie Springs ID. Posts: 160	Re: Custom convertible tops. pics!

03-10-2011, 06:51 PM	#6
piecesparts Parts and more parts Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lebo, Kansas (middle of nowhere Posts: 6,821	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. __________________ Frank

03-10-2011, 10:03 PM	#7
Hubscrub Cruzin Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: on the road Posts: 2,835	Re: Custom convertible tops. i've been wanting to cut the roof off a cab for a while __________________ Lime Wife's 67https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...wZEMODaS2d94u8 Back to the Fifties 59 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...NAeStpydfrcj_U Proverbs 3:5,6 "Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything."Charles Kuralt In memory of our first baby daughter, daddy and mommy love you. Danica Grace 6/26/14

03-10-2011, 10:13 PM	#8
hayhauler71 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: St. Paul MN. Posts: 1,996	Re: Custom convertible tops. I will ask nicely, can all of us see some pics pleeeeeeeeeeeeease __________________ Fuzzy

03-10-2011, 10:57 PM	#9
kevmic28 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Arlington Texas Posts: 602	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. __________________ 1970 GMC truck 1988 Harley 1200 Sportster

03-11-2011, 12:08 AM	#10
barnharts4 Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Huntingdon,Pa. Posts: 47	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.

03-11-2011, 02:58 AM	#11
69 Okie Truck Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Dallas Posts: 122	Re: Custom convertible tops. http://www.aeroupholstery.com/convertible.htm http://www.interiorsbyshannon.com/other_shops.htm

03-11-2011, 09:48 AM	#12
cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	Re: Custom convertible tops. try going to a boat awning business they make custom collapsable tops for boats every day __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY

03-11-2011, 12:55 PM	#13
FRENCHBLUE72 PROJECT 7DEUCE Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: GRANTS PASS OR Posts: 21,601	Re: Custom convertible tops. Got any pics? is this possibly a ratical top from the early 90s? __________________ GO BIG GREEN GO DUCKS MEMBER #6377 72 k-5 daily driver 6'' lift 35'' 350-350-205 slowly getting rust free. Project "7DEUCE" check out my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=267665 Tim Powell..R.I.P EastSideLowlife..... R.I.P..



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